New Year 2023: Quick And Easy Mocktail Recipes For New Year Parties

If you are rummaging through your recipe books or binge-watching you-tube videos to decide what to prepare for your New Year parties, we have good news for you.

New Year 2023: Quick And Easy Mocktail Recipes For New Year Parties

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New Delhi: With Christmas just having gone by, it's New Year that is knocking at the door. So, if you are rummaging through your recipe books or binge-watching you-tube videos to decide what to prepare for your New Year parties, we have good news for you. Here is a list of mocktail recipes that you can prepare for your New Year parties and ring in the new year with smiles and laughter.

1. Lemon Lavender Mocktail:

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 
• 1.5 tbsp. lavender syrup
• 1/4 tsp. Grenadine

Preparation:

In a saucepan, combine 1 tbsp. dried lavender, 1/2 cup water, and 1/2 cup sugar to make a simple lavender syrup. After bringing it to a boil, turn off the heat. Strain the lavender out after allowing the mixture to cool in the pan.

Add ice to a shaker, add the lemon juice, lavender syrup, and grenadine, and shake until chilled. Pour the strained mixture into a glass and top it with soda. You can garnish your drink with some fresh lavender.

 

Lemon Lavender Mocktail (Image Source: Getty)

2. Orange Lemon Passion-Fruit Mocktail:

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups fresh orange juice
• 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 cup vanilla syrup
• 1/2 cup passion fruit puree

Preparation: 

In a cocktail shaker combine all the ingredients with ice and shake well. Pour the mixture into a glass and add lemon zest and orange wheels for garnish.

 

Orange Lemon Passion-fruit Mocktail (Image Source: Getty)

3. Classic Mojito:

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 6 to 8 fresh mint leaves
• 2 to 3 ounces of soda, divided, to taste
• 1 lime
• A sprig of mint

Preparation:

• Gather all the ingredients.
• Add the sugar, mint leaves, ice- cubes and a dash of soda into a glass.
• Muddle just enough that will cause the sugar to dissolve and the mint taste to come through.
• Pour the juice of the two lime halves into the glass. 
• Whisk all the ingredients well.
• Add a sprig of mint as garnish and serve.

 

Classic Mojito (Image Source: Getty)

4. Frozen Virgin Margarita:

Ingredients:

• Simple Syrup
• Fresh Lemons
• Lemon juice
• Orange juice
• Angostura Orange Bitters (Optional)
• Frozen lemonade
• Kosher Salt (2 pinches)
• Sparkling Water

Preparation:

• Gather all the ingredients.  Take the zest of 1 lime and the juice of 6 lemons. Along with them take 2 whole lemons.  Wedge another lime and cut another into wheels for the garnish.
• To dampen the glass rim, rub a lime slice around it.
• In a small bowl or plate, combine the margarita salt and lime zest.
• The glass should be turned upside down and spun in the salt mixture to coat the rim. After finishing all the glasses, put them aside.
• A large blender pitcher should be filled with the frozen lemonade, freshly squeezed lemon and lime juices, orange juice, kosher salt, simple syrup, and Angostura bitters.
• About 3 to 4 cups of crushed ice should be added to the drink to make it thick and frozen. 
• Add 1 cup of sparkling water right before serving. 
• Garnish the drink with a wedge of lime or a lemon wheel.

 

Frozen Virgin Margarita (Image Source: Getty)

5. Litchi Spritz:

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz of litchi puree
• 1 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 oz pineapple juice
• Fever-Tree Lime & Yuzu Soda

Preparation:

• Except for the lime and yuzu soda, combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Pour the liquid through a strainer over fresh ice in a glass.
• Once it's done, top it with lime and yuzu soda.
• You can finally garnish it with dehydrated lemon or litchi.

 

Litchi Spritz (Image Source: Getty)