eat, wine and be merry.: More from the 60's

Things I served at the holiday party:

Don Draper's drink of choice -- Old Fashioned

I printed out the recipe so that people could make their own old fashioned. Not many of my friends would drink whiskey when there are several other options, but the "do it yourself" setup encouraged people to try it. Definitely a good drink (once the ice melts).

Bloody Mary! (My own secret recipe)

Bloody Mary's are my favorite. I made this without the vodka so that anyone could drink it or so people could add as little or much alcohol as they wanted.

Gourmet Magazine - 1960's Cocktails

This gin punch recipe was so good! The bowl was almost full and we managed to finish the whole thing before midnight. I didn't add the gin to the gin punch because 1- I hate gin, and 2- I didn't want everyone to get schmammered. I liked having non-alcoholic options so that non-drinkers and/or drivers could enjoy a few cocktails with everyone else. Most added vodka into this, but a few added the punch to the old fashioned. SO GOOD.

White Chocolate Popcorn - recipe found on Pinterest

This was a little harder to make than I thought! Super easy recipe -- it was just hard to get the chocolate chips to a "pourable" state. You pop 1/2 cup of kernels in an air popper and melt about 3/4 cup white chocolate chips to pour over the popcorn. Then you spread it on a cookie sheet (or Santa tray in this case) and top with sprinkles. It ended up being more 'chunks of chocolate covered popcorn balls' than 'chocolate covered popcorn.' It was still really delicious!