This Breakfast Martini is the perfect sipping cocktail that’s sweet and citrusy while also being beautiful balanced and flavorful!

A close up photo of a breakfast martini garnished with cinnamon toast on a blue plate.

The Elevated Brunch Martini

This Breakfast Martini is one of my favorite go-to gin cocktails! It’s a newer, must-try drink that was invented by British bartender, Salvatore Calabrese, that’s been an instant classic since 1997!

What I love about this martini is how unique the orange marmalade makes it! Though its uncommon in drinks it’s a super easy ingredient to find which makes it easy to try this martini!

I also love the way something as simple as cinnamon toast garnishes the martini glass to really dress it up! It also doesn’t hurt that I can eat my favorite childhood breakfast treat while making these drinks!

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Rebecca’s Recipe Review

Taste: Sweet and citrusy.

Texture: Smooth.

Ease: 2/10

Pros: The cinnamon sugar toast is a fun garnish that easily dresses this drink up!

Cons: Text

Would I Make This Again? Text

Close up photo of a breakfast martini garnished with cinnamon toast on a blue platter.

Ingredients For A Breakfast Martini

To begin mixing up this martini grab gin and Cointreau or triple sec if you prefer or just have it on hand! Next, you’ll need orange marmalade, fresh squeezed lemon juice, and orange peel to finish off the drink!

Dress this drink up by sticking wedges of cinnamon sugar toast on the edge of your glass!

Cinnamon Sugar Toast For Garnish

Toast the bread, then immediately spread butter on the warm toast so it will melt and then sprinkle on cinnamon-sugar.

You can purchase pre-made cinnamon-sugar at the grocery store by the spices or you can easily make your own! Just mix together 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar with 1 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon.

A breakfast martini on a blueb platter with lemons and a bottle of gin in the background.

How To Make A Breakfast Martini

Add marmalade and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker.
Stir together with a bar spoon to loosen up the marmalade.
Pour the gin and Cointreau into a shaker with ice.
Shake vigorously until chilled, about 15 seconds!
Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Squeeze an orange peel over the drink before dropping it in.

How To Serve Breakfast Martinis

Enjoy these Martinis by hosting a buffet brunch complete with Easy Cinnamon Rolls, Chocolate Chip Muffins, and Brioche Donuts with Vanilla Cream!

Rebecca’s Tips

Some pulp from the marmalade will make it through the strainer. If you’d prefer a perfectly smooth drink, you can strain again over a fine mesh strainer into the glass to catch it.
This recipe makes one drink, to make more just use the same ingredients and repeat the instructions!
I don’t recommend substituting gin for vodka because it’d make a more pungent drink. The marmalade and gin are a perfect combo in this cocktail.

A breakfast martini being poured out of a cocktail shaker into a martini glass.

Check out more of my fun, delicious Drink recipes!

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Red Wine Sangria – Loaded with oranges, apples, strawberries, blackberries, and touch of cinnamon!
Hard Apple Cider Sangria – Refreshing batch cocktail with apple, ginger, cinnamon, and citrus!
Blood Orange Cocktail – Made using blood oranges, gin, lemon juice, citrus bitters, and Cointreau!

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5 from 5 votes