15 Feb

Cheers, Valentine

Posted in DIY, Inspiration

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of our lovely readers! We just can’t get enough of this sweet holiday… but we also like to spice things up a bit. To help you do the same, we’ve collected our favorite Valentine’s Day inspired cocktails from around the web (they also make great signature cocktails for your big day!). So find a quite corner to share with your sweetheart and say, “cheers,” to another year of love.

Pomegranate Champagne

What you’ll need:

  • 1 1/4 cups chilled fresh pomegranate juice (from 3 pomegranates)
  • 1 1/2 ounces chilled Cointreau liqueur
  • 1 chilled bottle (375 milliliters) Champagne
  • Fresh pomegranate seeds, for garnish

In a pitcher, mix juice, liqueur, and Champagne. Pour into flutes, and garnish with pomegranate seeds.

Recipe and photo via Martha Stewart Weddings 

The Fever

What you’ll need:

  • 3 oz (6 tablespoons) gin
  • 1 oz (2 tablespoons) dry vermouth
  • 1 teaspoon Dubonnet Rouge
  • 1/2 teaspoon anisette or other anise-flavored liqueur
  • Lemon twists for garnish

Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice, then add all ingredients and shake or stir well. Strain into chilled Martini glasses.

Recipe and photo via Epicurious 

Bailey’s Cool Raspberry

What you’ll need:

  • 2 ounces Baileys Original Irish Cream
  • 8-9 raspberries
  • Crushed ice

Place 4-5 raspberries at the bottom of a rocks glass and lightly muddle them. Top with crushed ice. Add Baileys Irish Cream. Garnish with three speared raspberries.

Recipe and photo via Blisstree

Between the Sheets

What you’ll need:

  • 4 5 ice cubes
  • 1 1/4 measures brandy
  • 1 measure white rum
  • 1/2 measure Cointreau
  • 3/4 measure fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 measure sugar syrup

Put the ice cubes into a cocktail shaker. Add the brandy, white rum, Cointreau, lemon juice and sugar syrup and shake until a frost forms. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Recipe and photo via Huffington Post

Raspberry Chocolate Kiss

 What you’ll need:

  • 1/4 cup Mint-Infused Simple Syrup, plus more for rim
  • 3 chocolate cookies, finely crushed, such as Nabisco Famous Wafers
  • 10 raspberries
  • 1/4 cup vodka
  • 2 tablespoons cranberry juice
  • Ice cubes

Fill a shallow dish with enough simple syrup to just cover the bottom. Place crushed cookies into another shallow dish. Invert a martini glass into simple syrup and then immediately into crushed cookies to coat the rim of the glass. Place raspberries in a cocktail shaker; crush with a muddler. Add simple syrup and muddle again. Add vodka and cranberry juice; fill shaker with ice. Shake well until chilled. Strain into prepared martini glass. Serve immediately.

Recipe and photo via Martha Stewart Weddings

What are you serving up for your sweetie?




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