Happy Hour | The French Kiss

Celebrate this Valentine’s Day with the perfect cocktail, The French Kiss.

More recipes in Twinkle's  2013 Cocktail Guide.

Sweet strawberry and sparkling champagne blend together to create a drink so heavenly you’ll fall in love after the first sip.

The French Kiss

• 4 oz. Hoosier Momma Strawberry Rhubarb margarita mixer
• 2 oz. Death's Door gin
• 1 oz. simple syrup
• ½ oz. fresh lemon juice
• 1 diced strawberry
• 2-4 fresh strawberries for garnish
• Champagne

Muddle the diced strawberry, simple syrup and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.

Pour in the Hoosier Momma mixer, gin and ice.

Shake well and pour into two champagne flutes or saucers. Top with the white wine or champagne until just full.

Garnish with a fresh strawberry.

You can find Hoosier Momma drink mixes in your local spirits distributor, grocery store or online at  http://hoosiermomma.com/.

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Twinkle VanWinkle was born in a small town in Mississippi. A life-long lover of music, media and food, she grew up following those three things along her path. She has almost 20 years of professional cooking under her apron strings, feeding thousands of friends, family and other folks while working in restaurants and bakeries in Oxford, Miss. She baked apple pies for the “Oprah Winfrey Show” and appeared on Food Network's “The Best Of...” in the same year. Along with producing dynamic lifestyle content for LIN Media, she is a mother, musician and social media fanatic.

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