13 Amazing Summer Mocktail Recipes

Try these 13 sinfully delicious Summer mocktail recipes. They are all icy cold refreshing drinks without alcohol. All these non-alcoholic drinks are easy mocktail recipes for parties, or to enjoy alone. These mocktails can be served anywhere with pride. They are delicious and beautiful.

Add these nonalcoholic drink recipes to any summer event or enjoy them with your besties in small, intimate gatherings. Once you taste them, they will become favorites, we’re sure.

There is something for every one in this line up of summer mocktail recipes. We’ve included a few unique fruity mocktail recipes, a non alcoholic sangria punch, and many drinks that are fun take offs on your favorite summer cocktails. We’ve even included an espresso martini mocktail for all you coffee lovers out there. You’ll find these mocktail ingredients live up to the spirit of your favorite drinks without the booze.

Mocktail recipes can be so incredibly varied. There truly is no end to what you can do to create a beautiful drink that looks like a classy cocktail but has no alcohol.

Along with our list of fancy non alcoholic drinks, we’ve added a few tips for those of you looking for the basic method of building your own mocktail recipes from scratch. It’s quite simple and enormously fun to make your own signature drinks.

Please come back and share in the comments section at the bottom of this post what you did!

Our Summer Mocktail List contains mocktail recipes that use several different methods of drink assembly. Let’s look into the basic terms and methods used in these recipes.

How Do You Mix Mocktail Drinks?

Mixing mocktail drinks is similar to mixing cocktails, but without the alcohol. You can create delicious and refreshing mock-tails using a variety of non-alcoholic ingredients such as fruit juices, soda, flavored syrups, herbs, and fresh fruits. Mocktail recipes use cocktail glasses and garnishes to produce a beautiful adult drink.

Wondering How to make a virgin cocktail at home?

To make a virgin cocktail at home, start by selecting a base flavor, such as fruit juice, soda, or a combination of both. Add your chosen base to a glass filled with ice. Then, sweeten it with a syrup like grenadine, simple syrup, or flavored syrup. Next, bring in fresh elements like citrus juice, herbs, or fruit slices to enhance the flavor and aroma. Finally, garnish your virgin cocktail.

How to mix mocktail drinks:

Ingredients and Tools:

1. Base Ingredients: These are the primary flavors of your mocktail, such as fruit juices, soda, or flavored syrups. Common options include orange juice, cranberry juice, lemonade, ginger ale, club soda, and grenadine syrup.
2. Fresh Ingredients: Fresh fruits, herbs, and vegetables can add a burst of flavor and aroma to your mocktail. Consider using citrus fruits (lemons, limes, oranges), berries, mint leaves, cucumber slices, or even jalapeño for a spicy kick.
3. Sweeteners: Depending on your taste preference, you may need to add sweeteners like simple syrup, honey, agave nectar, or sugar to balance the flavors. The amount of sweetener can be adjusted to your liking.
4. Ice: Use ice to chill and dilute your mocktail, giving it a refreshing and cold texture.
5. Mixing Tools: You’ll need a few basic tools like a cocktail shaker, mixing glass, muddler, bar spoon, and a strainer to mix and serve your mocktail.

Steps to Mix a Mocktail:

1. Choose a Recipe: Start by selecting on of our 13 mocktail recipes that appeal to you.
2. Prepare Your Ingredients: Once you choose a recipe, gather all the ingredients and tools before you begin. This includes prepping any fresh fruits, herbs, or garnishes (even the glass if it needs rimming or chilling) as needed.
3. Muddle: If your recipe calls for muddled ingredients, like mint leaves or fruit chunks, use a muddler to gently crush them in the bottom of a mixing glass. This releases their flavors.
4. Mix the Ingredients: Follow the assembly and mixing instructions of mocktail recipes so it comes out correctly. A particular recipe might be made in a shaker or mixing glass depending on the texture and taste the recipe is going for.
5. Shake or Stir: Depending on the recipe, you may either shake the mixture vigorously with ice in a cocktail shaker or stir it gently with a bar spoon. Shaking creates a frothy texture, while stirring is more gentle.
6. Strain and Serve: If you’ve shaken your mocktail, strain it into a chilled glass to remove ice and any muddled ingredients. If you’ve stirred it, you can simply pour it into a glass with ice.
7. Garnish: Add garnishes such as citrus slices, fruit wedges, berries, or herbs to enhance the appearance and aroma of your mocktail. For more ideas on How to garnish your drink read this post
8. Enjoy: Serve your mocktail immediately and enjoy!

What is the basic mocktail formula?

The basic mocktail formula follows a similar structure to that of a cocktail but excludes alcohol. It typically consists of four key components: the base, the sweetener, the acid, and optional garnishes.

The specific proportions of these ingredients should be based on your personal taste and the mocktail recipes you’re following (or trying to create). As a general guideline, you can start with a 3:1:1 ratio, which means:

• 3 parts base (e.g., 3 oz of fruit juice or soda)
• 1 part sweetener (e.g., 1 oz of simple syrup)
• 1 part acid (e.g., 1 oz of freshly squeezed citrus juice)

Always feel free to adjust the ratios to suit yourself.

Summer Mocktail Recipes List:

These 13 amazing mocktail recipes are wonderful non alcoholic summer drinks. Since they are also kid safe you can serve them to the whole family. Or choose to make a single serving in a pretty glass with all the dash a good garnish can offer and relax with one yourself.

Let us know which mocktail recipes you try and how you like them. We love new ideas so do our readers. Enjoy!

Delicious Cocktails:

It’s fun to mix and match your drinks at a party or in a crowd with both alcohol sippers and mocktail recipes lovers. Here’s a group of cocktails that will enhance any gathering where both are called for.