Make Your Own Wild Holiday Cocktails with Recipes from Trader Sam’s at the Disneyland Hotel

What do you get when you cross a thirsty zebra with a bottle of rum? Yule find out!

This is the sort of gleeful schtick you’ll find at Trader Sam’s – Enchanted Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel – last week, we posted news about the holiday-themed fun at the lounge and some readers lamented that they can’t get there before the drinks and décor disappear in January.

So we’re sharing two of their cocktail recipes – sip in the spirit of Trader Sam’s!

Red-Nosed Zebra
Makes 1 cocktail

1.5 ounces Bacardi 8 rum
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce agave nectar
1 ounce strawberry purée
Crushed ice, 3 cranberries, 2 mint sprigs, for garnish

1. Add all ingredients in a Boston Shaker (except garnish), fill half full with ice, and shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
2. Strain into a margarita glass filled with ice. Garnish with a mound of crushed ice, cranberries, and mint sprigs to look like 2 green antlers, cranberries for eyes and nose.

Mele Kaliki-Mocha
Makes 1 cocktail

2 ounces Kahlúa
1 ounce Coco Reál
1 ounce Trader Tiki Orgeat
4 ounces fresh coffee
Whipped cream, rosemary sprig, for garnish

1. Add all ingredients in a Boston Shaker (except garnish), fill half full with ice, and shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
2. Strain into a tall bamboo glass filled with ice. Garnish with whipped cream and a fresh rosemary sprig.