We know lots of health-conscious people started the year with a ‘Dry January’. Many people who wanted to take a break from calories, instill some new habits, and ensure they had good energy to get a jump on their New Year’s Resolutions! Still, finding fresh ideas and GOOD recipes can be hard. Try these The 5 Best Recipes for Mocktails! We liked several. Let us know what you think!
The 5 Best Recipes for Mocktails
Don’t let cocktails have all the fun
Just because a mocktail is non-alcoholic doesn’t mean it has to be boring! Whether it’s for your guests or yourself, it’s always a good idea to add a fun and refreshing mocktail into the mix. Here are our favorite easy, delicious, and non-alcoholic recipes to serve up at your next event. That’a right. I’m giving you the 5 best recipes for mocktails!
Shirley Ginger
Ingredients
- 4 cups Brooklyn Crafted Lemon Lime Ginger Beer
- 1 cup club soda or seltzer water
- 3 tbsp lime juice
- .25 cup grenadine
- Lime rounds
- Maraschino cherries
- Ice
Instructions
Stir ginger beer, club soda, lime juice, and grenadine in a pitcher. Pour into tall glasses with ice. Garnish with lime rounds and or maraschino cherries.
Winter Shandy
Ingredients
- 2 oz Spice 94
- 1 oz Spiced Apricot Ceylon Shrub*
- 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 barspoon sugar syrup
- 3 oz Erdinger Nonalcoholic beer
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a glass with ice and stir to combine. Garnish with grapefruit zest and grated nutmeg.
*Instructions for Spiced Apricot Ceylon Shrub: Place 5 green cardamom pods, in a pan and dry fry until toasted and tinged brown. Transfer to a large saucepan and add 1.25 cups of Ceylon tea, 1 cup of dried apricots, 3 cups superfine sugar, 1.5 tsp black pepper, and .5 tsp salt and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and leave to cool. Add the vinegar, then strain and bottle the shrub.
Tahitian Coffee
Ingredients
- 2 oz lime juice
- 2 oz orange
- 1 oz simple syrup*
- 1 oz passion fruit puree
- 2 oz guava puree
- 2 oz cold brew concentrate
- 3 oz honey syrup**
- 16 oz ice
Instructions
Divide recipe between 2 tins and blend with measured ice. Pour into a 12 oz vessel. Garnish with orchids and grated coffee.
Notes
*Instructions for simple syrup: Add 1 pound of organic cane sugar to 1 pound of water. Shake and stir vigorously until sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Do not cook. Keep refrigerated.
**Instructions for honey syrup: Mix 3 parts honey to 1 part hot water, by weight. Shake and stir until syrup reaches uniform dilution. Keep refrigerated.
Strawberry Fields
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz hibiscus syrup*
- 1 oz strawberry syrup**
- Soda to top
- 3 ice cubes
Instructions
Combine all ingredients except soda. Shake quickly with three ice cubes. Serve in a collins glass, topped with soda. Garnish with half a strawberry.
Notes
*Instructions for hibiscus syrup: Infuse 4 oz of dried hibiscus flowers into 25 oz room temperature water for at least 6 hours. Strain, compressing all ingredients in the chinois so that almost all of the infusion is reclaimed. Weigh the strained infusion and add the same weight in white superfine sugar to the infusion. Dissolve sugar thoroughly.
**Instructions for strawberry syrup: De-stem 2 pounds of strawberries and pulse them in a food processor until they are broken up well. Do not puree them. Add 2 pounds of white sugar and let it sit in the refrigerator for about two-three days until a syrup is formed and all the sugar is dissolved.
Hot Apple Cider
Ingredients
- 10 oz apple cider
- 1 tsp pumpkin butter
Instructions
Heat apple cider and stir in pumpkin butter. Garnish with star anise and cinnamon.
There are about thirty-five more yummy recipes to try here! Let us know your favorites — or any that you have to add to the collection!! Info@TheTravelingLocavores.com
Stay hydrated. 
Sandy.
Reference: {https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/drinks/how-to/g785/best-mocktail-recipes/}
