While we all would love our cocktails, not everyone can have one either by choice or necessity. I have often wanted to have a tasty cocktail at lunch but realize that navigating the freeways of Los Angeles after having a cocktail is crazy!
What’s a girl (or guy) to do? Mocktails of course! It’s an easy, breezy, fun way to have the flavor profile of a cocktail – but without the alcohol issue.
I have a collection of mocktail recipes from PLATED.com
Mocktail Mule
This booze-less twist on the spicy ginger cocktail gets a hint of sweetness from honey. And yes, you can still drink it in a copper mug.
Ingredients
honey
1 half lime
2 ounces fresh lime juice
3 ounces ginger beer
Instructions
-Make the honey simple syrup:
Add equal parts honey and water to a small saucepan and heat until the honey melts completely into the water. Set aside, and let cool.
-Muddle lime and 1 oz of honey syrup in the bottom of a cocktail shaker.
-Add the lime juice and shake with ice for 10 seconds.
-Strain into a glass or copper mug.
-Top with ginger beer and stir.
Virgin Piña Colada
You may be thinking: what’s a piña colada without the rum? Well, it’s still just as delicious, thanks to pineapple juice and coconut cream. Blend this one up for a little taste of the tropics any time of year—even when it’s snowing.
Ingredients
1 cup ice
3/4 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup coconut cream
1 tablespoon white sugar or honey
ice
pineapple slices, for garnish
Instructions
In an electric blender, blend all ingredients until smooth.
Garnish with fresh pineapple slices.
Virgin French 75
The French 75 is one of our favorite, elegant cocktails, usually made with gin and champagne. This mocktail version imitates the drink’s delicate flavor with a mix of tonic water, citrus, and bitters to create the perfect sip.
A note:
There are some varieties of bitters that have a small alcohol content, so make sure to look for alcohol-free bitters if you’re trying to avoid booze completely.
Ingredients
3 ounces fresh lemon juice
4 dashes lemon or orange bitters
12 ounces tonic water
1 teaspoon sugar
ice
Instructions
Add fresh lemon juice and bitters to cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake until frosty then divide into two champagne flutes.
Top off with tonic water until it reaches about 3/4 of the way up the glass.
Add sugar to taste, up to 1 teaspoon and serve immediately.
Virgin bloody mary
Just because you’re laying off the booze doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy your brunch in basically the same way. This drink tastes just like the real thing.
Ingredients
8 ounces tomato juice
juice of 1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
4 dashes hot sauce
celery, for garnish
lemon slices, for garnish.
Instructions
Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and pour over ice in a tall glass.
Garnish with a celery stick and a slice of lemon.
Booze-less hot toddy
There’s no alcohol in this comforting winter drink, but it’s just as spirited. This is a perfect, heart-warming drink for those freezing winter nights when you want something more than just a basic cup of tea.
Ingredients
1 black tea bag
1 teaspoon honey
pinch ground cloves
pinch ground nutmeg
1 lemon, halved
1 cinnamon stick
Instructions
Pour boiling water over 1 black tea bag in a mug and let steep for five minutes.
In a separate glass or mug, add the honey and spices.
Add the hot tea to the mug, along with the juice of half of the lemon.
Stir.
Cut the remaining half of the lemon into slices.
Add lemon slices and cinnamon stick to the mug, as a garnish.
Non-alcoholic sangria
The ingredient list may look long, but trust us, this sober sangria comes together pretty easily, and is totally worth it. Serve a pitcher of this alongside your next taco night.
Added bonus: no hangover.
Ingredients
2 cups boiling water
2 black tea bags
2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups cranberry juice
2 cup orange juice
1 medium orange, sliced into rounds
1 medium lemon, sliced into rounds
1 medium lime, sliced into rounds
1 medium apple, cored and cut into
1/2-inch chunks
Instructions
3 cups sparkling water.
Pour the boiling water over tea bags and cinnamon sticks in a large pitcher and steep for 5 minutes.
Discard tea bags and stir in sugar until it dissolves.
To the pitcher, add the cranberry juice, orange juice, orange, lemon, lime, and apple.
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and preferably overnight.
Just before serving, stir in carbonated water.
|Serve in glasses over ice.
Thanks to Plated.com for these amazing (and tasty!!) recipes!!
Stevie Wilson,
LA-Story.com
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