With just a few ingredients and a little planning, you can enjoy a nice variety of easy drinks. We’ve rounded up some of the best Sweet Cocktails, each of which can also be customized to fit the ingredients you do have on hand and save an extra trip to the liquor or grocery store.
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Pineapple Crush Cocktail
This cocktail drink is refreshing, delicious, and super easy to make! Simply mix together pineapple juice, vodka, triple sec, and sparkling water. Great for happy hours, game day gatherings or your next cocktail party.
Mimosas
A completely simple and bubbly cocktail made with champagne and orange juice, mimosas are nothing short of a fun drink!It only takes 5 minutes to make and you can serve them at parties, gatherings or even a weekend brunch. To make it you will need champagne, orange juice, cranberry juice, lemon wedges and cranberries for decoration.
Jungle Juice Cocktail
Easiest, tastiest way to serve drinks at any of your parties, holiday dinners, or gatherings – jungle juice cocktail is one affordable cocktail! It combines fruit juices and real fruit, with some rum and vodka to get you moving. This punch is sweet, tangy, and completely refreshing.
Melon Ball Mojitos
A refreshing summer cocktail with a burst watermelon. Melon ball mojitos are a refreshing cocktail that are ready in less than 15 minutes! Make a pitcher to serve at your next party! When you’re looking for a variation on the classic mojito, grab the watermelon, fresh mint, limes, sugar, white rum, ice and sparkling water.
Blood Orange Margarita
Often served at Mexican restaurants, blood orange margarita is a tasty combo of citrus juice, tequila and orange liqueur. This variation uses the fresh juice of blood oranges for a refreshing and fruity taste.
Gin and Tonic
We all have probably heard of gin and tonic, but what is the key to a great gin and tonic? You definitely want to use a recipe that balances the bitterness of tonic against the gin. There’s gin, tonic water and ice, but how much? What kind of gin and don’t forget the lime, right?
Tequila Sunrise
Combining tequila, orange juice, and grenadine syrup to create a beautifully colored cocktail, tequila sunrise is named for the colors of a morning sunrise. You’ll definitely love the way the red from the grenadine and the orange from the juice come together to make this gorgeous drink.
Vodka Cranberry (Cape Codder)
Who doesn’t love a Vodka Cranberry?! You’ll certainly love this recipe! It has the perfect proportions of cranberry juice, lime juice, and vodka so you can easily prepare the drink for your next happy hour! Vodka cocktails are always a hit, and this one is perfect to serve up at your next ladies night, holiday party or book club!
Black Russian
A drink that first appeared in the late 1940’s, Black Russian quickly became a popular and easy to make cocktail. It’s a simple two ingredient cocktail that is made up of two basic ingredients; Vodka and Kahlua. You can easily substitute a different brand of coffee liqueur but Kahlua is the most commonly used one.
Rum and Coke (Cuba Libre)
Rum and Coke originated on the small Caribbean island of Cuba and easily has become one of the most popular drinks in the world. A simply delicious and satisfying cocktail, everything that you need to know about mixing this drink is right there in the name.
Daiquiri
No summertime gathering is complete without a homemade Daiquiri! Only 3 ingredients required, fresh lime, light rum, and of course a hint of sweetness! It’s a tropical drink made right in the comfort of your own home. Plus, you can make the frozen version too for those extra hot days!
Moscow Mule
Moscow mules are fantastically fizzy drinks made with fiery ginger beer, vodka and fresh lime. Perfectly refreshing on hot summer days, but they’re also holiday-appropriate and a kick back and relax kind of drink. They strike that distinctive balance between spicy, sweet and strong!
Best Sweet Cocktail Collection: Pineapple Crush Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup pineapple juice
- 1 oz vodka
- 1 oz triple sec
- 3 oz sparkling water
- ice
- pineapple wedges or maraschino cherry for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a tall glass with ice. Then add vodka and triple sec into the glass.
- Add pineapple juice.
- Top it off with sparkling water.
- Garnish with a pineapple wedge and/or maraschino cherry. Serve and enjoy!
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