Cocktails, mocktails, and drink recipes to mix at home, from classic staples to viral trending sips.
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The easiest Christmas cocktail recipes to batch the night before are ones built mostly on spirits, juices, and syrups that hold their flavor in the fridge, like a moscow mule base, spiked hot chocolate, or mulled wine, with anything fizzy poured in right before serving. I used to spend the first hour of every holiday
The best new years mocktails use real fizz instead of flat juice, get poured into an actual glass, and get topped with a garnish, which is what turns a soft drink into something that feels like a toast. I used to be the person who threw a two liter of ginger ale and a bag
The best New Year’s Eve drink ideas that aren’t champagne are a big-batch punch, coquito, mulled wine, spiked apple cider, and a sparkling cranberry mocktail, since each one covers a different kind of guest instead of one small pour everyone has to like. I used to buy champagne every single New Year’s Eve because that’s
This apple cinnamon cider spritz mixes real apple cider, cinnamon syrup, and sparkling water for a fizzy, warm-spiced mocktail with zero flat, juice-box vibes.
A non alcoholic cranberry cocktail for a crowd is cranberry juice, orange juice, and ginger ale or sparkling water poured over a frozen cranberry ice ring instead of regular ice cubes, so the punch stays cold without turning watery. I make this one every time I’m hosting more than six people, because a pitcher of
A cranberry ginger ale mocktail that isn’t too tart or too sweet, made with real ginger beer, fresh lime, and a trick that keeps it from watering down.
A poinsettia cocktail is cranberry juice, orange liqueur, and sparkling wine, and the cranberry base batches perfectly the night before. The ratio I use, why it isn’t quite a Christmas mimosa, and how to scale it for a crowd without losing the bubbles.
Spiked hot chocolate you batch the night before: a real melted-chocolate cocoa base, the spirit stirred in ahead, reheated on the stove or in a slow cooker, with toppings added only at serving.
My sugar cookie martini recipe mixes vanilla vodka, RumChata, and amaretto with cream for a dessert cocktail, plus the rim trick that actually keeps sprinkles on the glass.
My cranberry Moscow mule is built to be batched the night before, with the vodka, cranberry, and lime mixed ahead and the ginger beer poured in at the glass so it never goes flat.
To make mulled wine you can batch ahead, simmer a cheap dry red with cinnamon, cloves, orange peel, and sugar, stir in brandy off the heat, then chill it overnight and reheat it low and slow. The batch-ahead method, the wine to buy, and how to hold it warm in a slow cooker all night.
Spiked apple cider with rum is warm apple cider simmered with cinnamon sticks and orange slices, then stirred with dark or spiced rum after it comes off the heat, so the rum stays smooth instead of turning sharp. Get the stovetop and crockpot method.
A sparkling pomegranate fizz is 100% pomegranate juice and fresh lime mixed with club soda over ice, roughly 2 parts juice to 1 part sparkling water, finished with pomegranate arils for garnish.