Cheers! It’s time to talk Valentine’s Day cocktail recipes. Check them out and let us know which ones you choose!
The Rose
Ingredients:
3 oz gin
1 oz lime juice
1 oz elderflower liquor
6 oz rosé champagne
Instructions:
- Combine gin, elderflower liquor, lime juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake for 10 seconds
- Add ice cubes to an empty cocktail glass. Strain mixture ontop
- Top with rosé champagne
La Vie en Rose
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Vodka
.5 oz simple syrup
.5 oz lemon juice
.5 oz St. Germaine
2 oz ginger beer
Lemon and mint for garnish
Instructions:
- Combine all ingredients except ginger beer in a shaker with ice
- Shake and strain over ice
- Top with ginger beer
- Garnish with lemon and mint
Raspberry Beret
Ingredients:
1 oz vodka
1 oz black raspberry liqueur
1 oz Irish Cream
Splash of grenadine
Whipped cream
Instructions:
- Blend everything together with ice
- Rim a martini glass with sugar (make it extra festive by adding red food coloring)
- Pour everything into a glass
- Top with whipped cream and more red sugar
English Rose
Ingredients:
3/4 ounce apricot brandy
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce dry vermouth
1 teaspoon grenadine
1/4 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions:
- Rim a cocktail glass with sugar
- Add all ingredients along with ice to a cocktail shaker
- Shake well and strain into your glass
- Garnish with a cherry
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Martini
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. chocolate syrup, plus more for drizzling
4 oz. Irish cream
4 oz. chocolate liqueur
4 oz. vodka
Ice
shaved chocolate (optional)
Strawberry
Instructions:
- Pour chocolate syrup onto a shallow plate
- Dip the rims of your martini glasses into the chocolate and coat well
- Drizzle the inside of each glass with chocolate syrup as well
- Combine Irish cream, chocolate liqueur, and vodka in a cocktail shaker with ice
- Shake until chilled
- Pour into glasses
- Top with shaved chocolate
Lovers’ Mimosas
Ingredients:
1 bottle Champagne, chilled
grenadine
Strawberries, cut into hearts
Instructions:
- Cut your strawberries into heart shapes (this can be done by cutting triangles out of the tops)
- Place 2-3 strawberry hearts onto skewers
- Fill champagne flutes about ⅔ of the way up with champagne
- Add about a tablespoon of grenadine
- Garnish with strawberry hearts
Champagnaritas
Ingredients:
1/2 c. fresh lime juice
1 c. silver tequila
1/2 c. orange liqueur
1 bottle champagne (about 3 cups)
Lime wedges for garnish
Salt for rim, to taste
Instructions:
- Run lime wedges around the rims of champagne flutes and dip in salt
- Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher
- Stir
- Pour into flutes
- Garnish with lime wedges
Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Jell-O Shots
Ingredients:
3 (16-oz.) containers large strawberries
2 c. chocolate chips
2 tsp. coconut oil
1 (3-oz.) box strawberry Jell-O
1 c. boiling water
1 c. vodka
Instructions:
- Cut the tops and bottom tips off of strawberries. Make sure they can stand up on a flat surface on their own
- Scoop out the inside of your strawberries using a small spoon, knife, or melon baller
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Combine chocolate chips and coconut oil in a large bowl
- Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring each time, until completely melted
- Dip your strawberry “shot glasses” in chocolate and place cup-side-up on baking sheet
- Refrigerate to harden, about 10 minutes
- In a large bowl, whisk together Jell-O and boiling water until completely dissolved
- Add vodka and whisk to combine
- Pour your vodka Jell-O mixture into your strawberry shot glasses
- Refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours
