Valentine’s Day Cocktails You Can Make at Home

Even if your Valentine’s Day is looking a little different this year, that doesn’t mean you still can’t enjoy a romantic night in or a fabulous night with your besties. In fact, there are tons of celebratory cocktails perfect for the occasion you can make right at home. Below I’ve broken down some classic drinks that pair flawlessly with Valentine’s Day. Get ready for an explosion of pink, red, and strawberries; and remember: love is in the air drink. 😉

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Cosmopolitan

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 3 oz vodka
• 1/2 oz cranberry juice (substitute diet cranberry juice for fewer calories)
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• 2 oz triple sec
• 1 lime wedge
• chilled martini glass
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice

Check out the video tutorial.

HOW-TO:

1. Place martini glass in freezer, then fill cocktail shaker with ice, followed by vodka, triple sec, fresh lime juice, and cranberry juice.
   1. Note: this is the key part of making the perfect cosmopolitan! Make sure that you’re only using a 2 count so your drink will come out light pink—you don’t want it bright pink, dark pink, or red! Think: the color of this blog! Ensuring this exact count is what will give the martini that pink lemonade flavor as well!
2. Cover cocktail shaker and shake well—cocktail shaker should be cold to the touch.
3. Remove martini glass from freezer, then strain in contents of shaker.
4. Garnish with a slice of lime on the rim.

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Creamy Chocolate Martini

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• chocolate syrup
• 2 oz chocolate liqueur
• 1.5 oz Irish cream
• 1 oz vanilla vodka
• martini glass
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice

HOW-TO:

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice, then add in chocolate liqueur, Irish cream, and vanilla vodka. Cover and shake well so shaker is cold to touch and drink comes out frothy.
2. Drizzle chocolate syrup into and around martini glass. (Feel free to make fun designs!)
3. Strain cocktail shaker into martini glass.

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White Chocolate Martini

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 2 oz white chocolate liqueur
• 1/2 oz white creme de cacao
• 3 oz vanilla vodka
• 1/2 oz unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• chilled martini glass
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice

HOW-TO:

1. Place martini glass in freezer, then fill cocktail shaker with ice, followed by all ingredients. Cover cocktail shaker and shake well so shaker is cold to touch and drink comes out frothy.
2. Remove martini glass from freezer, and strain in contents of shaker into chilled martini glass.

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Rosé Margarita

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Rosé
• 2 oz silver tequila
• 1/2 oz triple sec
• 1 container of strawberries
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz strawberry simple syrup
• margarita glass (or size equivalent)
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice
• muddler (substitute back of fork)

STRAWBERRY SIMPLE SYRUP DIRECTIONS:

1. The night before making this cocktail, take out about 1/2 of the strawberries out of the container.
2. Remove stem from strawberries and cut into thin slices.
3. In a saucepan, combine sliced strawberries, 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar.
   1. Splenda or any other artificial sweetener may be substituted for sugar.
4. Bring to a boil on stove, stirring frequently, until strawberries have softened and the liquid has turned a deep, dark red.
5. Strain simple syrup into a container or glass through a fine mesh strainer.
   1. Strawberries can either be discarded or stored in fridge to be used for something else, like yogurt.
6. Cover simple syrup and store in fridge overnight.

HOW-TO:

1. Remove stems from 3-5 strawberries and cut into thin slices, then place slices into cocktail shaker, followed by tequila and simple syrup.
2. Muddle ingredients together, then add in triple sec and lime juice. Fill remainder of cocktail shaker with ice, cover, and shake well.
3. Pour combined ingredients into glass, then top with rosé.
4. Garnish with 1 strawberry on rim.

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Valentine’s Day Mimosa

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Champagne
• orange juice
• grenadine
• 1 strawberry (to garnish)
• Champagne flute
• cocktail spoon (substitute butter knife)

HOW-TO:

1. Pour orange juice into champagne flute, filling about 1/4 of the way, then add in 1 drop of grenadine. Lightly stir together.
2. Fill remainder of flute with Champagne. Garnish with strawberry on rim.

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Giggle Juice

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 2.5 oz pink lemonade
• 2 oz moscato
• 2 oz vodka
• lemon-lime soda (substitute zero-calorie for healthier option)
• 1 lemon, sliced into half-moons (substitute 1.5 oz fresh lemon juice)
• 1 lemon wedge (to garnish)
• sugar (for rim; optional)
• pint glass (or size equivalent)
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice
• cocktail spoon (substitute regular spoon)

WATCH ME MAKE THIS DRINK, STEP-BY-STEP, HERE.

HOW-TO:

1. If doing sugared rim: pour sugar onto plate, wet rim of pint glass, then dip rim into sugar and set aside.
2. Fill cocktail shaker halfway with ice, then add in pink lemonade, moscato, vodka, and half-moon lemon slices. Cover and shake well.
3. Pour contents of shaker into pint glass. Add in 2-3 more ice cubes.
4. Top with lemon-lime soda, and garnish with lemon wedge on rim.

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Strawberry Champagne Margarita

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Champagne
• 2 oz silver tequila
• 1 oz triple sec
• 1 oz strawberry simple syrup*
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• sugar (for rim; optional)
• 3 strawberries, thinly sliced
• 1 lime wedge (to garnish)
• margarita glass (or size equivalent
• muddler (substitute back of fork if unavailable)
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice

*For strawberry simple syrup directions, see above. Prep ahead of time.

HOW-TO:

1. If doing sugared rim: pour sugar onto plate, then wet rim of margarita glass. Dip rim into sugar. Set aside.
2. Add tequila, 1 thinly sliced strawberry, and strawberry simple syrup into cocktail shaker. Muddle ingredients together by pressing strawberry slices into liquid. Then add in triple sec and lime juice.
3. Fill remainder of cocktail shaker up with ice, cover, and shake well so shaker is cold to the touch and drink comes out frothy.
4. Pour ingredients from cocktail shaker into margarita glass.
5. Top with Champagne, and garnish with lime wedge on rim and strawberry slices in drink.

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Rum Sunrise

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 2.5 oz light rum (silver or clear rum)
• orange juice
• grendadine
• 1 orange slice
• 1 Maraschino cherry
• pint glass (or size equivalent)
• ice
• cocktail spoon (substitute regular spoon)

HOW-TO:

1. Fill a pint glass up with ice, then pour in rum.
2. Fill remainder of pint glass up with orange juice, stopping just below the rim. Lightly stir ingredients together.
3. Add in 1 drop of grenadine.
4. Garnish with an orange slice on the rim and a cherry in drink.

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Pink Señorita

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 2 oz silver tequila
• 1/2 oz triple sec
• 2 oz pink lemonade
• 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
• 1 lemon wedge (to garnish)
• sugar (for rim; optional)
• margarita glass (or size equivalent)
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice

HOW-TO:

1. If doing sugared rim: pour sugar onto plate, then wet rim of margarita glass. Dip rim into sugar. Set aisde
2. Fill cocktail shaker up with ice, then add in tequila, triple sec, fresh lemon juice, and pink lemonade. Cover and shake well so cocktail shaker is cold to the touch.
3. Pour all ingredients from cocktail shaker into margarita glass, then garnish with a lemon wedge on rim.

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Grapefruit Mimosa

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Champagne or prosecco (personal preference)
• grapefruit juice
• 1 grapefruit slice (to garnish)
• champagne flute

HOW-TO:

1. Fill champagne flute about 1/4 of the way with grapefruit juice, then fill remainder with bubbly, stopping just below the rim.
2. Garnish with a slice of grapefruit on rim.

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Red Wine Milkshake

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 1 cup vanilla ice cream
• 6 oz red dessert wine (i.e: port)
• 6 oz vodka
• whipped cream
• Maraschino cherries
• blender
• rocks glass (or size equivalent)

HOW-TO:

1. Combine all ingredients in blender. Cover, and blend until smooth.
2. Pour into rocks glass, and top with whipped cream and Maraschino cherries.

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Love Potion Martini

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 3 oz strawberry vodka
• 2 oz pomegranate juice
• 1/2 oz Chambord
• 1 whole strawberry (to garnish)
• chilled martini glass
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice
• sugar (for rim; optional)

HOW-TO:

1. If doing sugared rim: pour sugar onto plate, then wet rim of martini glass. Dip rim into sugar and coat as evenly as possible.
2. Place martini glass in freezer, then fill cocktail shaker with ice. Add vodka, pomegranate juice, and Chambord into shaker. Cover and shake well—shaker should be cold to the touch.
3. Remove martini glass from freezer, then strain in contents of cocktail shaker.
4. Place strawberry on rim to garnish.

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Ruby Red Cocktail

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 2 oz vodka
• 1/2 oz peach schnapps or peach liqueur
• 2 oz ruby red grapefruit juice
• pint glass
• cocktail shaker + strainer
• ice

HOW-TO:

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice, then pour in all ingredients. Cover and shake well! Cocktail shaker should be cold to the touch.
2. Pour into pint glass.

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