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September 12, 2021 · Leave a Comment

20 Non Alcoholic Cocktails So Good You Won’t Miss The Booze

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These NON ALCOHOLIC cocktails are simple to make at home, and taste just as good as the real thing. Booze free drinks are perfect for pregnancy, non-drinkers and kids.

Looking for easy, delicious non alcoholic cocktails? You’ve found them!

I’ve selected 20 of my highest rated mocktails, as voted by you, and I guarantee you will not be disappointed…

Sunrise Mocktail
This easy sunrise mocktail is perfect for 1 or a crowd.
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sunrise mocktail in champagne glass garnished with a cherry with pomegranate and orange in the background this recipe
Non Alcoholic Mulled Wine Easy
This non-alcoholic mulled wine is made with juices or alcohol free red wine, plus mulling spices.
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non alcoholic mulled wine flat lay looking down on 2 white mugs with orange slices, cinnamon sticks and mulled wine inside
Easy Virgin Mojito Mocktail
Easy virgin mojito mocktail recipe that is simple to make. This easy non-alcoholic cocktails can be made for one or for a crowd.
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virgin mojito mocktail recipe
Piña Colada Mocktail With 3 Ingredients
An easy non alcoholic piña colada mocktail for 1 or a crowd.
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piña colada mocktail in a cocktail glass garnished with a pineapple wedge on a grey and white marble backdrop
Guava Mocktails
This simple guava mocktail with lemon and mint is refreshing, healthy and delicious.
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pink guava virgin cocktails garnished with dehydrated lemon with a cocktail shaker and pink flowers
Virgin Baileys Recipe
An easy non-alcoholic baileys recipe, just blend and serve. A perfect drink when you are going alcohol-free. Try this yummy Irish Cream today.
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Virgin Baileys Mocktail ingredients
Rose Lemonade
Beautiful pink rose lemonade recipe. Ideal for baby showers and bridal showers. Easy to make with simple ingredients and it looks great.
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pink sparkling drink with a gold straw and baby pink flower garnish
Ginger Mojito Mocktail Nonalcoholic
Looking for an easy ginger mojito mocktail? This simple recipe with ginger, cucumber, mint and lime is simple to make and healthy!
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ginger mojito mocktail in a glass jar garnished with cucumber ribbons, lime wheels and a silver straw
Strawberry Basil Mocktail
An easy, healthy strawberry basil mocktail. Make for 1 or a crowd. Combines strawberries, fresh basil, a hint of lime and sparkling water.
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Strawberry Basil Mocktail on a wooden background with a plate of strawberries in the background
Virgin Margarita Mocktail
This virgin margarita mocktail can be served frozen or chilled and is so easy to make.
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margarita mocktail in a classic glass with a salt rim and lime wheel for garnish
Moscow Mule Mocktail
An easy moscow mule mocktail with ginger beer or ale, lime, mint and soda.
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a Moscow mule mocktail in a copper glass with a lime wheel and mint as garnish on a grey and white marble bench top
Virgin Bloody Mary Mocktail
This virgin mary drink comes to life with tangy tomato, fresh lime, savoury Worcestershire and spicy Tabasco.
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Virgin Mary mocktail on a white background garnished with lime, celery, pickle and ice.
Virgin Cosmopolitan Mocktail
An easy virgin cosmo for Christmas, or anytime!
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2 red mocktails in martini glasses rimmed with salt and lime on a wooden board with Christmas decorations
Mimosa Mocktail
An easy non alcoholic mimosa mocktail, the perfect virgin drink for special occasions.
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2 orange mimosa mocktails in champagne flutes with a jug of juice and orange slices
Watermelon Mocktails
Easy, low calorie, low sugar watermelon mocktails.
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pink drink in short glass with mint inside garnished with a lime wheel and sprig of mint
Pomegranate Mocktails
Easy pomegranate mocktails with mint and lime that can be made for 1 or a crowd.
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pomegranate mocktail in a tall glass garnished with a lime wheel and mint on a grey and white marble background
Grapefruit Thyme Fizz
An easy sparkling grapefruit mocktail with thyme.
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pink grapefruit mocktail in a short glass garnished with thyme
Chocolate Mocktail For Easter
Easy chocolate mocktail recipe for Easter and special occasions
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chocolate mocktail in a coupe glass with Easter egg garnish
Non Alcoholic Sangria
An easy virgin Sangria recipe with plenty of variations.
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non alcoholic sangria mocktail in a wine glass garnished with an apple fan and lemon round with a jug of Sangria and a bottle of Edenvale pinot noir
Cherry Mojito Mocktail
An easy cherry mocktail with lime and mint. Perfect for Christmas – or anytime!
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cherry mocktails in 2 glasses garnished with mint and cherries, with scattered limes

