Champagne Cocktail Ideas

Just in time to toast the New Year; a few easy and simple signature cocktails that you could set up as a self-serve cocktail bar. Not Just a Mommy!

Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail - recipe courtesy of Southern Living.com
1 turbinado sugar cube*
2 tablespoons pomegranate juice**
1/2 cup Champagne or sparkling wine, chilled

Place sugar cube in a Champagne flute; add pomegranate juice and Champagne. Serve immediately.

*1 rock candy stirrer or granulated sugar cube may be substituted.
**2 tablespoons cranberry juice cocktail may be substituted. Omit sugar cube.

Classic Champagne Cocktail - Recipe courtesy of Esquire.com
1 sugar cube
2 or 3 dashes of bitters (Angostura or Peychaud's)
Champagne lemon twist for garnish

Place a sugar cube in a chilled champagne flute, cover it with 2 or 3 dashes of bitters, fill glass with Champagne and garnish with lemon twist.

Kir Royales - recipe courtesy of Real Simple: Celebrations
6-8 tablespoons crème de cassis (black currant liqueur)
1 bottle Champagne, prossecco, or some other sparkling wine
chilled 6-8 raspberries (fresh or frozen and thawed)

Pour 1 tablespoon of crème de cassis into each champagne flute. Add enough sparkling wine to fill the glass 3/4 to the top. Drop 1 raspberry into each flute.

Comments

[An]

The classic Champagne Cocktail is one of my favorite drinks. So festive, so classic. Makes me think of the roaring 20's. Thanks for posting these recipes, just in time to ring in the New Year!

Anne