Want to try a new holiday drink this weekend? Make this lovely cucumber and mint martini rimmed with crushed candy canes. So good! 

Ingredients

• 5 slices cucumber
• 8 mint leaves
• 1 ounce lime juice freshly squeezed
• ½ ounce simple syrup ½ to 1 ounce, try ½ first
• 3 ounces vodka
• 3 crushed candy canes 
• Simple syrup 

Instructions

• Place the cucumber and mint in a cocktail shaker and add the lime juice and simple syrup. Muddle the cucumber and mint together. 
• Add the vodka to the mixture and add enough ice to fill it half way
• Cap the shaker and shake it at least for 15 seconds or stir it, whichever you prefer
• Rim your glass with crushed candy cane by dipping the rim of your glass in simple syrup and then immediately roll the rim in your candy cane. 
• Strain the mixture into a martini glass, take a spoon and fish a few pieces of cucumber out, along with a few mint leaves and place it in the liquid