These recipes are:

Easy: I don’t believe you need to spend a tonne of time over a stove creating syrups and flavour pairing in order to make a beautiful, sophisticated drink. I love simplicity, and most of the feedback I get from you is that you love it too! So these recipes are easy to make and divine to drink.

Fast: Short on time? No problem. Some of these drinks can be made in less than 5 minutes. They are all designed to get you drinking you delicious alcohol free cocktail as soon as possible.

Require minimal equipment: If you don’t have fancy cocktail shakers and muddlers, don’t despair! I make sure each recipe can be made using things that will be found in 99% of homes.

No cocktail shaker? Use a drink bottle or mason jar. No muddler? Use the back end of a wooden spoon.

Perfect for a crowd: Each recipe can be customised to suit how many guests you’re serving. Just change the servings in the blue recipe card section and the quantities of each ingredient will automatically adjust.

Use simple ingredients: Let’s face it, no one wants to buy an expensive bottle of something they might use for one cocktail then not use again. I make it a rule to only use easily accessible ingredients that don’t cost a fortune. Most of my recipes have plenty of variation suggestions too.

Enough from me – let’s get to the non alcoholic cocktails!

What is a non alcoholic cocktail?

It is exactly how it sounds – like a cocktail but without the booze. Sometimes the alcohol component is replaced with a non alcoholic version. For example, a virgin mojito might contain an alcohol free rum instead of the full strength rum.

If an alcohol free version isn’t available, often a combination of extra citrus, bitters or vinegars (think balsamic or apple cider vinegar) is used, to help to replicate the alcohol. Often when alcohol is removed, the body and bite goes with it, so it’s important to replace it with something else so the drink doesn’t fall flat.

In the last few years, the alcohol free movement has come ahead in leaps and bounds, so you will no longer be laughed out of the pub for asking what alcohol free options a venue has. Many mixologists are doing exceptional things in the bartending world, and it really is an exciting time for anyone who chooses not to drink for whatever reason!

What are the base ingredient for mocktails?

Things I can’t live without are soda water (or club soda), mint leaves, lime and lemon juice and simple syrup. These ingredients I use over and over again!

I also love using freshly squeezed juice like orange juice and grapefruit juice.

Mocktails have a bad reputation for being high in sugar, and it’s true that some of them are. I try to keep mine lower in sugar by using alternative sweeteners, such as monk fruit sweetener. Replacing sugar with high quality honey or maple syrup can also bump up the nutrients.

Mixers such as ginger beer, ginger ale tonic water also taste amazing in your nonalcoholic drink.

Equipment you’ll need

While equipment is not essential, there are some things that do come I handy. Below I’ll list what I use regularly, but also an alternate you’re likely to find around the home.

A shaker: I have a few different cocktail shakers, and my only advice if you are going to buy one is make sure it’s big enough. They fill up quickly when filled with ingredients and ice!

If you don’t have one, anything with a lid will work for your shaking – a drink bottle or a mason jar are the most obvious choices.

