Valentine's Day Cocktail Recipes to Fall in Love With

Valentine's Day is Saturday, February 14, and chances are your bar and restaurant will be booked with reservations the entire weekend! Offer a special Valentine's Day cocktail menu to your guests featuring indulgent selections.

Need some inspiration from Cupid? Check out our list of Valentine's Day cocktail recipes below!

 

valentine's day cocktail recipe
valentine's day cocktail recipe
Photo & recipe: Disaronno

Velvet White Espresso Martini

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Disaronno Velvet Liqueur 
0.75 oz Vodka
0.75 oz Tia Maria Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur 
Garnish: 3 Espresso Martini

Directions: 

  1. Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Shake and strain into a martini glass.
  3. Garnish with three espresso beans.

 

valentine's cocktail
valentine's cocktail
Recipe: Mixologist: Jennifer Bryant  (Photo: Vanessa Palmisano)

Kaua’i Sweetheart

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz. Kōloa Kaua’i White Rum

½ oz. Grenadine 

2 oz. Guava nectar 

2 oz. Lemon lime soda

Garnish: Cotton candy and conversation hearts

Directions: 

  1. Build in glass over ice. 

  2. Gently stir in lemon lime soda. 

  3. Garnish with cotton candy and conversation hearts.

 

valentine's day cocktail recipe
valentine's day cocktail recipe
Recipe: Waterloo Gin (Photo: Waterloo Gin)

Pink Negroni

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz Waterloo Gin Prickly Pear & Rose Gin

1 oz Pink vermouth (la fuerza mend primavera)

1 oz Lillet Rose

Grapefruit bitters

Grapefruit peel, to garnish 

Directions:

  1. In a mixing glass add all ingredients with ice.
  2. Stir until chilled.
  3. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
  4. Garnish with a grapefruit peel. 

 

valentine's day cocktail recipe
valentine's day cocktail recipe
Photo & recipe: Kona Grill (Photo: Kona Grill)

Kona Grill Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cocktail

Ingredients:

3 full strawberries, sliced

0.5 simple syrup

1 oz Don Julio Blanco

2 oz Baileys Chocolate

Garnish: Skewered Heart-Shaped Strawberry

Directions:

  1. In a shaker with ice, add all ingredients
  2. Vigorously shake
  3. Fine strain into a chilled martini glass
  4. Garnish with a skewered heart-shaped strawberry

 

valentine's day cocktail recipes
valentine's day cocktail recipes
Photo & recipe: Natalie's

Grapefruit Love Potion Cocktail

Ingredients:

16 oz Natalie’s Grapefruit Juice

2 oz grenadine

6 oz vodka

1 tsp edible glitter

Ice

Fresh strawberries, for garnish

Grapefruit wedges, for garnish

Directions:

  1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Shake well until fully combined.
  3. Strain evenly into 4 cocktail glasses.
  4. Garnish each glass with a fresh strawberry and a small grapefruit wedge.

 

valentine's day cocktail recipe
valentine's day cocktail recipe
Recipe: Queen Miami Beach (Photo: Kevin Martin Photo)

Fleur de Lis

Ingredients:

0.75 oz Bombay Gin

0.5 oz St. Germaine

0.25 oz Citric acid

4 oz Mio Sake

1 dash plum bitters

Directions: 

  1. Add all ingredients into a tin shaker with ice.
  2. Stir, strain, and pour into a coupe glass.
  3. Garnish with edible glitter spray.

High-Res Images: HERE (Photo Credit - Kevin Martin Photo)

 

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