Here you will find the world’s most popular and simple to make non-alcoholic cocktails.
Non-alcoholic cocktails or “virgin cocktails” or “mocktails”. Call them what you like, but the concept does not immediately make sense. Particularly if you consider that (alcoholic) cocktails became very popular during the Prohibition in the USA in the 1920’s exactly to “hide” the alcohol in the drink.
Non-alcoholic cocktails do play an important role. It opens the world of cocktails to non-consumers of alcohol. This includes children, designated drivers, pregnant people and persons with religious or health “constraints”. It adds to the variety of mixed drinks available to those who those to temporarily or permanently abstain from alcohol.
Non alcoholic drink recipes and cocktails are about as old as their “spiked” counter parts. And many alcoholic cocktails can be turned into “virgins” by omitting the alcoholic ingredients. A Virgin Mary, for example, is a Bloody Mary without the vodka.
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So it is clear that there are nearly as many non-alcoholic cocktail recipes as there are alcoholic cocktail recipes.
TIP: Check out our Cocktail Mixing Guide for an explanation of the terms used on this page.
Take as much care and joy in preparing and serving them as you would any other cocktail. Here are recipes of non-alcoholic cocktails carefully selected by Cocktail Mixing Master:
MONTEGO BAY
Ingredients: Ice cubes 1 part orange juice 1 part pineapple juice
1 splash grenadine (optional) Soda water
Glass:Highball
Preparation:Shake the ingredients except the soda water and strain into a glass with 2 or 3 ice cubes. Top up with soda water.
Garnish:Flag of fresh fruit.
MIAMI VICE
There are a number of variation – virgin and non-virgin – of this cocktail. The recipe given here looks quite peculiar but tastes surprisingly nice. It is doubtful though if Sonny Crockett will have one of these given the absence of alcohol.
Ingredients: Ice cubes 1 half and half (half milk, half cream) 1 part root beer 1 splash chocolate sauce or syrup Cola
Glass:Highball
Preparation: Shake the ingredients except the cola and strain into a glass with 2 or 3 ice cubes. Top up with cola..
HONEYMOON
This cocktail is supposed to be drank in bed.
Ingredients: Crushed ice 1 part apple juice 1 part orange juice 1 splash of lemon juice Tablespoon of honey
Glass:Champagne flute (times 2)
Preparation:Shake the ingredients and strain into the glasses.
Garnish:Twist of orange and cocktail cherries..
BLACK COW
Ingredients: Cola 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
Glass:Highball
Preparation:Put the ice cream in the glass and slowly pour the cola over it. Be careful as the cola is likely to boil over.
Garnish:Cocktail cherry (optional).
This drink can be made with just about any soda (Fanta, 7-Up, etc.) and is sometime referred to as a “Float”. Very sweet and very popular with children..
PUSSYFOOT
Ingredients: Ice cubes Cola 1 part orange juice 1 part lemon juice
Glass:Martini
Preparation:Shake the ice and juice and strain into the glass. Top up with cola.
APPLEMON
Ingredients: Ice cubes Apple juice 1 dash lemon juice Root beer
Glass:Martini
Preparation:Stir the ice, apple juice and lemon juice and strain into the glass. Top up with the root beer.
Garnish:Lemon wheel.
PILGRIM'S PUNCH
Ingredients: Ice cubes Equal parts grape juice, cranberry juice and soda water.
Glass:Highball
Preparation:Build the ingredients in the glass over ice cubes.
Garnish:Lemon twist (optional).
PEARLS AND LACE
Popular ingredients on their own that also mix well.
Ingredients: Ice cubes Equal parts orange soda (like Fanta), cola, ginger beer and 7-Up or Sprite. 1 splash lemonade .
Glass:Highball
Preparation:Build the ingredients in the glass over ice cubes.
Garnish:Lemon twist or wheel (optional).
BANANA SMOOTHIE
A Cocktail Mixing Master favorite.
Ingredients: Ice cubes 2 bananas 1 egg 1 teaspoon honey A cup of milk Vanilla ice cream (optional)
Glass:Highball
Preparation:Blend the ingredients and pour into the glass.
Garnish:Slice of banana.
There are many variations of this drink. Try it with different fruits (like strawberries) and combinations of fruit. Also nice as a breakfast drink if you add muesli.
PMS
It is said to relieve the symptoms of PMS!
Ingredients: Ice cubes Equal parts orange and cranberry or other berry juice
Glass:Highball
Preparation:Build the ingredients over ice in the glass.
COLD OF LECHEE This Indonesian recipe was submitted by Budi Art
Ingredients: Lechee syrup Grenadine Orange juice Soda Ice cubes
Glass:Zombie
Preparation:Build the ingredients over ice in the glass.
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