Celebrate the Holidays with Seasonal Mocktail Recipes
Not everyone at your Thanksgiving table will want a cocktail or alcohol of any type. As a person who is usually the designated driver, I almost never have any alcohol except for a few sips of champagne or prosecco. Thanks to Marnie Rae, the founder of National Mocktail Week. Mocktails are cocktails without the alcohol but are equally tasty and presented just like a cocktail. Now anyone who doesn’t want alcohol or cannot drink alcohol can sip on equally festive beverages that are fun to drink!
Mocktail #1
Winter Sans-gria
Ingredients:
32 oz white cranberry juice
12 oz lime juice
24 oz ginger ale
frozen cranberries
rosemary sprigs
Instructions:
In a pitcher add white cranberry juice, ginger ale, lime juice, rosemary sprigs, frozen cranberries,
Top with ice and stir,
Serve in a rocks glass with ice and rosemary and cranberry garnish.
Mocktail #2:
Spiced Mulled “Wine”
Ingredients:
1 cup apple cider
3/4 cup cranberry juice
2 cinnamon sticks
2 orange slices
1 teaspoon whole cloves
3 star anise pods
Instructions:
In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine all ingredients and simmer until warm and spices have flavored the juice, about 15 minutes.
Strain the mulled “wine” into 2 mugs, reserving the spices and oranges for another use.
Serve and enjoy!
Optional: Garnish with an orange slice around the rim and a fresh cinnamon stick.
Mocktail #3
Peary Christmas
Ingredients:
3 oz pear juice
1.5 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
cinnamon
Instructions:
Add pear juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, and a dash of cinnamon to a shaker.
Shake and pour into a with pear and cinnamon garnish.
About the Mocktail Movement:
The Mocktail movement is spearheaded by Founder Marnie Rae. 17 years ago, Marnie became sober and it didn’t take long for her to realize that fun, delicious, grown-up cocktails were not an option in most of the hospitality world. Marnie founded National Mocktail Week as just one aspect of her movement to make Mocktails a standard on the drink menu both at home and in bars/restaurants.
In January 2019, America celebrated the first National Mocktail Week with great success. Its mission is to support and celebrate the decision to drink non-alcoholic cocktails and encourages friends and family to do the same.
In 2020, National Mocktail Week will be held January 12- 18.
About Marnie Rae:
Marnie, the Founder of National Mocktail Week, is dedicated to bringing Mocktails to the forefront of entertaining and hospitality. She holds a firm belief that the Mocktail movement is about a much bigger picture than a beverage. It is about making people feel welcome, included, thought of, and a part of something.
For more information, visit http://www.marnierae.com
Follow Marnie Rae on these social platforms:
https://www.facebook.com/marnieraec,
https://www.instagram.com/marnieraec/,
https://www.pinterest.com/marnie_clark1/.
Use #NationalMocktailWeek to share recipes and experience the best that Mocktails have to offer!
Thanks to Marnie Rae for these recipes for these tasty mocktails. They’re perfect for this holiday week!
Stevie Wilson,
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