Whether you want to add the finishing touches to a Valentine’s Day meal at home, or you’re having the girls over for Galentine’s Day, these sweet, sexy, tasty cocktails will get you into the spirit of love or lust to impress your date or your guests! From celebratory fizz, to a steamy love potion or fruity gin, there’s something for everyone, whatever their style!
Love Potion Triple Berry Pomegranate Martini
If you're going all out and want to put on a show, get the wow-factor with this impressive fruity cocktail that doesn’t just taste delicious, but arrives with smoking dry ice bellowing from its rim for super sexy, fun vibes!
This Triple Berry Pomegranate Martini combines Chambord (black raspberry liqueur), strawberry vodka and pomegranate to create a sultry purple, sweet concoction, decorated with strawberry hearts for garnish. It really is the coolest Valentine’s Day cocktail around on the day of love, guaranteed to tickle their fancy!
For the drink itself, combine 1 cup pomegranate juice, 3 ounces strawberry vodka, and 3 ounces Chambord in a cocktail shake. Shake it all up. Place 1 piece of dry ice (using tongs) in the bottom of each glass, then pour the martini into the glass directly over the dry ice. Garnish your cocktail glasses with charming little strawberry hearts. (Wait for the dry ice to dissolve completely before consuming.)
Rhubarb Fizz
If you or your date like a classic celebratory fizz, opt for this romantic upgrade, Rhubarb Fizz.
With its captivating ombre effect and seductive flavors, this pink-tinged Champagne cocktail mixes together a delicious fruity concoction of ultra-sweet rhubarb liqueur, ½ a vanilla pod, Champagne, white caster sugar, Tate & Lyle Fruit Sugar and grenadine for a blend guaranteed to make them weak the knees!
Place the 30g Fruit Sugar, 30g caster sugar, 500g rhubarb, 20ml grenadine,24g Chase Rhubarb liqueur, and the seeds of half a vanilla pod into a bowl and cover with clingfilm. Put the bowl over a pan of simmering water and allow to stand for an hour. Remove the bowl, strain through a fine sieve and place both the reserved rhubarb syrup and the compote into separate bowls in an iced water bath.
Place one and a half tablespoons of rhubarb compote with some of the reserved sugar into two chilled Champagne flutes and fill to the top with chilled Champagne.
Lychee & Raspberry Gin Smash
Boasting the ideal mix of sweet and sharp, this Lychee & Raspberry Gin Smash is a charming delight, whatever the occasion!
Go pretty in pink with this vibrant, easy gin cocktail for date night or girls' night. The flavors balance each other perfectly boasting sweet lychee, smooth gin and tart raspberry for a delicious mix. It’s just as tasty with fresh fruit as it is with tinned fruit. Plus, it’s super simple to make!
Fill a cocktail shaker with lots of ice. Add all your ingredients (50ml gin, 8 raspberries, 4 lychees, half a lime sliced into wedges, 15ml raspberry liqueur, 75ml strained lychee juice) and shake thoroughly. Strain the liquid into your glass over ice. Garnish with a few fresh raspberries or lychees threaded onto a cocktail pick. Voila!
If the drink is too sweet, add a squeeze of fresh lime and stir gently. Tangy, refreshing, and fruity for the win!
Cupid-approved cocktails
Whatever tickles your fancy, show your admiration with one of these romantic cocktails to add the finishing touch to your date! Will yours be a case of everlasting love, or drunk in love?
