Try these fun Memorial Day cocktails!
MOSCATO MARGARITAS
Margaritas get instantly better with moscato and strawberries. Blended to perfection, these are the best summer treat. If you want even more moscato, then you need to try this take on moscato margaritas.
recipe serves 4
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup granulated sugar
Lime wedges
1 cup chopped strawberries
1 cup tequila
1 cup moscato
1 cup triple sec
1/2 cup lime juice
2 cups ice
DIRECTIONS
In a small dish, pour sugar. Rim glasses with lime wedge then dip in sugar.
Combine strawberries, tequila, moscato, triple sec, lime juice, and ice in blender. Blend until smooth, then divide mixture between 4 glasses, garnish with lime wedges and serve.
LAYERED LEMON DROPS
Don't be fooled by it's pretty layers; this baby packs a punch.
recipe serves 4
INGREDIENTS
6 oz. vodka, divided
3 cups lemonade, divided
2 cups Frozen Mango
2 cups chopped strawberries
3 cups ice
Lemon Slices, for garnish
strawberries, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
Fill blender with mango, 2 ounces vodka, 1 cup lemonade and 1 cup ice. Blend until smooth. Transfer mixture to a separate container and freeze for 30 minutes. Clean blender.
Fill blender with strawberries, 2 ounces vodka, 1 cup lemonade and 1 cup ice. Blend until smooth. Transfer mixture to a separate container and freeze until ready to serve. Clean blender.
Fill blender with remaining vodka, lemonade and ice. Blend until smooth. Transfer mixture to a separate container and freeze until ready to serve.
Pour each mixture into serving glasses in layers starting with the mango mix, then adding the strawberry lemonade mix, and ending with the lemonade mix.
Garnish with lemon slices and strawberries.
SPIKED PINK LEMONADE SANGRIA
Pink lemonade with a grown up twist!
recipe serves 6
INGREDIENTS
750 mL bottle dry sparkling rosé
1 cup vodka
1 can frozen lemonade
1/2 cup club soda
2 cups sliced strawberries
3 lemons, thinly sliced
DIRECTIONS
In a large pitcher, combine rosé, vodka, lemonade, club soda, strawberries and lemons. Stir and refrigerate until chilled, 1 hour, or up to overnight.
SOUTHERN PEACH TEA
This bourbon-based cocktail uses Southern-inspired flavors to create the perfect porch-sipping, summer heat-beating cocktail.
recipe serves 1
INGREDIENTS
2 oz. bourbon
2 oz. peach preserves
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
Dash of Aperol
Sweet tea, enough to fill
Sprig of thyme, for garnish
Lemon round, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
Mix the bourbon, peach preserves, Aperol, and lemon juice over ice and shake.
Top with a generous amount of sweet tea and garnish with fresh thyme and a lemon round.