New Year’s Eve is the perfect time to toast to the memories of the past year and the possibilities of the one ahead. Whether you’re hosting an elegant soirée or a casual get-together, the right cocktails can elevate the celebration.
This collection of 15 drinks will help you set the tone, from sparkling classics to bold modern creations. Let’s get ready to mix up something memorable!
- Prep Ahead: Batch cocktails like punch or sangria can save you time and let you mingle with your guests.
- Garnish Creatively: A simple garnish like sugared cranberries, citrus twists, or edible glitter can add a festive flair.
- Offer Non-Alcoholic Options: Include mocktails or sparkling water to ensure everyone has something celebratory to sip.
French 75 Champagne Cocktail
The French 75 is a classic cocktail that blends Champagne with gin, lemon juice, and sugar to make a delightful bubbly sipper. This cocktail is a sparkling and sophisticated choice to toast with on New Year’s Eve.
Tangerine Champagne Cocktail
This Tangerine Champagne cocktail is a delicate, yet impactful sipper with the delicious punch of tangerine juice and Grand Marnier mixed with bubbly. Just like when you bite into a juicy tangerine, that burst of intense orange flavor floods your taste buds when you sip this cocktail. It’s one of the most flavorful.
Cranberry Ginger Beer Cocktail
The Cranberry Ginger Beer Cocktail is a simple but surprisingly delightful cocktail. With its sparkling simplicity and vibrant flavor, it perfectly encapsulates the joy and cheer of festive gatherings. Serve these sparkling cocktails at any party or get together.
Chambord Spritz
This Black Raspberry flavored cocktail is perfect for toasting to the New Year, with bright fruity flavor a crisp white wine and a bit of sparkle from the soda water. Try a Chambord Spritz cocktail featuring this liqueur, white wine, and soda water at your next party.
Sparkling Kir Royale Cocktail
A Kir Royale cocktail is perfect for any celebration like New Year’s Eve because of its gorgeous color and sparkling personality. This French sparkling Champagne cocktail has crème de cassis as one of it’s main ingredients. crème de cassis is a black current liqueur that adds the beautiful red color to this drink.
Peppermint Mimosa
This Peppermint Mimosa with a festive candy cane for garnish is the perfect festive cocktail for New Year’s Eve. The peppermint flavor is refreshingly spirited and the peppermint vodka gives it a little pink kick. You can even make your own candy cane vodka!
Peach Bellini Cocktail
This Peach Bellini Cocktail is what you get when you mix peaches and with Prosecco. It is a delightful addition to any party because it is bubbly and super refreshing. If you have a bottle or two of Prosecco in the house this is a great way to use it.
Pomegranate French 75
If you like Champagne, this Pomegranate French 75 cocktail is the perfect twist on a classic Champagne cocktail that is both stunning in the glass and deliciously bubbly, with bright Pomegranate juice, lemon juice, Champagne, and gin. It’s a great drink for holiday parties, thanks to its gorgeous red color.
Raspberry Lemon Gin & Tonic
This Raspberry and Lemon Gin & Tonic is the perfect way to bring a pop of color and flavor to your New Year’s Eve celebration. This twist on the classic gin and tonic pairs the crisp gin with freshly squeezed lemon juice and the sweet, juicy burst of fresh raspberries. The result is a cocktail that feels both celebratory and refreshing, with just the right balance of tart and sweet.
Rhubarb Ginger Ale Cocktail
This Rhubarb Ginger Ale Cocktail is a light, bubbly option that’s perfect for your New Year’s Eve toast. It combines the subtle tartness of rhubarb gin with the zesty kick of ginger ale, creating a balanced, refreshing drink. This drink is sure to add a sparkling and vibrant note to your year-end celebration.
Limoncello Spritz
Bring a touch of summer to your New Year’s Eve celebration with a refreshing Limoncello Spritz. This lemon-forward cocktail is a bright and zesty alternative to the classic Aperol Spritz, making it perfect for those who love a slightly sweeter, citrusy twist. It’s a lively, bubbly way to toast to a new year full of sunshine and good vibes!
Raspberry Gin Fizz
Raspberries are the perfect addition to a gin fizz to liven it up and make a vibrant, tasty cocktail. You’ll end up loving this Raspberry Gin Fizz. It’s so easy to make a simple syrup using fresh berries. You will have to plan ahead a little to make the syrup, strain and cool it, but the effort is definitely worth it when you taste this delicious cocktail.
Ginger Beer Mocktail
This spicy and flavorful Ginger Beer Mocktail is made with ginger beer, lemon juice, and lemonade, mimicking a Moscow Mule but without the alcohol. It’s a light and refreshing mocktail to enjoy. This refreshing mocktail is bubbly, light, and tastes great! It’s the perfect alcohol-free drink for any occasion.
Cucumber Rosemary Tonic Mocktail
This Cucumber Tonic Mocktail is a great substitute for a cocktail for your New Year’s Eve party, or just want to enjoy a cocktail without the booze. Cucumber and rosemary go together really well, and the flavors of both really pop when you add sparkling tonic to the mix.
Simple Blue Lagoon Mocktail
A Blue Lagoon Mocktail is fun non-alcoholic version of a cocktail that’s super fun to sip all year long. Add a splash of flavor and color to any social gathering with this delicious drink featuring blue curacao syrup, lemonade, and sparkling mixed with lemon-lime soda.
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When not mixing up delicious cocktails to enjoy on the patio with friends, Angela is busy writing about food and drinks for three popular food websites, and exchanging creative ideas on social media.