Looking for mocktail recipes? Turns out, you don’t need alcohol to make a tasty drink! A mocktail is a non alcoholic cocktail: a mixed drink without the liquor (either eliminated entirely or with a non-alcoholic spirit). Mocktails are the perfect choice for people who are pregnant or avoiding alcohol. There are a few different ways to make a mocktail. You can follow a mocktail recipe to make virgin drinks based on classics, from the Margarita to the Mojito! Or, you can make a free-form mocktail without a recipe. You’ll just need to keep a few tricks in mind when building your drinks so they don’t come out tasting like bubbly fruit juice. Ready to get started?
And now, our top mocktail recipes
How to make a mocktail without a recipe
How to make a mocktail? It’s easy to mix something together: but often with no alcohol it ends up testing like fruit juice. Instead, here are a few tricks for adding complexity to the flavor of your free-form mocktails: Ingredients: Lime juice, lemon juice, pickle juice, simple syrup, tonic water Ingredients: Lime juice, fresh mint, soda water, simple syrup or orgeat Ingredients: Pineapple, coconut milk, simple syrup Ingredients: Lime juice, simple syrup or caper juice, soda water Ingredients: Frozen strawberries, lime juice, simple syrup, tonic water or lemon lime soda Also try: Roy Rogers, a variation with cola! Ingredients: Grenadine, lime juice, ginger ale or ginger beer Ingredients: Orange juice, ginger ale Ingredients: Tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, olive juice, Tabasco, celery salt, black pepper Ingredients: Grapefruit juice, lime juice, mint, jalapeno pepper, ginger beer Ingredients: Blackberries, honey, sage, lime juice, ginger beer, seltzer water Ingredients: Orange juice, lime juice, grenadine, non alcoholic tequila Ingredients: Jalapeno pepper, grapefruit juice, lime juice, sparkling water, agave syrup Ingredients: Lemonade, unsweetened iced tea Ingredients: Blood orange juice, honey, vanilla, lime sparkling water Also try: Raspberry Lime Rickey Ingredients: Lime juice, cherry cocktail syrup, soda water
Use bubbly mixers. Soda water, tonic water, and even ginger ale or ginger beer and great for adding lift to your mocktails with carbonated bubbles. When in doubt: add bubbles! Consider a “mock” alcohol to add complexity. Here’s a cool mocktail trick: a teaspoon or two of caper juice or pickle juice can taste like alcohol! It sounds weird, but it actually works. Our Virgin Margarita recipe below has a hint of pickle juice, which gives a finish that tastes oddly like tequila. Try fancy simple syrups. Layering flavors helps mocktail recipes taste interesting instead of one-note. Try a homemade syrup like Mint Simple Syrup, Ginger Simple Syrup, Rosemary Simple Syrup or Lavender Simple Syrup. Consider non-alcoholic bitters. A few dashes of bitters add herbal complexity to cocktails. There are some non-alcoholic brands that you can experiment with for mocktails, too! See also: this Bitters and Soda almost mocktail!Load up on fancy garnishes and clear ice. It’s all about presentation! The fun thing about our cocktail recipes is not just that they taste good: they look beautiful, too! Try clear ice, artisan style crystal clear ice that makes your drink look like it came from a fancy bar. Depending on the drink, load up on cocktail cherries, citrus wedges, or fresh herbs.
Mocktails are low calorie drinks
Mocktails are very low calorie, since the alcohol is what contributes the most calories to cocktails. They’re great if you’re looking for a fitting low-cal replacement for your favorite cocktail. Or, looking for low calorie alcoholic drinks? Try our Top 10 Low Calorie Alcoholic Drinks! See also: Best Non Alcoholic Beers
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