A Round of Valentine’s Day Cocktails for 2023
Valentine’s Day is coming up fast and the specialty cocktail recipes are rolling in. Mixologists let their creativity fly for this holiday, having fun with the heart and flowers themes, the red, pink and purple colors and decadent chocolate, fruit and candy flavors.
We get so many good Valentine’s Day cocktail recipes that we have to do two rounds. Here’s the first round for 2023, and here are the 12 holiday cocktails we featured in 2022.
Peppermint Strawberry Hot Cocoa
Ingredients
2 oz. Kōloa Kaua’i Cacao rum2 cups Whole milkSplash Peppermint schnapps2 oz. Coffee liqueur1 oz. Strawberry sauce½ cup White chocolate baking chocolate
Instructions
Place milk, white chocolate and strawberry sauce in a medium saucepan.
Heat to melt the chocolate — do not boil.
Once the mixture is thoroughly heated, add in the alcohol ingredients.
Pour into the desired mug and serve immediately.
Notes
Mixologist Jennifer Bryant created this recipe.
Lady Lover
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Dos Hombres mezcal½ oz. Honey syrup half honey, half hot water½ oz. Liquor 432 Dashes Angostura bitters¾ oz. Lemon juice
Instructions
Add all ingredients to a shaker.
Vigorously shake.
Serve in a rocks glass with half a rim of salt.
Notes
The mixologists at Dos Hombres created this recipe.
Peanut Butter & Jealous
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Skrewball peanut butter whiskey¾ oz. Raspberry liqueur1 oz. Half & half
Instructions
Shake ingredients vigorously.
Double strain into a coupe.
Garnish with fresh raspberries.
Notes
The mixologists at Skrewball created this recipe.
Raspberry Martini
Ingredients
2 oz. Minke Irish gin1 oz. Dry vermouth1 oz. Raspberry syrup
Instructions
Stir ingredients and ice together in a shaker or mixing glass.
Double strain into a chilled Martini glass.
Garnish with fresh or frozen raspberries.
Notes
The mixologists at Minke created this recipe.
Devil’s Kiss
Ingredients
2 oz. Dirty Devil vodka2 oz. Espresso1 oz. White chocolate liqueur1 oz. Coffee liqueur1 oz. Simple syrup
Instructions
Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake vigorously and strain into pre-chilled Martini glasses.
Garnish with three espresso beans.
Serve with a chocolate covered strawberry on the side.
Notes
The mixologists at Dirty Devil created this recipe.
Love Potion
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Deviation Distilling Citrus Rosé gin¾ oz. Pomegranate juice¼ oz. Lemon juice½ oz. Egg white3 drops of Angostura bitters8 drops Almond extra
Instructions
Combine ingredients in a shaker with no ice.
Dry shake for 30-40 seconds to allow egg white to foam and ingredients to marry.
Add ice and shake for 30-40 seconds until the cocktail frosts the shaker.
Strain into a Martini or cocktail glass.
Garnish with fresh raspberries.
Notes
The mixologists at Deviation Distilling created this recipe.
Cibolo 75
Ingredients
¾ oz. Strawberry syrup¾ oz. Desert Door sotol¾ oz. Lemon juice¾ oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueurProsecco
Instructions
Combine strawberry syrup, sotol and lemon juice and shake.
Strain into flute and add prosecco to taste.
Top with elderflower liqueur.
Notes
The mixologists at Cibolo Moon at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio created this recipe.
Untamed Heart
Ingredients
Scoop of mixed berry sorbet1 oz. Vodka1 oz. St. Germaine elderflower liqueur1 oz. Lemon½ oz. Simple syrup1 mini bottle of ProseccoEdible flowers
Instructions
Place sorbet heart into fishbowl-style glass (or large Martini or coupe).
Surround with edible flowers.
Shake together vodka, St. Germaine, lemon and simple syrup in a tin.
Pour mixture into glass on the side of the heart.
Top with prosecco.
Notes
Jennifer Guerrero, bartender at Miss Carousel in Houston, created this recipe.
Viva Mi Corazón
1 ½ oz. Don Ramón Platinium Cristalino Reposado tequila
½ oz. Lime juice
2 oz. Grilled beet juice
1 oz. Orange juice
½ oz. Chile liqueur
½ oz. Lime juice
2 oz. Grilled beet juice
1 oz. Orange juice
½ oz. Chile liqueur
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Don Ramón Platinium Cristalino Reposado tequila½ oz. Lime juice2 oz. Grilled beet juice1 oz. Orange juice½ oz. Chile liqueur
Instructions
Add all ingredients to shaker.
Shake vigorously.
Double strain into tall glass with ice
Garnish with a flower.
Notes
For grilled beet juice:
Wash and peel the beets, ideally cut them into thick slices and grill them for 12 minutes or alternatively, cook them in boiling water for 15 minutes. Add to the blender and for each beet use, 50 ml of water (if boiled, use the same water that was used to cook them).
Wash and peel the beets, ideally cut them into thick slices and grill them for 12 minutes or alternatively, cook them in boiling water for 15 minutes. Add to the blender and for each beet use, 50 ml of water (if boiled, use the same water that was used to cook them).
The mixologists at Don Ramón created this recipe.
French Kiss
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Hennessy Cognac½ oz. Simple syrup¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice½ oz. Raspberry pureeTop with sparkling wine or Champagne
Instructions
Add all ingredients except Champagne to the mixing tin with ice.
Shake until chilled.
Strain into a wine glass.
Top with Champagne.
Garnish with lemon twist and a raspberry.
Notes
The mixologists at Hennessy created this recipe.
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