Going out for drinks can empty your wallet pretty fast. Why not save your cash and invite the whole crew over for some delicious homemade cocktails? Nectar mimosas and sweet sunset martinis taste like pure sunshine in a glass and can really get your party started.
Going out for drinks can empty your wallet pretty fast. Why not save your cash and invite the whole crew over for some delicious homemade cocktails? Nectar mimosas and sweet sunset martinis taste like pure sunshine in a glass and can really get your party started.
Non-drinkers and minors, never fear: There are equally tasty virgin options for both of these drink recipes. For non-alcoholic mimosas, replace the champagne with club soda. Or, if you prefer, use ginger ale. And to make un-boozed sunset martinis, replace coconut rum with coconut juice and trade the vodka for apple juice.
To keep your pitcher of nectar mimosas cold all afternoon, freeze a tray of the mixture without the alcohol beforehand so you can add juicy ice cubes that won’t dilute your drink!
Sunset martini ingredients
1/2 cup coconut rum
1/4 cup vodka
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup guava juice
3 tbsp grenadine syrup
4 orange slices (optional, for garnish)
(Makes 4 servings)
Nectar mimosa ingredients
1 (12 oz) can mango nectar juice
1 (12 oz) can pineapple juice
1 (6 oz) can frozen orange juice concentrate, not diluted
3/4 cup ice cold water
1 bottle cold champagne
6 fresh strawberries (optional, for garnish)
(Makes 5–6 servings)
Mix together mango nectar, pineapple juice, water and thawed orange juice concentrate into a large pitcher. Stir in bottle of cold champagne just before serving and garnish each glass with a sliced strawberry.
Refrigerate all ingredients beforehand. In a drink shaker, combine rum, vodka, pineapple juice and guava juice, and shake for 10 seconds until frothy. Pour into martini glasses and finish each with a splash of grenadine syrup in the center and an orange wedge on the rim. To make it extra fancy, wet and sugar the rim of each glass before pouring.
