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Fig Bourbon Cider Smash. Fresh apple cider, zesty orange, sweet fig preserves, a generous shot of bourbon, and a splash of sparkling water. This cider smash is sweet, citrusy, and warming. The perfect cocktail to cozy up to and welcome the start of autumn.
Hey, hi and happy Saturday! Excited to be stopping in today for a quick cocktail post. I’m slowly getting back into Cocktail Saturday posts, which won’t officially begin until October 6th, but first, I just had to share with you this autumn inspired Fig Bourbon Cider Smash.
The official kick off to Holiday Cocktails will be Saturday, October 6th (mark your calendars!) with our first Spooky Cocktail of the month.
Are you guys ready for a cocktail overload?
October will be all about Halloween cocktails, November will be Thanksgiving focused… And yes, you guessed it, December will be all about Christmas. There’s going to be a lot of cocktails, a lot of fun, and I’m already so excited! If there are any special requests you have, please feel free to leave me a comment. I would love to hear your ideas!
As always with my cocktail Saturday posts, these are meant to be fun, short, and sweet, so jumping right into the details today!
If there was ever a transitional cocktail to say goodbye to summer and embrace fall, it’s this fig bourbon cider smash. It’s incredibly warming and cozy, but uses those late summer and early autumn figs that are beyond delicious.
It’s also incredibly easy to make. Here is how we do it.
In a cocktail shaker, combine fresh apple cider (my favorite cocktail mixer this time of year), orange zest and juice, fig preserves (this stuff is the BEST), and bourbon (don’t go for the cheap stuff, use something good people). Oh, and I also love adding a splash of balsamic vinegar for a nice tang. I know it sounds so weird, but a little goes a long way. It’s that special something that makes this bourbon smash better than any other.
Strain the drink into a glass (these and these are my current favorites right now). Then just top off with sparkling water and a fresh fig. Takes maybe five minutes to make, uses ingredients you hopefully have on hand, is classy, pretty, and so refreshing, really delicious, and super cozy.
All my favorites in one drink. Could not love this one more, and I’m excited to mix this up tonight before another hectic day of travel tomorrow.
Hope you all enjoy… have a great Saturday!
PS. don’t forget to leave your drink requests in the comments below. I LOVE hearing your ideas!
If you make this fig cider bourbon smash, please be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! I love hearing from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every one of you. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to also tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Fig Bourbon Cider Smash
Servings: 1 makes drink
Calories Per Serving: 52 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup apple cider
- 1 teaspoon orange zest + 2 tablespoons juice
- 1 tablespoon fig preserves
- 2 ounces bourbon
- 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar (optional, but delicious)
- sparkling water, for topping
- fresh figs, for serving
Instructions
- 1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the apple cider, orange zest, orange juice, fig preserves, bourbon, and balsamic vinegar, if using. Shake to combine.2. Strain into a glass filled with ice. Top off with sparkling water and garnish with a fresh fig. DRINK!
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I love this smash, what a perfect fall cocktail!
Thank you Laura!
Have you tried making this recipe with rum? I really like the rum flavor when it is added to recipes I make. Especially pancakes with rum are delicious.
Here is a vanilla amber rum pancake recipe that I make often and you can try too: https://www.organiclifetips.com/2016/05/18/the-best-vanilla-and-amber-rum-pancakes/
Thanks for sharing this yummy delight with us 🙂
Wow those look so yummy!! I have not tried it with rum, but I bet it would be amazing! Thank you Janine!
I LOVE your recipes! your food & your drinks! so fun!
I have a few suggestions…I am trying to bring back sloe gin. Have you heard of the sloe gin fizz? oldie but goodie. Anyway, it’s like the original infused spirit, with a berry flavor. I enjoyed it with lime and some fizz this summer but I am sure it could also make a nice autumn drink.
I also like Parce Rum. neat.
And was recently introduced to Licor 43 with coffee. YUM!
Have fun with those! I can’t wait to see what you come up with 🙂
Thank you so much Laura! This sounds so good!
Cocktail Saturday!!! What a fantastic idea. It’s definitely going to give Taco Tuesday a run for it’s money. As for this little cocky. . .absolute perfection for fall. I’m also dying to see all the spooky cocktails. They add so much fun & whimsy to this time of year.
Thank you so much Lynn!
This Fall drink sounds yummy. Can this be made in larger quantity in a pitcher or do you have a good fall drink (not too sweet and not sangria) that I can feed a group of 15 easily?
Thank you!!
Hey Janet! I have lots fall pitcher cocktails, see my drink section below. Also, you can make this into a pitcher, measurements below. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe. Thanks so much! xTieghan
Drinks:
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/category/recipes/drinks/page/3/
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/cranberry-thyme-spritz/
Pitcher of Fig Smash
2 cups apple cider
2 tablespoons orange zest + 1 cup juice
1/2 cupfig preserves
2 cups bourbon
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (optional, but delicious)
sparkling water, for topping
fresh figs, for serving
mix everything, but the sparkling water, chill, then add the sparkling water before serving.
We have brown sugar bourbon. Would that pair well with this drink do you think? Would love some cocktail recipes for brown sugar bourbon!
ey Alicia! I think brown sugar bourbon will be AMAZING! That sounds awesome! Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe. Thanks so much! xTieghan
I just recently found/discovered how much I love fresh figs! Apple cider and bourbon sound delicious together; will definitely be trying this! 🙂
I hope you love this Brittany! Thank you!
A Peppermint white mocha cocktail for Christmas!
YUM!! Thank you Steph!
what a smash indeed! wow, am impressed by your creativity with this drink, it also nice looking too in all of it’s fall splendor, so glad you kicked off your themed or holiday themed cocktails off early this year, thank you!
Thank you Sabrina!
Awesome Monique, all of them can be added as my morning ritual recipes.
This looks so delicious!! Bring on all the fall cocktails!
Thank you so much Christine!
It seems like each recipe I try Is better than the last! Love them all. My husband says “she is so in sync with our tastes!” Tried the chicken noddle casserole and it’s a keeper! Now I can’t wait to try this cocktail. Bourbon drinks are our favorite and of course we love fig and balsamic!
Thank you so much Cyndi!
We love making Campari/ Aperol Spritz, but you can only drink so many… I’d love ideas on other ways to use the leftover Aperol or Campari… they’re so nice and bright orange, too, they make beautiful drinks! Thanks!
Thank you Lisa!
Mmmm….now you’re talking! Bourbon and cider are two of my flavors for fall. Thanks again for for another creative and delicious recipe.
I am so glad you like this! Thank you so much Karen!
How about a cocktail made with soft persimmons? I have a tree and the persimmons will be ripe soon and I am always looking for a way to use them. This fig cocktail sounds wonderful!
Yum! Thank you Vickie!