Rum

Like a well-worn shirt, this rum, rye, and coffee cocktail has the right balance of moody and vibrant.

This delightfully floral and fruity cocktail is made with rhum agricole, elderflower liqueur, Aperol, and lime.

When made correctly, the Long Island Iced Tea is a bright, balanced cocktail with a totally reasonable amount of booze. (No, seriously.)

This layered tres leches cake is sandwiched with strawberries, mangoes, and whipped cream for a knockout version of the popular dessert everyone will love.

Making this cocktail is as simple as it gets; you only need dark rum, ginger beer, and a quick squeeze of lime.

This drink is a daisy with beer in it, like adding Corona to your marg.

The house daiquiri at Rum Club in Portland, Oregon is an exceptionally delicious rum cocktail.

This dessert of puff pastry layers sandwiched with a thick cream filling is even richer than its French cousin, the Napoleon.

Make somlói galuska in advance: the chocolate-cream “dumplings" require at least eight hours to soak up the golden rum syrup.

A touch of coffee balances the flavor of this modern spin on eggnog.

This modern eggnog recipe adds a vanilla bean and a smoky tea to the classic formula, evoking that yuletide feeling without drifting into Christmas spice.

This astonishingly moist and fragrant almond cake infused with rum and vanilla is crowned by a white glaze that crackles as the spoon digs in.

This bread—loaded with a rum-spiked walnut filling—is the traditional Romanian celebration bread for Christmas.

This eggnog pie recipe appeared as a part of Gourmet’s 1975 Thanksgiving menu.

This fruitcake-like dessert is finished with generous dose of dark rum.

This twist on the whiskey sour adds blueberries—plus a touch of amaro and funky rum.

Add the creamy Puerto Rican coconut and rum drink known as coquito to your festive cocktail rotation and enjoy throughout the holiday season.

This fall whiskey punch has all the flavors of a pumpkin spice latte, but it’s completely transparent.

Bartender Kyle Davidson created this bitter and fresh Cynar cocktail in 2008 at The Violet Hour.

The star of this spin on the classic cocktail is buttery popcorn-infused rum.

The Jungle Bird is one of the few tiki drinks to feature amaro—in this case, Campari.

Using just three ingredients—light rum, fresh lime, and simple syrup—this cocktail shows how good the classics can be.

For this adaptation of a classic Cuban cocktail, you don't need a muddler. Tear the mint, then stir with lime juice, sugar, white rum, and soda water.

Bananas Foster, a flambéed dessert of halved bananas in a syrupy rum sauce, is a New Orleans favorite that never fails to please. Don’t forget the ice cream.