The Valentine’s Day Cocktail Recipes Worth Falling For Right Now
A mix of classics and crowd-pleasers designed for candlelit dinners, group toasts and everything in between.
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February 14 is just around the corner, so now is the time to raise a glass to Cupid’s favorite time with a festive, fun and flirty Valentine’s Day-approved cocktail. Because no matter your feelings towards Valentine’s Day, why not celebrate every type of love, both romantic and platonic?
Whether you’re staying in on Valentine’s Day, want a pre-dinner beverage, or you're just in the mood to whip up enticing red or pink cocktails at any time of the year, consider trying one of these delicious concoctions. Not only are these drinks easy to make at home, but they're a delightful option for everything from a romantic candlelit Valentine’s Day dinner to a cozy brunch or even a Galentine’s Day soirée. From bubbly beverages and classic cocktails to fruity concoctions and perfectly pink tipples, these are the Valentine’s Day drink recipes to test out this season.
Valentine’s Day Cocktail Recipes
- Violet’s Kiss
- Coming Up Roses
- Old Cuban
- Chamomile Highball
- The Love Gun
- Raspberry Rosé Upside Down
- Casamigos Espresso Martini
- Champagne Problems
- The Pink One
- Chocolate Noir Negroni
- Bourbon Raspberry Sour
- Love at First Sip
- Red Raspberry
- Malibu Pink Cocktail
- Silver Rose Gimlet
- Rum Espresso Martini
- Brother's Bond Heart & Soul
- Aragua’s Romance
- Pomegranate Sour Heart
- 21Seeds Negroni
- Strawberry and Lemongrass Fizz
- Flora Dora
- Lady in Red
- St-Germain Rosé Spritz
- Rosita
- Glendalough Rose Martini
- Cointreau Pink Margarita
- Glenfiddich Manhattan
- Garden of Legacy
- Cupid’s Arrow
- Kiss Me Paloma
- Third Wheel
Violet’s Kiss
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Bombay Sapphire gin
.25 oz Maraschino
.25 oz creme de violette
.75 oz lemon juice
.25 oz simple syrup
Cherry, for garnish
Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin and shake vigorously. Strain into a fresh coupe glass and garnish with a cherry.
Coming Up Roses
Ingredients:
2 oz Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose Gin
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz Lillet Rosé
.5 oz raspberry syrup
Egg white
Fresh raspberries, for garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker without ice and shake to emulsify egg white. Add ice to the tin and shake again. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with raspberries.
Old Cuban
Ingredients:
2 oz Bacardi Reserva Ocho rum
2 1/2 oz Martini & Rossi Prosecco
4 mint leaves
1 oz simple syrup
1 oz lime juice
2 dashes bitters
Directions:
Combine all ingredients, except prosecco, in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into a fresh cocktail glass and top with prosecco. Garnish with a mint leaf.
Chamomile Highball
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Aberfeldy 12 Single Malt Scotch whisky
.75 oz local honey
Chilled chamomile tea
Lemon twist, for garnish
Directions:
Add whiskey and honey to a highball glass and stir together. Add cubed ice. Top with chilled chamomile tea and stir again. Add a lemon twist for garnish.
The Love Gun
Ingredients:
1 sprig tarragon
1/4 cup Staple Gin
2 tbsp fresh blood orange juice
2 tbsp Aperol
1 tbsp simple syrup
2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
4 tbsp pink champagne
1 orange peel twist, for garnish
Directions:
Muddle tarragon at the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add all ingredients, except for the champagne, and fill with ice. Shake well. Double strain into a champagne coupe or champagne flute. Top with champagne and blood orange peel.
Raspberry Rosé Upside Down
Ingredients:
2 oz Hampton Water Rosé
1 oz vanilla vodka
.5 oz Chambord
2 oz pineapple juice
Dash of grenadine
Top with Poppi Raspberry Rose
Directions:
Fill a shaker with ice and add rosé, vanilla vodka, Chambord and pineapple juice. Shake until chilled. Strain into a martini glass and add a dash of grenadine. Top with Poppi.
Casamigos Espresso Martini
Ingredients:
1 oz Casamigos Jalapeño Tequila
.75 oz freshly brewed espresso
1 oz Licor 43
.75 oz coffee liqueur
4 dashes chocolate bitters
Cocoa powder, for garnish.
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a shaker and dry-shake for six seconds. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini or coupe glass. Dust with cocoa powder.
Champagne Problems
Ingredients:
1 oz Kish Shine Kumquat Rose & Ginger Apéritif
2 to 3 oz champagne or sparkling wine of choice
.5 oz Canton Ginger
.5 oz Italicus
Dried flowers, for garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a shaker. Add ice and shake for at least five seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with dried flowers.
The Pink One
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Belvedere Vodka
.75 oz triple sec
.75 oz lime juice
.33 oz cranberry juice
Orange zest, for garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice; shake vigorously. Fine strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange zest.
Chocolate Noir Negroni
Ingredients:
30 ml Renais Gin
30 ml Regal Rogue Red Vermouth
20 ml Campari
10 ml Crème de Cacao Brown
Melted white chocolate, for garnish
Directions:
Melt white chocolate and then use a pastry brush to brush it on the inside of a frozen glass. Place the glass in the freezer. Add all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice; stir for 20 seconds to chill and dilute. Take glass out of freezer and pour mixture into glass over a fresh large block of ice.
Bourbon Raspberry Sour
Ingredients:
1.5 ozWoodford Reserve Double Oaked
.5 oz Chambord
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
3 dashes Woodford Reserve Chocolate Bitters
Raspberries, for garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a shaker and add ice. Shake and then double strain into a coupe or martini glass. Garnish with raspberries.
Love at First Sip
Ingredients:
1 part Glenlivet 14 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky
3/4 parts lemon juice
3/4 parts strawberry syrup
3 parts Mumm Sparkling Brut Rosé
Chocolate-covered strawberry, for garnish
Directions:
Add whisky, lemon juice and strawberry syrup to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Top with rosé and chocolate-covered strawberry.
Red Raspberry
Ingredients:
2 oz El Tequileño Reposado Gran Reserva
1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
.5 oz raspberry liqueur
.5 oz agave syrup
2 oz cranberry juice
6 raspberries
Directions:
Add all ingredients into a shaker over cubed ice. Shake until cold. Strain into a highball glass over cubed ice. Add raspberry or edible flower garnish.
Malibu Pink Cocktail
Ingredients:
1 part Malibu Pink
2 parts lemonade
Directions:
Pour rum and lemonade into a glass with ice and stir to combine.
Silver Rose Gimlet
Ingredients:
1 oz Nolet’s Silver Gin
1 oz fresh lemonade
.5 oz elderflower liqueur
.5 oz fresh lime juice
Rose petals, for garnish
Directions:
Add ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with rose petals.
Rum Espresso Martini
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Zacapa No.23 Rum
1 oz espresso
.25 oz simple syrup
3 espresso beans, cacao powder and wafer stick, for garnish
Directions:
Add rum, simple syrup and espresso to cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled coupe glass dusted with cacao powder. Garnish with espresso beans and a wafer stick.
Brother's Bond Heart & Soul
Ingredients:
2 oz Brother’s Bond American Blended Rye Whiskey
.25 oz pure maple syrup
3 dashes chocolate bitters
Orange twist, for garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a large rocks glass with one large piece of ice and stir. Release the oils from the orange zest over the drink.
Aragua’s Romance
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Santa Teresa 1796
.5 oz Cappelletti Aperitivo
.25 oz spiced pineapple syrup
.5 oz red wine
Rose petal, for garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients, except for red wine, to a mixing glass. Add ice and stir for 20 seconds. Pour into a rocks glass with a large ice cube. Top with red wine floater and garnish with a rose petal.
Pomegranate Sour Heart
Ingredients:
2 oz Stranahan’s Blue Peak
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
.75 oz fresh orange juice
1 egg white
.5 oz pomegranate grenadine
Directions:
Add whiskey, lemon juice, orange juice, egg white and pomegranate grenadine into a shaker. Shake and strain into a coupe glass; garnish with an orange twist.
