It’s love at first sip with these fun and festive Valentine’s Day drinks. These drinks are full of color and flavor, plus they’re very easy to make while you are spending your February 14th at home with your loved one. What is your plan for Valentine’s Day? Get inspired!
Taste. Enjoy. Love.
Red Sangria
Sangria takes us straight to beautiful Spain and Portugal and inspires us with passion. This wine base cocktail is fun, sweet, attractive, and very enjoyable. You don’t need to use your best wine for this delicious drink, we would recommend Pinot Noir, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Are you a fruit person? These are all fruits that go great with our Sangria: oranges, apples, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, blackberries, pineapple, pears.
If you are the one that likes to be prepared, Sangria is your choice. The longer it has to sit in the refrigerator the better it gets.
INGREDIENTS
1 (750-mL.) bottle red wine
1 c. orange juice
1/2 c. brandy
1/4 c. granulated sugar
1 orange, sliced
1 apple, sliced
1 c. blueberries
1 c. sliced strawberries
1 (12-oz.) can seltzer
DIRECTIONS
- In a large pitcher, mix together wine, orange juice, brandy, and sugar then stir in oranges, apples, blueberries, and strawberries.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve, preferably 2 hours. Top off with seltzer before serving.
Tiramisu White Russians
Easily said – the cocktail that beats a box of chocolates. If your idea of romance is dessert in a glass, you’ll find your happy-ever-after in this recipe.
INGREDIENTS
4 oz. cold heavy cream
2 tsp. granulated sugar
Ice
4 oz. Kahlua, divided
4 oz. dark rum, divided
Cocoa powder, for garnish
1 Ladyfinger cookie, halved crosswise, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
- Add cream and sugar to a pint-sized glass jar, seal, and shake vigorously until cream thickens enough to hold a soft peak, about 3 minutes. (Alternatively, use a whisk or hand mixer and a large bowl to beat cream until soft peaks form.)
- Fill 2 rocks glasses with ice. Add 2 ounces Kahlua and 2 ounces of rum to each glass, and stir to combine.
- Using a spoon, divide whipped cream evenly between the glasses, using the back of the spoon to smooth into an even layer that covers the surface of the drink. Dust tops with cocoa powder, garnish with a cookie half, and serve.
Cranberry Orange Whiskey Sour
This delicious drink is the perfect balance of tart, sweet, and spice.
No shaker? No problem. You can use a lidded glass jar, or even a large glass and stir your cocktail instead of shaking it. (Note: shaking is the best way to evenly distribute flavors.)
INGREDIENTS
Ice
1/2 c. cranberry juice
4 oz. whiskey
1/4 c. simple syrup
1/4 c. freshly squeezed orange juice
Juice of 1 lime
4 oz. ginger beer
DIRECTIONS
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add cranberry juice, whiskey, simple syrup, orange, and lime juice. Shake until well chilled.
- Fill two glasses with ice and strain mixture into glasses. Top off with ginger beer to serve.
Moscato Margaritas
A classic margarita is mixed tequila, lime juice, and orange liqueur (typically triple sec or Cointreau). But creativity has no limits and we are bringing you margarita enriched by Moscato and strawberries to get you into the spirit d’amour.
INGREDIENTS
1/4 c. granulated sugar
Lime wedges
1 c. chopped strawberries
1 c. tequila
1 c. Moscato
1 c. triple sec
1/2 c. lime juice
2 c. ice
DIRECTIONS
- In a small dish, pour sugar. Rim glasses with lime wedge then dip in sugar.
- Combine strawberries, tequila, moscato, triple sec, lime juice, and ice in blender. Blend until smooth, then divide mixture between 4 glasses, garnish with lime wedges and serve.
Pomegranate Mimosas
Here’s a simple & sophisticated cocktail that steals the show on Valentine’s Day: Pomegranate Mimosa.
INGREDIENTS
1 c. sweetened pomegranate juice
1 bottle champagne
Pomegranate seeds, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
- In champagne flutes, fill with 1/4 cup sweetened pomegranate juice and top off with champagne.
- Garnish with pomegranate seeds.