Strainer: A strainer is used to separate the chunky ingredients from the liquid. Often a shaker will come with one that sits perfectly over the top. Again, it’s no stress if you don’t have one. Use a small handheld strainer and just hold it over the glass while you pour the contents in.

Muddler: Muddlers are super handy, and are used to put pressure on the ingredients so that release their flavour. If you don’t have one, anything that will adequately ‘mush’ the ingredients works! I will use the back of a wooden spoon or something similar.

Jigger: A jigger is like a measuring cup for cocktails. They are dual sided, with different measurements at each end. If you don’t have one at home, normal measuring spoons and cups work perfectly.

I hope you have fun recreating these non alcoholic cocktails at home!

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✨Don’t forget to save this recipe✨

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▫️ 2.5-3 inches fresh ginger, sliced 
▫️ 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
▫️ 1/3 cup powdered monk fruit sweetener
▫️ 4 cups water

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Tip: if you don’t have monk fruit sweetener you can use regular sugar or a sweetener of your choice. If using something like Stevia, remember it’s extremely sweet so you won’t need the full amount. Refer to the instructions on packet for conversions.

Cheers and enjoy! 💙💛

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I received some DM’s after last weeks reel sayin I received some DM’s after last weeks reel saying that while many of you are feeling better physically after 1 week alcohol free, you’re also feeling cranky & emotional.

It reminded me of a story I shared early on, so I’m resharing in the hope that it helps explain why.

‘When I first took a break from drinking, I spent a lot of time feeling really pissed off.

I didn’t understand what was happening. 

Wasn’t I supposed to be feeling better?

I mean sure, it was great to not have to deal with hangovers. My skin was clearer. I was sleeping better. The physical stuff was great. The mental stuff not so much.

My emotions seemed extreme. I would get teary over things that hadn’t made me teary before. I was getting easily frustrated at little things.

What the heck was going on?

Then one night it all made sense.

My husband & I were talking about our plans for the weekend. We were doing something I had really been looking forward to.

I got this feeling in my stomach, like butterflies but better. Like a thrill. It reminded me of how I used to feel on Christmas Eve as a child. Or in the countdown to my birthday. That utter excitement & anticipation of something awesome about to happen.

I realised what the feeling in my stomach was. I was feeling joy. I couldn’t remember the last time I felt pure, swelling of the heart, giddy joy like that.

See, the thing with alcohol is that it numbs you right down. It numbs every emotion down.
We call it ‘taking the edge off’, but what it really does is dulls the feelings so you don’t have to ‘feel them’ as hard.

The downside? It dulls the good stuff too. Like joy. And excitement. And that swelling of the heart kind of happiness. Those feelings I thought were reserved only for kids.

It wasn’t long after this ‘Aha’ moment that I came across this quote from Brené Brown & it all made sense.

These extreme feelings of being super irritated then overly joyful was simply me feeling the full range of human emotions.

Which is normal. And healthy.

As Glennon Doyle says in Untamed:

‘Feelings are made for feeling. All of them’.’

Can you relate to this?

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Love a bit of spice?🌶 Then you’ll love this Love a bit of spice?🌶

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Sparkling Virgin Jalapeño Margarita

Makes 1

▪️3-4 slices fresh jalapeño, seeds removed (or leave them in if you prefer the heat)
▪️2oz/60mls freshly squeezed lime juice
▪️1 teaspoon maple syrup (or more to taste)
▪️1oz alcohol free tequila or a splash of apple cider vinegar
▪️1 cup lime flavoured sparkling water  
▪️Salt for rim

Place jalapeño, lime, maple syrup, a splash of lime sparkling water and tequila/ACV over ice in a cocktail shaker.
Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds.
Strain mixture into an ice filled glass rimmed with salt.
Top with lime sparkling water and stir gently.
Garnish with some extra jalapeños and serve.

Note: if you don’t have alcohol free tequila, the apple cider vinegar will give this recipe that little kick that is missing from the alcohol. 

