Now that spring is just around the corner I thought I would share some awesome cocktails for you all to enjoy.  I saw these today on Real Simple and I wanted to get in the kitchen and start whipping them up right away.

Cosmo Slushy

Ingredients

  • 10 ounce (1 1/4 cups) citrus-flavored vodka
  • 1/2 cup Rose’s lime juice
  • 2 cups cranberry juice
  • 4 ice cube trays

Directions

  1. Combine vodka, lime juice, and cranberry juice in a pitcher with 2 cups water and stir to blend. Divide between ice cube trays and freeze at least 4 hours or overnight (the drink cubes will freeze only partially).
  2. Just before serving, empty trays into a large bowl and using a fork, break up cubes to loosen ice crystals (the ice will be slushlike). Spoon slush into tall stemmed glasses and serve immediately.

Lime Sorbet Margaritas

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Rub the lime wedges around the rims of 8 stemmed glasses. Place the sugar on a small plate. Turn each glass upside down and dip the rims in the sugar to coat.
  2. Place 2 scoops of sorbet in each glass and pour 1 tablespoon of tequila over the top of each. Serve with a spoon.

Pear Mimosas

Ingredients

Directions

  1. For each serving, pour 3/4 cup of Champagne (or ginger ale) into a flute or wineglass and top with 1/2 cup of pear nectar. Squeeze and drop in 1 wedge of lime.

White Sangria

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large pitcher or other container, combine the wine and sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the remaining ingredients, excluding the club soda, and mix well.
  2. Place the pitcher in the refrigerator and let the sangria sit for at least 1 hour (and up to 4 hours). The sangria will sweeten with time, so the longer it sits, the better.
  3. Just before serving, stir in the club soda and ice cubes.


Drink up and enjoy!