Mocktail Recipes and Non-Alcoholic Drinks

People who eschew alcohol deserve social drinks, too! Our non-alcoholic drinks are way more compelling than the default fallback of diet soda with lemon. Mix up teas, mocktails, punches, and spritzers that will catch everyone’s eye.

Two Glasses of Arnold Palmer With a Lemon Slice, Next to a Bowl of Lemons, a Citrus Reamer, and Lemon Wedges

Spoonful of Fermented Elderberries on a Counter with the Syrup in a Bottle in the Background

Fermented Elderberry Syrup

Cranberry Tangerine Shrub in a Drink Topped with Ice, Sparkling Water, and Cranberries Surrounded by More Cranberries, a Peeled Tangerine, and a Tray with Drink Supplies

Cranberry Tangerine Shrub

Egg Cream in Two Glasses with Bottle of Chocolate Sauce and Container of Straws in Background

Classic Egg Cream

Strawberry Italian Soda

Strawberry Italian Soda

Spiced apple core simple syrup in swing top bottle

Spiced Apple Core Simple Syrup

Homemade Bloody Mary mix served in a tall glass.

Homemade Bloody Mary Mix

Creamy coffee cocktail on a a white platter.

Mudslide Cocktail

Cool cucumber lime soda garnished with cucumber and with cucumber slices and lime wedges around it.

Nimbu Soda with Cucumber (Cucumber Salted Lime Soda)

Best ever raspberry lime rickey in two glasses with a pitcher behind it.

Raspberry Lime Rickey

Homemade lemonade in tall glasses on a tray.

Blended Whole Lemon Lemonade

Whole lemon and watermelon lemonade in tall glasses and garnished with lemon and watermelon.

Watermelon Lemonade

Blender strawberry lemonade served in a glass and in a pitcher with lemon slices and strawberries set around it.

Strawberry Lemonade

Grenadine in a glass cocktail mixer.

Easy Homemade Grenadine

Non-alcoholic Mexican mule

Non-Alcoholic Mexican Mule

Copycat Shamrock Shake with green sprinkles, a cherry, and a straw.

Copycat Shamrock Shake

Spiced bitter orange mocktail with cinnamon and star anise

Winter Spiced Orange Mocktail

Two glasses of pink lemonade garnished with lemon rounds. A wooden spoon and pitcher are next to the glasses.

Homemade Pink Lemonade

A tall glass of ginger ale soda with a bowl of sliced limes next to it.

Homemade Ginger Ale

Two Glasses of Mango Lassi on Tray with Cubed Mango and Straws

Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Tea) Served with Ice and a Lime Slice Next to a Small Plate of Sliced Oranges and Limes and a Pitcher with More Jamaica

Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Iced Tea)

Grape Juice in Glass

Homemade Grape Juice

Root Beer Float on Simply Recipes

Root Beer Float

Homemade Tomato Juice

Homemade Tomato Juice

Side view of several bottles filled with kombucha

How to Make Kombucha at Home

hot chocolate

Homemade Hot Chocolate

Lavender Lemonade on a small glass garnished with fresh lavender

Lavender Lemonade

Easy Limeade in a glass with a mint sprig

hot toddy recipe with spices apple cider and bourbon

Apple Cider Hot Toddy

Cucumber Lime Agua Fresca

Cucumber Lime Mint Agua Fresca

pear ginger shrub drink

Pear-Ginger Shrub

Horizontal view of two side by side tall glassed with hibiscus cocktails inside. Ice cubes are inside the glass and a lime wedge sits on the lip of each glass with additional lime wedges to the right of the glasses. Partial view of a bowl of dried hibiscus in the background to the right of the second glass.

Hibiscus Spritz

Earl grey tea and tonic drink with ice

Earl Grey Tea and Tonic

Homemade Sassafras Rootbeer

Homemade Sassafras Root Beer

Overhead view of two Negronis with non alcoholic gin, bar nuts and an orange wedge.

Non-Alcoholic Negroni (NAgroni)

watermelon drink recipe watermelon agua fresca

Strawberry Watermelon Agua Fresca

Cucumber Mint Soda

Cucumber Mint "Shrub" Soda

Hot Mulled Cider

Hot Mulled Cider

Cranberry Limeade

Cranberry Limeade

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