Mocktails

The color of Valentine's Day is most definitely red which is why this mocktail is sure to be a hit on Valentine's Day -

The Cherry Bing

1/3 cup cherry juice
1/4 cup orange juice
2 tbsp water
ice

Place ice in the bottom of a highball glass and then add the juices and water and gently stir to combine.

This drink is often served with a maraschino cherry floating on the top, but I think Valentine's Day deserves something different. Serve the highball glass on a small plate (or saucer if you have one) and have a couple of chocolate coated cherries along side it - chocolate and romance really are a match made in heaven!

You don't need alcohol to have a good time and mocktails can attest to that.

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Even if you're strictly non-alcoholic you will need a cool cocktail shaker. There is nothing as good as a fun mocktail to get you feeling like partying.

Let's shake, rattle and roll, as they used to say, and make an Acapulco Gold.

Acapulco Gold

2 shots freshly pressed pineapple juice
1 shot freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
1 shot coconut milk
1 shot fresh cream

Shake all of the ingredients together with ice and then strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Apple Spider

Juice of 4 apples (preferably Pink Ladys)
400 ml lemonade
2 scoops lemon sorbet

Mix together the apple juice and lemonade and pour into 2 tall glasses, top with a scoop of sorbet.

Beachcomber

10 parts guava nectar
2 parts raspberry syrup
4 parts fresh lime juice

Combine all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a tall glass to serve.

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Bodum Bistro Tall Pilsner Beer Glasses, Set of 2

The Black & Tan is a mocktail that proves pilsners are not just for the beer drinkers of the world. This mocktail is a truely refreshing drink and so easy to make as you can see from the recipe below -

Black and Tan

Chilled ginger ale
Chilled ginger beer

Pour equal quantities of each into a chilled pilsner glass. Do not stir.

Cape Cod Sunrise

6 parts cranberry juice
2 parts fresh lime juice
lime slice
sprig of mint

Combine the juices in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a wine glass and garnish with the slice of lime and sprig of mint

Caribbean Cocktail

1/4 fresh mango
1/4 banana
juice of half an orange
1 dash freshly squeezed lime juice

Blend the ingredients together with some cracked ice. Strain into a cilled cocktail glass to serve and garnish with a slice of mango.

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All drinks, alcoholic or non, taste better with fresh ingredients. When a recipe calls for juices try to juice the fruit yourself.

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This juicer is great for limes and lemons. It works beautifully and takes up very little room.

Try and make a mocktail using fresh lime juice, then make it with Roses and you will notice a huge difference in the flavor of the finished drink.

The advantage with a citrus juicer is that you can also use it for cooking when you're not busy mixing cocktails/mocktails.

Coco Cola

4 parts coconut milk
2 parts fresh lime juice
Cola
Lime wedge

Combine coconut milk and lime juice in a cocktail shaker and shake well. Pour over ice into a highball glass top up with cola and garnish with the lime wedge.

Coconut Cooler

4 parts coconut milk
4 parts fresh lime juice
Sparkling water
Sprig of mint

Combine the cocnut milk an dlime juice in a cocktail shaker and shake well. Pour over ice cubes into a Collins glass. Top up with sparkling water and stir gently, garnish wth the mint sprig.

Cranberry Cream Cocktail

5 parts cranberry juice
4 parts apple juice
1 part coconut cream
2 parts fresh lime juice
2 dashes grenadine

Combine all of the ingredients in a blender with cracked ice and blend until smooth. Serve in a wine glass.

Daniel's Cocktail

4 parts fresh orange juice
3 parts fresh lime juice
2 tsp grenadine

Put all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Jimmy's Beach Cruiser

2 shots raspberry juice
2 shots freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 shot freshly pressed pineapple juice
Lemonade

Shake all of the juices in a shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and top up with the lemonade.

Champagne flutes are great for celebrating and if you are having a non-alcoholic celebration then fill your flute with sparkling grape juice.

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Alternatively try a Champagne cocktail inspired mocktail such as a Margie's Mimosa. These are also fantastic for a champagne breakfast that won't give you a sore head later in the day!

Margie's Mimosa

Chilled sparkling white grape juice
Fresh orange juice

Fill half a champagne flute with orange juice. Pour grape juice to the rim and stir gently.

Mocktini

3 shots tonic water
1 shot freshly squeezed lime juice
1/4 shot freshly squeezed lemon juice

Stir all the ingredients with ice and then strain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Nutty Cola

4 parts hazelnut syrup
4 parts frest lime juice
cola

Place syrup and lime juice into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Fill to the top of the glass with cola and stir gently.

Pomegranate Julep

1 oz pomegranate juice
1 ½ oz grapefruit juice
½ oz freshly squeezed lime juice
½ oz honey syrup (mix two parts honey to one part hot water and stir to dissolve, cool)
2 mint sprigs

Bruise 1 mint sprig in mixing glass with honey syrup. Add it to remaining ingredients and put into a shaker. Strain over ice into a chilled old fashioned glass and garnish with the remaining mint sprig.

Don't forget to buy some cocktail umbrellas or plastic monkeys to get into the party mood!

Pony's Neck

4 shots dry ginger ale
1/2 shot freshly squeezed lime juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake all of the ingredients together with ice. Stain into a cocktail glass to serve.

Peaches and Cream

4 parts peach nectar
4 parts half and half

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into an old fashioned glass over ice cubes.

Temperance Mocktail

Juice of 1 lemon
1 egg yolk
2 dashes of grenadine

Shake all of the ingredients together with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a cherry.
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During the summer frozen drinks are the way to go, frozen margaritas and daiquiris can easily be replaced with these frozen mocktails and frappes.

Raining Men

½ glass of ice
4 oz orange juice
4 strawberries
1 banana

Place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Serve in a cocktail glass.

Mango, Passion & Pine Frappe

1 cup diced frozen mango
¼ small pineapple, peeled, core removed and roughly chopped
5 ice cubes
¼ cup passionfruit pulp in syrup

Place mango, pineapple and ice into a blender and blend to combine. Stir in the passionfruit pulp and pour into tall glasses to serve.

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There is nothing as refreshing as a frozen drink during summer and here are some more recipes.

Watermelon, Strawberry & Lime Frappe

550g seedless watermelon, roughly chopped
125g strawberries, roughly chopped
1 tsp finely grated lime rind
1½ tbsp lime juice
12 ice cubes

Place all of the ingredients into your blender and blend until smooth. Pour into old fashioned glasses to serve.

Mr Darcy

4 oz orange juice
1 fresh peach
dash of grenadine
½ cup ice

Pop all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a tall glass to serve.

This mocktails webpage was last updated by lou16 on 24th January 2012