Don’t Mock Mocktails

Why drink mocktails? well, they have all the creativity and flavor of cocktails without the alcohol. Garnish them with fresh fruit, herbs, edible flowers and fun ice cubes for Instagram-worthy drinks. Then sip them in pretty glasses.

These alcohol-free drinks are a great alternative, fancy choice for wellness and mindful drinking. Plus, the fresh ingredients in many recipes even provide vitamins and antioxidants.

So, enjoy as many stylish mocktails as you like. And drive yourself home safely!

Blueberry No-jito

From Greystone Oyster Bar

• 1 oz. blueberry simple syrup
• 1 oz. lime juice
• Mint leaves
• Club soda
• Blueberries and mint, for garnish

In a shaker, add mint, lime and blueberry simple syrup over ice. Shake, then strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with club soda and garnish with fresh blueberries and mint.

The Hummingbird

From Pietro’s Prime

• 5 oz. strawberry nectar
• 1 oz. rosemary simple syrup
• 4 oz. cold ginger beer
• Strawberry, for garnish

In a shaker, add strawberry nectar and rosemary simple syrup over ice.

Shake, then strain into a martini glass.

Top with cold ginger beer and garnish with a fresh strawberry.

My Darling

From White Dog Cafe Chester Springs (and other locations)

• Ice
• 1 oz. strawberry puree
• 2 oz. lemonade
• ½ oz. agave simple syrup
• Soda water
• Lemon wedge, for garnish

In a glass Mason jar, add ice, strawberry puree, lemonade and simple syrup. Stir. Top with soda water. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Abstinence on the Beach

From Tait Farm Foods’ partner Big Springs Spirits

• 1½ oz. orange juice
• 1½ oz. cranberry juice (unsweetened)
• 1 oz. peach puree
• ½ oz. Tait Farm pineapple shrub*
• Sparkling water or seltzer
• Pineapple or orange slice for garnish

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake, then strain into a hurricane glass over ice. Garnish with a wedge of pineapple or an orange slice.

*A mixer combining plants, sugar and vinegar used to add acidity.

Flower Power Zero-Proof Cocktail

From Baba’s Bucha

• 3 oz. Baba’s Bucha Flower Power kombucha
• 1 oz. white grape juice
• Lavender sugar to rim the glass
• ½ tsp. dried lavender flowers

Combine kombucha and grape juice in a shaker with ice. Shake, then strain into a martini glass rimmed with lavender sugar. Sprinkle with dried lavender flowers.