Christmas Cocktails Without Alcohol

It is always a great idea to serve some non alcoholic drinks at your cocktail party. After all you will most like having a few designated drivers on the guest list. These simple non alcoholic cocktail recipes are a great way to treat your guests to a special drink with out the side effect for the alcohol. Just be sure to keep the non alcoholic drinks separate form the regular cocktails if you will be serving both.

Here are some of my favorite non alcoholic drink recipes.

Mango Faux Champagne

1 (12-ounce) can mango nectar
2 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves
12 black peppercorns
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 bottle non alcoholic Champagne or sparkling wine

Bring the nectar to a boil in a small saucepan over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and add all of the spices. Let the mixture cool, then strain and refrigerate.

Orange Flavored Coffee

1 1/2 shots of coffee favored syrup
1 ounce of orange syrup
Coffee
Heavy cream
Combine coffee syrup and the orange syrup in a coffee glass. Top off with coffee, float heavy cream on top, and serve hot.

Beleini

4 tablespoons white peach puree
1 bottle non alcoholic bubbly champagne, chilled (use sparkling juice or seltzer for a non-alcoholic cocktail)

Place 1 tablespoon white peach puree into the bottom of a Champagne flute. Fill the glass with the non alcoholic Champagne, seltzer, or sparkling juice.

Napa Sunset

1 bottle non alcoholic Champagne, seltzer, or sparkling juice
1 quart orange juice
In a Champagne glass, pour equal parts orange juice and non alcoholic Champagne, seltzer, or sparkling juice.

Pink Sunrise Cocktails

1 quart red grapefruit juice 1 bottle non alcoholic Champagne, seltzer, or sparkling juiceAdd a few ounces red grapefruit juice to the glass then fill the glass with non alcoholic Champagne, seltzer, or sparkling juice to the rim and serve.

Apricot Refresher

1 part apricot juice
2 parts non alcoholic Champagne, seltzer, or sparkling juice
1 apricot slice, for garnish

Pour apricot juice into a champagne flute. Adds non alcoholic Champagne, seltzer, or sparkling juice and stir. Place apricot slice on the rim as a garnish.

Sorbet Cocktail

1 package fresh strawberries
2 bananas
2 cups apple juice
1 cup seltzer water

1 pint strawberry sorbet scooped into melon balls and held in freezer until ready to serve
Hull strawberries and add to a blender. Peel bananas, cut in half, and add to blender. Add apple juice and puree until smooth. Stir in seltzer water. Place strawberry sorbet balls into 4 glasses and evenly distribute juice into each glass

Red Garland Cocktail

3 ounces cranberry juice
1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
2 ounces orange juice
2 slices lime
Crushed ice

Pour the cranberry juice, and lime juice over ice and shake well. Pour, with a strainer over the shaker, into a chilled 7 ounce stemmed wine glass. Splash with orange juice and place the lime slice on top.

Tip: You'll notice a lot of these non alcoholic cocktail recipes include non alcoholic Champagne, seltzer, or sparkling juice. Try creating a bar with these options, a few of the other ingredients, and some recipe cards. You designated drivers can have fun following the recipes or making their own non alcoholic cocktails!