I seem to be having a thing for Champagne this month! It is so festive to have a bubbly cocktail and the simple syrup is easy to make and keep in the refrigerator until you want to use it. After having the Cranberry Rosemary Champagne Cocktail for Christmas, I thought why not a Blackberry Thyme one for New Years Eve?
What’s more festive than Gold Sugar rimmed Champagne Glass?
I think the gold sugar, found in the baking aisle where cake decorating sprinkles and icings are, is a nice sparkly touch. It takes just a touch of butter to adhere the sugar to the rim, don’t worry you do not taste the butter, and it would work with salt too.
The blackberry simple syrup is sweeter than the cranberry but just as delicious.
Here is to a wonderful celebration and a very Happy New Year! Cheers!
Blackberry Thyme Champagne Cocktail
- Yield: 6-8 1x
- Category: Drinks
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup blackberries + 8 more for garnish
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 bottle of champagne or prosecco
- sprigs of thyme
- gold baking sugar for the rim (found in the cake decorating section)
- pat of butter
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, bring blackberries, water, and sugar to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, until the blackberries are soft and the simple syrup has turned to a bright pink/reddish color. Remove from heat, allow to cool and then strain the blackberries from the simple syrup and refrigerate. This step can be done in advance as the syrup will keep for at least a week in the refrigerator.
- Prepare your champagne glasses. To get salt or sugar to adhere to the rim of the glasses. Take a pat of butter and gently roll along the edge of the glasses rim. Be careful to keep as close to the rim as possible. Dip the glasses in the gold baking sugar, making sure it covers completely.
- Place 2 teaspoons of the blackberry simple syrup in the Champagne glass, followed with a blackberry. Fill the rest of the glass with champagne and top with a sprig of thyme in each glass.
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