5 Incredible Cocktails to Make with Absolut Vanilia 

Got a bottle of Absolut Vanilia and looking for inspiration? Let’s get into it.

With its bourbon vanilla flavor and notes of toffee and caramel, Absolut Vanilia is a versatile flavored vodka that you’ll want to keep in your home bar.

What Are Some Cocktails To Make with Absolut Vanilia?

Whether you’re shaking up a dessert-style martini, building a long drink, or putting a vanilla twist on a classic cocktail, Absolut Vanilia brings a creamy, indulgent depth to every drink it touches.

Here are five of our favorites to get started: the Pornstar Martini, Strawberry Night, Vanilia Espresso Martini, Absolut Vanilia Mule and Apple Pie Shot, with videos below showing three of them.

1. Pornstar Martini (aka Passionstar Martini)

The Pornstar Martini – also known as the Passion Star Martini – is a cocktail closely associated with vanilla-flavored vodka. It’s made with Absolut Vanilia, passion fruit purée, vanilla syrup and fresh pineapple. Tart passionfruit, sweet pineapple and vanilla in one glass. A modern classic for good reason.

Garnished with a passion fruit half and accompanied by a shot of champagne (or Prosecco) to be enjoyed in between sips, the Pornstar Martini is an elaborate example of how Absolut Vanilia works in a cocktail.

Make this drink for your guests at your next gathering.

Check out the recipe for a Pornstar Martini aka Passionstar Martini.

2. Strawberry Night

Strawberry Night is what happens when Absolut Vanilia meets passionfruit juice, lemon juice, passionfruit liqueur and a touch of simple syrup – simultaneously sweet, tart and tropical.

Shaken and served with fresh strawberries, a pineapple wedge and a vanilla bean, the Strawberry Night is a fruit-forward cocktail built on passionfruit and vanilla. The strawberries are a garnish.

Here’s how to make a Strawberry Night:

1. Add 30ml Absolut Vanilia, 35ml passionfruit juice, 20ml lemon juice, 20ml passionfruit liqueur and 10ml simple syrup to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake hard for 10-15 seconds until the outside of the shaker is icy on the outside.
3. Strain into a chilled glass.
4. Garnish with fresh strawberries, a pineapple wedge and a vanilla pod. Sip and enjoy!

3. Vanilia Espresso Martini

The Espresso Martini is already a popular cocktail. The Vanilia Espresso Martini takes that blueprint and uses Absolut Vanilia in place of standard vodka, letting the bourbon vanilla flavor of the spirit run through the coffee notes of Kahlúa.

Garnished with a vanilla bean, it’s a cocktail that works as dessert.

Watch Rico show you how to make a Vanilla Espresso Martini:

4. Absolut Vanilia Mule

Take the classic Moscow Mule (vodka, lime juice and ginger beer), swap standard vodka for Absolut Vanilia and pour it into a copper mug over ice.

The ginger beer’s spice, fresh lime juice’s tartness and Absolut Vanilia’s vanilla flavor come together in a vanilla vodka cocktail.

To make it, follow the recipe for a Moscow Mule but swap Absolut Vodka for Absolut Vanilia. It’s that simple.

5. Apple Pie Shot

The Apple Pie Shot packs vanilla, apple, cinnamon and lemon into a single glass. It’s made with Absolut Vanilia, apple juice, fresh lemon juice and simple syrup, shaken with ice and strained into a cinnamon-rimmed shot glass, garnished with a fresh apple slice.

Sweet and spiced, it’s a shot that tastes like dessert. Small in size, big on flavor.

Watch Rico show you how to make Apple Pie Shots: