From Shaken to Smitten: 22 Valentine’s Day Cocktails to Try
Valentine’s Day is all about love, and what better way to toast to romance than with a beautifully crafted cocktail?
Whether you’re toasting with your special someone, celebrating self-love, or clinking glasses with your besties, the right drink can elevate the moment. From floral-infused spritzes to decadent chocolate-kissed creations, these love-inspired libations are sure to make hearts flutter.
Feeling flirty? Aphrodite’s Arrow blends Patron Silver with raspberry purée and coconut milk for a creamy, tropical treat worthy of the goddess of love herself. More of a hopeless romantic? Sip on the Bombay Rose, a delicate mix of gin, lychee, and rose water that’s as elegant as a bouquet of flowers. And for the chocolate lovers, Lovers Lane delivers pure decadence with vodka, chocolate liqueur, and fresh raspberries — because what’s Valentine’s Day without a little indulgence? No matter your plans, these cocktails are crafted to make the day deliciously unforgettable. Cheers to love in every sip!
An infusion of tropical paradise and berry bliss, each sip unveils a harmonious dance of flavors that is both a tribute to the goddess Aphrodite and a gift for the lover in you.
Photo by Virgin Hotels NYC
Aphrodite’s Arrow
by Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Patron Silver
¾ oz. Raspberry Purée
1 oz. Coconut Milk
½ oz. Vanilla Extract
½ oz. Lime Juice
Preparation
Mix all ingredients and pour over ice in a rocks glass.
The Dove
Ingredients
2 oz. Cazcanes Blanco No. 7
½ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Pinch of Salt
4 oz. Grapefruit Soda
Jarritos, Squirt, or Fresca, or fresh-squeezed
Grapefruit Juice
Garnish: Grapefruit wedge or lime wheel
Preparation
Rim a highball glass with lime and dip in coarse salt.
Add tequila, lime juice, and salt to the glass.
Fill with ice, top with grapefruit soda, and stir gently.
Garnish with a grapefruit wedge or lime wheel.
Evoke the feeling of sand in your toes wherever you are with Christina Maffei’s Beachwalk Bellini.
Preparation
Combine ingredients into a mixing glass with ice.
Shake with a Boston shaker and strain into a white wine glass.
Garnish with 2 raspberries on a pick and serve.
Valentine’s Day is synonymous with roses!
Photo by Cody Goldstein
Preparation
Add all ingredients and shake for 5 seconds.
Strain into a Nick and Nora glass and top with mineral water
Garnish with a basil “boat” and dehydrated roses.
The Heartbreaker
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Hacienda de Chihuahua Sotol Plata
½ oz. Strawberry Creme
½ oz. Aperol
1 oz. Lemon Juice
4 tsp. Strawberry Jam
Garnish: Strawberry or Cherry
Preparation
Mix all ingredients and pour over ice.
Manny Hinojosa’s Bombay Rose is the one for old school romantics.
Bombay Rose
by Manny Hinojosa, Global Brand Ambassador / Tequila Cazadores
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Bombay Sapphire East
¾ oz. The Perfect Purée Lychee Puree, thawed
¼ oz. Rose Water
¼ oz. Hand Pressed Lime Juice
½ oz. Turbinado Sugar Syrup
Preparation
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
Shake and pour into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with a rose petal and lime twist.
Preparation
In a shaking tin add 4 raspberries and muddle.
Then add vodka, Chambord and lemon juice.
Squeeze in about a teaspoon of agave, add a little more if you like it sweeter (simple syrup works here too if that’s what you have on hand, go with ½ oz to start).
Add ice to your shaking tin and shake for about 10 seconds.
Strain over fresh ice in a collins glass and top it off with half lemonade and half soda water.
Garnish with raspberries and a dried rosebud for a cute valentine’s touch!
“This drink was created after my personal favorite valentine’s day treat, chocolate covered raspberries. It is meant to be decadent, slightly sweet, but still light and easy to sip on.” — Jessica
Preparation
In a shaker tin, add your raspberries and muddle.
Add all other ingredients, ice, and shake.
Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with dried rose petals.
This visually striking and delicious cocktail, created by SMOKE LAB National Mixologist and Industry expert, @paulalukas27, is the perfect elixir to set the mood for any February 14th celebration.
Preparation
Combine SMOKE LAB Vodka, Vermouth, Rose Cordial and edible glitter in a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a flute or coupe.
Top with Prosecco Rose’ and garnish with a red rose petal.
Preparation
1. Dry Shake.
2. Shake with Ice.
3. Fine strain serve up.
Preparation
Combine all ingredients in a shaker, add ice, shake, and double strain into a coupe or martini glass.
Garnish with three skewered raspberries.
Preparation
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir until very cold.
Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
Rose and Raspberry Fizz
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Glendalough Wild Rose Gin
½ oz. Raspberry Syrup
½ oz. Aperol
1 ½ oz. Soda Water
Preparation
Shake all ingredients (except soda) with ice.
Strain into a tall ice filled glass.
Add the soda, then garnish with a raspberry and a freshly torn and slapped sprig of mint.
Pomegranate Citrus Avaline Rose Spritz
by Louise Buckley
Ingredients
1 c. Pomegranate Juice
1-2 Grapefruits, thinly sliced
1-2 Blood Oranges, thinly sliced
1 c. Kumquats, sliced in half (optional)
1 bottle of Avaline Rose
Sparkling Water (to taste)
Preparation
Combine pomegranate juice, grapefruit, blood oranges, kumquat slices, and Avaline Rosé in a large pitcher.
When ready to serve, top with sparkling water (to taste), a slice of grapefruit, and a couple kumquat halves.
Preparation
Rim your rocks glass with Tajin and fill with ice.
Shake all ingredients with ice and fine-strain into rocks glass.
Preparation
Sweetheart Affair
Ingredients
2 oz. BACARDÍ Superior Rum
1 oz. Lime Juice
1/3 oz. Extra Fine Sugar
Preparation
Add lime juice and sugar to a shaker and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
Pour in the BACARDÍ Superior rum and fill the shaker with half-cubed ice, followed by some half-crushed ice.
Place the lid on the shaker and shake vigorously until thoroughly chilled.
Finally, strain through a fine tea strainer into a chilled coupette.
Cupid’s Flight
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Santa Teresa 1796
¾ oz. Martini Bitters
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
½ oz. Lime Juice
¼ oz. Simple Syrup
Preparation
Add all ingredients in shaken tin, add ice, shake and strain over glassware.
Garnish with pineapple leaf and lime wheel.
Bacan Berry Smash
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. Bacan Guaro 29
½ cup of Fresh Raspberries or 2 oz. Frozen Raspberries, defrosted
Juice from ½ Lime
½ oz. Agave (adjust to taste)
Grapefruit Soda
Mint and/or Pink Grapefruit Slice
Preparation
Muddle mint, raspberries, lime, agave and Bacan 29.
Add ice and shake in a cocktail shaker.
Pour into rocks glass over ice.
Top with grapefruit soda.
Garnish with mint and/or slice of pink grapefruit.
Champaguaro
by Elcielo Restaurant — Miami, FL
Ingredients
2 oz. Bacan Guaro 29
2 oz. Champagne (Brut or Nature), well chilled
Preparation
Add Bacan into a flute or coupe and top with chilled Champagne.
Garnish with a strawberry on the rim.
Bacanccino
Ingredients
1 ¾ oz. Bacan Guaro 24
3 oz. Espresso (cooled)
½ oz. White Chocolate Syrup
Dark Chocolate, grated
Preparation
Add Bacan Guaro 24, cooled espresso, and white chocolate syrup in a shaker with ice.
Shake well until cold.
Strain into a coupe glass.
Garnish with grated dark chocolate on top.
The Reid Berry Caipiroska
Ingredients
1 ½ oz. The Reid Vodka
1 Whole Lime, cut into quarters
½ oz. Simple Syrup
3-4 Fresh Medium Strawberries or 4-5 Frozen Strawberries (defrosted)*
Preparation
Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
Muddle lime and strawberries.
Add ice to the shaker.
Shake and pour all contents into a rocks glass.
Garnish with strawberries and mint.
Additional Notes
*Note: If using puree instead of strawberries, use: 2 oz. The Reid Vodka, 1 oz. strawberry puree, 5-6 lime wedges and muddle lime, puree, and The Reid. Adjust for personal sweetness/sourness. Add crushed ice, swizzle, top with more crushed ice. Garnish with a strawberry and mint.
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