10 Cocktails to Drink This Thanksgiving

You have probably already decided where you’re going to spend Thanksgiving this year. Maybe you’ll show up at your parents’ house just in time to eat, carrying some thrown-together slop of a casserole. Or maybe you’ll be playing host and preparing Thanksgiving dinner yourself, in which case I wish you the best of luck. Either way, you’re going to be eating turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and all the good warm and toasty foods that hang out in your stomach until you fall asleep.

But have you thought about what you will be drinking? No? Well, here’s a line-up of the best Thanksgiving cocktails to get you through a stressful Turkey Day. Recipes for dishes will come later—priorities, people. Whatever you do, don't try these terrible-looking pumpkin cocktail concoctions. 


Hot Mulled Cider


Heat up a batch of this traditional mulled cider (it serves 12!) and encourage your family to keep it classy this Thanksgiving. Find the recipe at Food Network.


Toasted Cider


I know what you’re thinking: More cider? Yes, but this cider is toasted. It’s totally different. Plus it has rum in it. Find the recipe at Food Network.


Perfect Turkey


After you overcook your turkey and everyone is at the table struggling to choke it down and grumbling about how your sister’s turkey is always so golden and moist, sneak away into the kitchen and make yourself the Perfect Turkey, just for you. Find the recipe at Epicurious.


Harvest Margarita


Margaritas in the Fall? Yes. Why are you judging? They’ve got allspice in them so it’s okay. Find the recipe at Food Network.


Easy Cranberry Margaritas


Let’s get cranberry sauced, guys. Get it? Find the recipe at Gimme Some Oven.