Gingerbread Shot

This shot recipe tastes just like a gingerbread cookie. It’s the perfect blend of butterscotch schnapps, fireball and heavy cream. Mix all that with some gingerbread syrup for a sweet, spiced shot recipe.

Related: Green Tea Shot, Cherry Bomb Shot, Gummy Bear Shot, Pink Starburst Shot.

Ingredients

• Fireball – Cinnamon Whiskey.
• Buttershots – Butterscotch Schnapps.
• Heavy Cream – Or Half and Half.
• Gingerbread Syrup – Make homemade gingerbread syrup or pick up a bottle.

Optional Garnish: I garnished the shot glasses with a bit of buttercream icing and crumbled gingerbread cookies. You can also use festive sprinkles as your rim garnish.

Equipment Needed: I used my go-to set of tall shot glasses for this recipe. You will also need a cocktail shaker of some kind. If you don’t own a cocktail shaker, you can use a sealed jar or even a water bottle as a shaker.

How to Make

Gather your ingredients. For this recipe, you’ll need Fireball whiskey, butterscotch schnapps, heavy cream and gingerbread syrup.

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake for 15 seconds until icy cold.

Pour your shot into a shot glass and serve immediately.

Next up, I will go over the garnish instructions.

If you’re planning to garnish your shot glass with a gingerbread crumb rim, go ahead and crumble one cookie. My favorite way to do this is to throw it into a plastic bag and use a rolling pin to crush it.

To rim your shot glass, use some buttercream icing to rim the top and then dip it into the gingerbread crumbles.

Tips for Making

• More garnish ideas – I think these would be so cute with a garnish of colorful sprinkles. You could save your leftover sprinkles from a cookie making session to use here.
• If you make a batch of gingerbread syrup, be sure to also try our gingerbread latte. I think it would also be delicious in tea or a gingerbread steamer for kids (milk and a little gingerbread syrup, steamed).
• If you want to make these shots ahead, you can save a pre-made mixture in a bottle in your fridge, but don’t add ice until you are ready to shake and serve them.

More Festive Recipes

• Christmas Cocktails
• Homemade Chex Mix
• Scooby Snack Shot
• Homemade Eggnog

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Gingerbread Shot

Learn to make a gingerbread shot using Fireball whiskey, butterscotch schnapps, heavy cream and gingerbread syrup. So festive! 

Course cocktail

Cuisine American

Keyword Christmas Shot, Gingerbread Shot

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1 shot

Calories 103kcal

Author Elsie Larson

Equipment

• 1 cocktail shaker
• 1 shot glass

Ingredients

• ¾ ounce Fireball whiskey
• ¾ ounce butterscotch schnapps
• ½ ounce heavy cream
• ½ ounce gingerbread syrup

Instructions

• Gather your ingredients. For this recipe, you'll need Fireball whiskey, butterscotch schnapps, heavy cream and gingerbread syrup.
• Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake for 15 seconds until icy cold.
• Pour your shot into a shot glass and serve immediately.

Notes

• • More garnish ideas – I think these would be so cute with a garnish of colorful sprinkles. You could save your leftover sprinkles from a cookie making session to use here.

• • If you make a batch of gingerbread syrup, be sure to also try our gingerbread latte. I think it would also be delicious in tea or a gingerbread steamer for kids (milk and a little gingerbread syrup, steamed).

• • If you want to make these shots ahead, you can save a pre-made mixture in a bottle in your fridge, but don’t add ice until you are ready to shake and serve them.

Nutrition

Calories: 103kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 13mg | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 208IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.01mg