21Seeds Negroni
Ingredients:
1.5 oz 21 Seeds Valencia Orange Tequila
.5 oz Campari
.5 oz sweet vermouth
.5 oz fresh orange juice
Orange rind, for garnish
Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a shaker and stir with ice. Pour over fresh ice; garnish with orange rind.
Strawberry and Lemongrass Fizz
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Grey Goose Essences Strawberry & Lemongrass
4.5 oz soda water
Fresh strawberries
Lemongrass
Lemon twist
Directions:
Fill a chilled glass with cubed ice. Add Grey Goose Essences and then top with soda water. Garnish with lemongrass, fresh strawberry and a lemon twist.
Flora Dora
Ingredients:
4 oz Hendrick’s Gin
2 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz raspberry syrup
Ginger beer
Raspberry and cucumber, for garnish
Directions:
Combine all ingredients, except for ginger beer, into a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into two highball glasses filled with ice; top each with ginger beer. Gently stir to combine and garnish with raspberry and cucumber.
Lady in Red
Ingredients:
1 part Sipsmith London Dry Gin
1 part Sipsmith Sloe Gin
1/2 part lemon juice
1 egg white
1 bar spoon raspberry syrup
Fresh raspberry, for garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker; combine and dry-shake. Add ice and shake again. Double strain into a chilled glass and garnish with raspberry.
St-Germain Rosé Spritz
Ingredients:
1.5 oz St-Germain
2 oz Martini & Rossi Rosé Prosecco
2 oz soda water
8 mint leaves
Lime wedge and mint sprig, for garnish
Directions:
Pour St-Germain into a glass filled with ice. Add mint and top with sparkling wine and soda. Stir to combine. Garnish with mint sprig and lime wedge.
Rosita
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Volcan Reposado
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz Campari
1 dash Angostura bitters
Orange or lemon twist, for garnish
Directions:
Add ingredients to a mixing tin with ice; stir until chilled. Strain into an old-fashioned glass over cubed ice. Garnish with an orange or lemon twist.
Glendalough Rose Martini
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Glendalough Wild Rose Gin
.5 oz dry vermouth
.5 oz elderflower liqueur
Lemon twist, for garnish
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice; stir until very cold. Strain into a fresh martini glass and garnish with lemon twist.
Cointreau Pink Margarita
Ingredients:
1 oz Cointreau
2 oz tequila
1 oz fresh lime juice
Grapefruit soda
Directions:
Add Cointreau, tequila and lime juice to a shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Top with grapefruit soda.
Glenfiddich Manhattan
- Courtesy Sebastien Derbomez
Ingredients:
2 parts Glenfiddich Sherry Cask Finish 12 Year Old
1 part Carpano Antica Vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
Dehydrated blood orange slice, for garnish
Directions:
Add ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into a Manhattan glass and garnish with a dehydrated blood orange slice.
Garden of Legacy
Ingredients:
1.35 oz The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old
1 oz pink grapefruit juice
1.4 oz sugar syrup
Pinch of sea salt
Soda water or tonic water
Pink grapefruit wedge, for garnish
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a tall glass and add ice. Top with soda or tonic. Garnish with a pink grapefruit wedge.
Cupid’s Arrow
Ingredients:
2 1/2 oz Noilly Prat Original Dry
2/3 oz blood orange juice
1/4 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz demerara syrup
1 dash orange bitters
1 sprig rosemary, for garnish
Directions:
Build drink in a Collins glass with crushed ice. Add more crushed ice on top and garnish with rosemary sprig.
Kiss Me Paloma
Ingredients:
2 oz Lalo Tequila
1.5 oz fresh grapefruit juice
3 oz sparkling water
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.5 oz agave syrup
Pinch of salt
Lime wedge, for garnish
Directions:
Add tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, agave syrup and a pinch of salt to a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into an ice-filled Collins glass with a salted rim. Top with sparkling water and garnish with lime wedge.
Third Wheel
Ingredients:
2 parts Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
1/2 part dry curaçao
1/2 part lemon juice
Orange peel, for garnish
Directions:
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice; shake until chilled. Fine strain into a coupe glass with a half-sugar rim. Garnish with orange peel.
