The Desperate Housewife

We’ve watched the ladies of Wisteria Lane sip their fair share of cocktails over the last eight years. Toast their final season farewell with the Desperate Housewife, complete with their signature Granny Smith apple.

Ingredients:

1 ounce lemon juice

1 Granny Smith apple

12 fresh basil leaves

Fresh ginger

2 ounces Molinari Sambuca Extra

1 1/2 ounces sparkling water

Directions:

Mash first four ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add Molinari Extra and shake well with crushed ice. Filter twice, pour into a margarita glass, and top with sparkling water.

Blue Magic

Nope, it doesn’t involve Walter White’s meth, but this cocktail created by Jonathan Harris, bar manager at Firefly Restaurant in Washington, D.C., will have you intoxicated whether you watch Breaking Bad or not!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 parts Beefeater Gin

1/2 part Wray & Nephew Rum

1/2 part Senior Blue Curacao

1/2 part lime juice

Tonic water

1 spoon Pernod Absinthe

Lime slice, for garnish

Nutmeg, for garnish

Directions:

Shake first four ingredients and pour into a Collins glass. Fill with crushed ice and top with tonic. Float absinthe over top. Garnish with lime slice and grated nutmeg.

The Razorcrac

The bitter cherry finish of this drink from Swift’s Attic in Austin, Texas, reminds us of the sweet yet blunt Hannah on HBO’s Girls.

Ingredients:

1/8 ounce Absinthe

Sugar cube

3 to 4 dashes Peychaud Bitters

2 ounces Chopin Rye Vodka

1 1/2 ounces Punt e Mes

Directions:

Rinse a straight-side Collins glass with absinthe. Moisten sugar cube under running water, then muddle well with the Peychaud’s bitters in a mixing glass. Pour in rye vodka and Punt e Mes, and stir to further dissolve sugar. Churn everything with a bar spoon, then pour into the prepared glass.