Four (4) Quick Easy to Make Mocktails

If you are like me and get frustrated with complicated and time-consuming recipes, you will appreciate the easy to follow and quick mocktails recipes that our friends at MOFAS had put together.  Enjoy!

By: Alexa McIndoe, alexa@mofas.org

4 Quick Mocktails

Cucumber Mint Cooler

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 cucumber
• Ice cubes
• 2 sprigs of mint leaves, stems removed
• 1 lime
• 1 bottle (33.8 fl oz/1 liter) club soda, seltzer, or water

Directions:

1. Slice cucumber length wise in thin slices (optional to use a mandolin)
2. Cut lime in half
3. Cut one of the halves into thin slices
4. Squeeze a few drops of lime juice into the glass
5. Fill glass with club soda, seltzer or water

Cherry Lime Spritzer

Serves 1

Ingredients:

• Ice cubes
• 8 oz club soda or sparkling water
• 2 tbsp Grenadine Syrup
• 1 tsp Lime Syrup
• Maraschino cherry for garnish

Directions:

1. Fill the glass with ice cubes
2. Pour all the club soda or sparkling water in the glass
3. Add Grenadine to your taste
4. Add Lime syrup to your taste
5. Top off with maraschino cherry

Cranberry Cutie

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 3 oz Sierra Mist Natural
• 3 oz cranberry Juice
• Juice from 1 clementine/Cutie orange
• 1 oz lime juice
• *optional, cranberry sugar for garnish

Directions:

1. In a shaker filled with ice, mix cranberry juice, Cutie juice, and lime juice
2. Add Sierra Mist Natural and stir
3. *Optional, wet rim of glass and dip in cranberry sugar for garnish
4. Pour into two glasses and garnish with a Cutie slice

Sparkling Pineapple Lemonade

Serves 10

Ingredients:

• 1 quart lemonade
• 1 quart pineapple juice
• 1/2 quart sparkling grape juice

Directions:

1. In a large plastic container, mix 1 quart of lemonade and 1 quart of pineapple juice
2. Add 1/2 quart sparkling white grape juice
3. If you want extra fizz, add some extra grape juice

 

Source: http://www.mofas.org/2016/05/4-quick-mocktails/