19 Cocktails to Liven Up Your Easter Celebration
While your Easter celebration might be smaller than normal, you can still celebrate with these fun, flavorful cocktails. These cocktails take classic combinations and add a fun twist from juice ice cubes to fun garnishes. Drinks like Sunrise Bellini, Pomegranate Margaritas and Rose Mojito are festive, tasty and you’ll definitely want another round!
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Strawberry Shrub Cocktail
You can easily multiply this strawberry shrub cocktail recipe to make a pitcher cocktail to serve a whole party: just muddle the strawberries, basil and lemon in a pitcher, then vigorously stir in the vodka, shrub, Campari and ice. Top each serving with seltzer.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, June 2019
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Moscow Mule Cocktail
This refreshing cocktail features a combination of vodka, tangy lime and ginger beer, a nonalcoholic carbonated ginger beverage similar to ginger ale. This cocktail is traditionally served in a copper mug.Ā Source: EatingWell.com, February 2018
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Honey Buzz Cocktail
While gin lets the grapefruit shine through, this punch recipe also works with bourbon. Using the Angostura bitters is optional, but the cinnamon-clove flavor gives this drink a bit of holiday-appropriate spice.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, November/December 2017
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Pomegranate Margaritas
Who says margaritas are just for summer? This pomegranate twist on a cocktail favorite is good all year long--elegant enough for the holidays and fun enough for an outdoor barbecue.Ā Source: EatingWell.com, April 2017
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The Bee's Knees Cocktail
The Bee's Knees is a classic Prohibition cocktail that blends the crisp, botanical flavor of gin with bright citrus and the soft floral notes of honey. This cheery spring cocktail is made with simple ingredients you likely have in your pantry, making it a great happy hour option when you don't want to make a special trip to the store.Ā Source: EatingWell.com, April 2020
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Mimosas with Juice Ice Cubes
Take your mimosas to the next level with this fun hack! Make freeze juice in ice cube trays for a pretty and frosty way to add a splash of juice to your Champagne while keeping it cold.Ā Source: EatingWell.com, February 2017
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Tequila, Citrus & Raspberry Spritz
This spiked seltzer cocktail is a marriage between a Tequila Sunrise and a Sex on the Beach cocktail. The clementine-hibiscus seltzer really makes this sweet, but not syrupy, cocktail stand out! Serve this chilled or over ice.Ā Source: EatingWell.com, October 2019
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Festive Brunch Mezcal Cocktail
Carrot juice adds a sweet and earthy counterpoint to the smoky mezcal.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, December 2019
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Tomato-Jalapeño Bloody Mary
Make this garden-fresh Bloody Mary when summer tomatoes and peppers are at their peak.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, July/August 2009
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Spiked Seltzer Mojito
There are no surprises here--this is a classic mojito: minty, fresh, limey and spiked with rum! Turbinado sugar adds depth to the plain spiked seltzer so it's worth adding it to your pantry.Ā Source: EatingWell.com, October 2019
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Grapefruit Elderflower Spritz
The combination of gin, grapefruit and elderflower seems to be a new, trending combination in cocktails. Our version is super straightforward, but the twist is that we call for spiked grapefruit-flavored seltzer. We think it makes it that much more delicious and refreshing.Ā Source: EatingWell.com, October 2019
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Blackberry-Rosemary Vodka & Soda
Blackberries give this vodka cocktail its gorgeous hue and jammy flavor. Use the leftover simple syrup to mix up drinks for friends or skip the vodka for a mocktail.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, September 2019
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Golden Mimosa
Fruit juice and champagne make this drink recipe refreshingly tasty to serve while entertaining.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine
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Layered Strawberry-Mango Margaritas
Swirl layers of red strawberry margarita with yellow mango margarita in this skinny frozen cocktail for a festive party drink that will wow your guests. It tastes just as good as a restaurant frozen margarita, without all the sugar!Ā Source: EatingWell.com, June 2017
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Pomegranate-Citrus Fizz
This refreshing cocktail is made with pomegranate vodka and citrus juices. It's delightfully fruity and fizzy and has under 15 grams of carbohydrates per serving.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine
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Spring Rhubarb Cocktail
Turn happy hour into healthy hour with this cocktail that curbs carbs! The Rhubarb Syrup in this recipe has five times less sugar than traditional syrups, and by using club soda in the cocktail--instead of tonic water--there are fewer calories.Ā Source: Diabetic Living Magazine
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Sunrise Bellini
This slightly tart fruity Bellini recipe will zing you awake. It's the prettiest color imaginable and it makes a brunch instantly fun! You can serve the Bellinis in champagne flutes or in simple Mason jars--be creative!Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, May/June 2013
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Hibiscus Margarita
Amp up margarita night with a quick homemade simple syrup that packs a brilliant pink hue from dried hibiscus flowers. Serve with guacamole topped with pomegranate seeds and lime tortilla chips.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, May/June 2018
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Rose Mojito
A homemade simple syrup fragrant with delicate rose petals is an easy way to elevate cocktail hour. Find dried rose petals online, or in the bulk herb section of well-stocked supermarkets and natural-foods stores.Ā Source: EatingWell Magazine, May/June 2018