The Best Mocktail Recipes for 2023

It’s time for Dry January and we’ve got some super tasty mocktails to help get you through it in style! Gone are the days of simply excluding alcohol to make a virgin cocktail. Nowadays, mocktails have basically started a whole new category of delicious drinks with their own unique ingredients. So, whether it’s a substitution, a variation, or a standalone sipper, we’ve got you covered with some mouthwatering favorites for Dry January!

Salted Watermelon Juice

Ingredients

Makes about 4 cups

• 6 cups cubed watermelon (from ¾ of a 6-lb. baby seedless watermelon)
• ¾ tsp. kosher salt
• Lime wedges (for serving; optional)

Directions

1. Purée watermelon in a blender until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large pitcher or measuring glass, pressing on solids to extract as much juice as possible, and discard solids. Mix in salt.
2. Pour the juice into ice-filled glasses. Garnish with lime wedges if desired.

Chili Lime Pineapple Soda

Ingredients

(12 servings)

• 1 Tbsp pink peppercorns, crushed
• 1 lime, juiced
• 2 dried chiles de arbol
• 4 cups pineapple juice
• ½ cup sugar
• 10 cups club soda

Directions

1. Place the crushed peppercorns, lime juice, dried chilies, pineapple juice, and sugar in a large, airtight container and seal. Store in the fridge for at least 12 hours or longer if possible.
2. Strain the pineapple juice mix through a mesh sieve and discard the peppercorns and chiles.
3. Pour ¼ cup of the pineapple juice over ice and then top with the soda. Enjoy cold.

Chocolate Mocktini

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk
• ¼ cup chocolate syrup
• ¼ cup chocolate flakes
• ¼ tsp vanilla extract
• cup ice
• Extra chocolate sauce for garnish

Directions

1. Drizzle some of the extra chocolate sauce around the inside of two martini glasses. Drizzle a ring of chocolate sauce around the rim of each glass.
2. Spread the chocolate flakes over a small dish and dip the rim of each martini glass in the chocolate flakes. Set the glasses aside while you mix the drink.
3. Add the ice to a large cocktail shaker
4. Pour the milk, chocolate sauce vanilla, and salt in the cocktail shaker.
5. Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds.
6. Strain the mocktail into the prepared glasses. Sprinkle any extra chocolate flakes into the glass.
7. Enjoy while cold and frothy!

Matcha Mojito

Ingredients

• 4 ounces of hot water
• ¼ tsp matcha powder
• 3 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 lime, juiced
• 20 mint leaves
• 1 cup club soda
• Ice
• Lime wedges and extra mint for garnish

Directions

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the hot water and matcha powder until smooth. The matcha should completely dissolve. Set aside to cool.
2. Add the brown sugar and mint leaves to a cocktail shaker and muddle together, crushing the mint leaves as you mix.
3. Squeeze the lime juice into the cocktail shaker with the mint then toss the juiced lime in the shaker as well.
4. Add the matcha powder and water to the shaker and fill with ice.
5. Cover the cocktail shaker and shake hard for about 20 seconds.
6. Add crushed ice to two large glasses and strain the matcha mix into each glass.
7. Top each drink with club soda then garnish with lime wedges and extra fresh mint leaves. Enjoy cold.

Safe Sex on the Beach (Mocktail)

Ingredients

• ½ cup orange juice
• ½ cup cranberry juice
• 2 Tbsp peach nectar
• 1 Tbsp grenadine syrup
• Pineapple wedge
• Cherry

Directions

1. Fill a highball glass with ice.
2. Pour the orange juice over the ice followed by the cranberry juice.
3. Top the glass with peach nectar and grenadine.
4. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry.

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