Valentine’s Day Inspired Cocktails

cocktails made with love

If you’re looking for a little more flare than fizz this Valentine’s Day, we’ve got you covered! These deliciously romantic cocktails are perfect for impressing your sweetheart or getting together with friends for a palentine celebration.

Valentine’s Day calls for chocolates, flowers, and a large amount of red which these love-infused cocktails are centered around. Your only tough decision is choosing which one to serve first! Check out our lovely Valentine’s Day inspired cocktails.

Russian Kiss

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz Vodka
  • 2 oz Grenadine
  • Club soda (or lemon-lime soda)
  • 3 cocktail cherries
  • Ice

Directions

  1. Muddle the cherries and add them to the shaker with the grenadine, vodka and ice.
  2. Shake it until frothy.
  3. Strain to a cocktail glass and top with soda.
  4. Decorate with more cocktail cherries, if desired, and enjoy!

Love Me Tender

Ingredients

  • 4 oz Champagne
  • 2 Tbsp Strawberry puree
  • 1 Tbsp Grenadine

Directions

  1. Add the strawberry puree and grenadine to a Champagne flute.
  2. Top with Champagne and stir lightly.

Angel’s Kiss

Ingredients

  • 4 oz Vodka
  • 2 oz Elderflower liqueur
  • 8-10 Strawberries, cleaned, stems removed and discarded, and cut into quarters
  • Ice

Directions

  1. Add the quartered strawberries to a cocktail shaker along with the vodka.
  2. Muddle the strawberries to break them up and release their juices.
  3. Add the ice and elderflower liqueur to the shaker and shake lightly.
  4. Strain the mixture into cocktail glasses.
  5. Garnish each glass with a strawberry.

Chocolate-covered Cherry Kiss

Ingredients

  • 4 oz Cherry-flavored vodka
  • 2 oz Chocolate liqueur
  • 2 oz Cream (you can use unflavored liquid coffee creamer)
  • Ice
  • Maraschino cherries for garnish (optional)
  • 3 Tbsp Red sugar to rim the glass (optional)

Directions

  1. If you’re using the colored sugar to rim your glasses, pour about 3 tablespoons of the sugar into a shallow bowl. Dip just the rims of your glasses in water, then into the sugar, turning and swirling the glasses to cover the entire rim. Set aside.
  2. Pour the vodka, chocolate liqueur and cream into a shaker with ice and shake lightly.
  3. Carefully strain the mixture into the sugared cocktail glasses.
  4. Garnish with a maraschino cherry if desired.

Love Goddess

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a cocktail shaker, place all ingredients and muddle the strawberries until completely mashed.
  2. Add ice, shake vigorously and strain into a martini glass rimmed with red sugar (optional).
  3. Garnish with a strawberry slice.