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Give me a 🙋🏼‍♀️ if you LOVE this quote Give me a 🙋🏼‍♀️ if you LOVE this quote as much as I do!

This is one of my all time favourite quotes by the incredible @brenebrown and it’s a perfect one to share in the first week of Dry January.

Have you thought about why you are participating in Dry Jan? It might be you’re having a dry month to simply give your body a break and you have a perfectly normal relationship with alcohol. If this is you, that is INCREDIBLE - please carry on as you were 😉

For me, I used to participate in dry months as a way to ‘prove’ to myself that I didn’t have a problem with alcohol. I would get to the end of the month and think proudly ‘See? SEE? You can get through a whole month without wine. There is nothing wrong with you. If there was, you’d never be able to take a whole month off.’

Everyone around me was so surprised (and supportive) when I’d take a break - I remember one year I came in as one of the Top 10 fundraisers in Australia for Ocsober because it was so unusual for me to go without my beloved wine 🙃

Of course, in the weeks that followed I’d consume so much alcohol to make up for it I would have been better off to skip the dry month in the first place.

Now is a good time to think about your reason for doing Dry January. Is it to simply take a break from alcohol, or is there more to it?

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White Sangria anyone? 🥂🍓🍊 Let’s kick t White Sangria anyone? 🥂🍓🍊

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This alcohol free white Sangria can be made in just a few minutes and is perfect if you’re making drinks for guests.

✨Don’t forget to save this recipe✨

Ingredients

▪️ 1 bottle dry alcohol free sparkling wine 
▪️ 1/4 cup maple syrup
▪️ 1/3 cup orange juice
▪️ 1 orange, sliced into rounds
▪️ 1 lemon, sliced into rounds
▪️ 1 lime, sliced into rounds
▪️ 5 strawberries to garnish (optional)
▪️ A few sprigs of mint to garnish (optional)

Method

1. Place lemon, lime and orange into a pitcher. 2. Add the maple syrup and muddle gently to release the juices from the citrus.
3. Add the orange juice and stir.
4. Gently pour in the sparkling wine, then stir gently and add some ice to the pitcher.
5. Slice some strawberries and add them to the mixture.
6. Serve in ice filled wine glasses with some extra citrus, berries and mint.

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A recent poll on my stories showed there are SO MA A recent poll on my stories showed there are SO MANY of us taking part in Dry January 2022.

After the year that was 2021, it’s not surprising we are choosing to lay off the alcohol and give our bodies a break.

I’ve put together a mini toolkit with some tips and tricks I used when I did Dry January back in 2020.

You can find the link in my bio.

I want to wish you a happy, safe and healthy New Year and I’ll see you in 2022, ready for a HUGE Dry January month!

Who’s in?! ✨
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#dryjanuary #dryjan #dryjanuary2022 #alcoholfreelife #soberliving
Meet my ‘why’ - my beautiful family ✨ Merry Meet my ‘why’ - my beautiful family ✨

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from us to you 🎄♥️

Thank you for all of your support this year!

Cheers to you 🥂

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✨Easy Virgin Christmas Mules✨ I adore Moscow ✨Easy Virgin Christmas Mules✨

I adore Moscow Mules and this recipe has a delicious festive twist! 🎄

You’ll need:

✨ 3oz/90mls pomegranate juice
✨ 1oz/30mls lime juice
✨ 1 cup ginger beer
✨ 2-3 dashes of bitters (optional)
✨ Ice
✨ Something to garnish - I love pomegranate arils, lime and mint.

Method

Fill your copper mug or a highball glass with ice. Add pomegranate juice, lime juice, ginger beer and bitters (if using) and stir gently.
Garnish and serve.

Notes:
The bitters add a lovely kick to this recipe but can be left out if you prefer.
Mules are traditionally made with vodka. You can add 1oz/30mls non alcoholic vodka to this recipe if you wish.

🎄Don’t forget to save this post🎄

Cheers and enjoy! 🎄♥️

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