OTD’s Top 5 Valentine’s Cocktails
Easy-to-make themed drinks for Valentine’s Day
by Justine Jane Taft
Who doesn’t like a little something special for a holiday? Here’s a list of easy-to-make, love-centric drinks to try.
1) Start the evening off with “Kiss Me Slow”
Ingredients:
- 4 oz white rum
- 2 oz triple sec
- 1 oz lemon juice
- Highball glass
Pour each of the ingredients into glass and stir.
2) Make it Canadian with an “Arctic Kiss”
Ingredients:
- 2 oz chilled vodka
- 3 oz champagne
- Champagne flute
Pour vodka into champagne flute; fill the rest of the flute with champagne.
3) Try the classic “Sex on the Beach”
Ingredients:
- 1 and ½ oz of vodka
- ½ oz of peach schnapps
- 2 oz cranberry juice
- 2 oz orange juice
- Highball glass
- 4-5 ice cubes
Add ice to glass; pour vodka and schnapps over ice. Fill the rest of the glass with equal parts of cranberry and orange juice. Stir.
4) Take a twist on an old favourite with “A Kissed Buttery Nipple”
Ingredients:
- 1 oz amaretto almond liqueur
- 2 oz Bailey’s Irish cream
- 2 oz butterscotch schnapps
- 2 maraschino cherries
- Cocktail shaker
- 4-5 ice cubes
Add ice, liqueur, Bailey’s and schnapps to the cocktail shaker. Shake. Pour into a glass and add cherries.
5) End the evening with “A Kiss Goodnight”
Ingredients:
- 1 splash of dark rum
- 1 ½ oz of raspberry schnapps
- 1 ½ oz of strawberry vodka
- 7-Up or Sprite
- Cranberry Juice
Add vodka and schnapps to glass. Fill the remainder of the glass halfway with cranberry juice. Fill to the top with Sprite/7-Up. Top off with a splash of dark rum
Drinksmixer.com has all these recipes and more in an easy to use database. Each recipe comes with a video demonstration of the drink being made. Try one of these or any number of “Kiss” of “Sex” drinks to make your Valentine’s Day a special one.
