8 Smooth Crown Royal Vanilla Drinks Fit for a Monarch

Bold, smooth, sweet, vanilla whiskey. Yes, it is as perfect and alluring as it sounds. Crown Royal vanilla is a masterclass in having a whisky with the perfect bite and sweet flavor balance. Not so rich that it won't invite you over to its lake house, but rich enough that it does have waterfront property. And as for Crown vanilla cocktails? Of course, you're invited along too.

Are you a traditionalist when it comes to bourbon and whisk(e)y cocktails? Not a problem. Let's start your Crown Royal vanilla nice and easy.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Crown Royal vanilla
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• 2-3 dashes orange bitters
• 3-5 dashes aromatic bitters
• Ice
• Orange twist and cherry for garnish

Instructions

1. In a mixing glass, add ice, Crown Royal vanilla, simple syrup, and bitters.
2. Stir rapidly to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with an orange twist and cherry, piercing both with a single cocktail skewer.

Give your can of orange soda the royal treatment - the Crown Royal vanilla treatment, that is.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces Crown Royal vanilla
• Ice
• Orange soda to top off
• Orange wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add ice and Crown Royal vanilla.
2. Top off with orange soda.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with orange wheel.

Don't scroll by yet! You don't need to layer this cocktail to enjoy the flavors. Get shaking!

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Crown Royal vanilla
• ½ ounce maraschino liqueur
• 4 ounces pineapple juice
• 1 ounce grenadine
• Ice
• Cocktail cherry and pineapple wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, Crown Royal vanilla, maraschino liqueur, pineapple juice, and grenadine.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a cocktail glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a cocktail cherry and pineapple wedge, piercing them on a single cocktail skewer.

Vanilla spiced with ginger? We don't know what you're waiting for.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Crown Royal vanilla
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Ice
• Ginger beer to top off
• Lime wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass, add ice, Crown Royal Vanilla, and lime juice.
2. Top off with ginger beer.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

That sweetly tart cranberry juice that you usually use for vodka soda with a splash gets a well-deserved new life with this creamy highball.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces Crown Royal vanilla
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 4 ounces cranberry juice
• Ice
• 1 ounce lemon-lime soda
• Lime wheel for garnish, optional

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add ice, Crown Royal vanilla, lemon juice, and cranberry juice.
2. Add lemon-lime soda.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a lime wheel if desired.

If you prefer your coffee drinks to be hot, go ahead and skip the iced coffee; otherwise, sip and allow this to cool you right to the soul.

If you want to push the envelope, skip the vodka in your usual espresso martini in favor of the rich and smooth Crown Royal vanilla.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces Crown Royal vanilla
• ¾ ounce Irish cream, optional
• 2-3 dashes cinnamon bitters
• Ice
• Iced coffee to top off

Instructions

1. In a rocks or highball glass, add ice, Crown Royal vanilla, and if desired, Irish cream.
2. Top off with iced coffee.
3. Stir to mix.

So maybe calling this à la mode is a more apt description, but that name would be a mouthful, kind of like this drink!

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Crown Royal vanilla
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2-3 dashes almond bitters
• 4 ounces apple cider
• Ice
• Cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, Crown Royal vanilla, lemon juice, almond bitters, and apple cider.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Could you use Crown Royal vanilla instead of a rye in your Manhattan? Sure. But to really make it pop, it's an excellent way to freshen up your usual Toronto.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Crown Royal vanilla
• ¼ ounce Fernet
• 2-3 dashes aromatic bitters
• Ice
• Cocktail cherry for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a martini glass or coupe.
2. In a mixing glass, add ice, Crown Royal vanilla, Fernet, and bitters.
3. Stir rapidly to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled glass.
5. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.

Vanilla is the underappreciated flavor of the liquor world. Such a simple, subtle, and smooth flavor takes cocktails from ordinary to extraordinary. Did any one say dessert cocktail? Just us? Well, we say it sounds like a great idea.