15+ Honey Cocktails to Mix Up!

Wondering what the best honey cocktails are? From the classic Bee’s Knees cocktail, to a Hot Toddy, and more. There are so many delicious honey drinks to choose from.

Lately, I have been noticing lots of cocktails featuring honey popping up on bar menus around town. Most feature some type of citrus along with honey and are served straight up.

Perhaps bartenders are taking a cue from the Hot Toddy. A classic wintertime drink consisting of whiskey, hot water, honey and lemon and believed to cure colds.

It does make sense though. Honey is a sweetener and can function in any cocktail much like a simple syrup would.

Here are 15+ amazing honey cocktail recipes that highlight it’s rich, sweet flavor.

The BEST Cocktails with Honey: The Lineup

Gin, lemon juice and honey combine in this delicious Bees Knees cocktail. Served straight up in a martini glass. 

Bees Knees

This Easy Paloma Cocktail with honey simple syrup is a refreshing, citrus cocktail made with tequilla and a splash of soda water. Serve it on the rocks with a salted rim and enjoy! 

Paloma Cocktail

This delicious Hot Toddy recipe is perfect for chilly weather. Learn several variations on how to make a hot toddy – with tea, apple cider, brandy, bourbon, or rum. 

Hot Toddy

Honey Roasted Pear Sparkling Cocktails & Mocktails! Festive cocktails recipe with simple ingredients; sparkling wine or juice, honey, spices, roasted pear.

Get the RECIPE from Cotter Crunch

Honey Roasted Pear Sparkling Cocktails

This Honey Beer Cocktail is sweet, bitter, and fizzy.

Get the RECIPE from The Feedfeed

Honey Beer Cocktail

Honey Smash Bourbon Cocktail.

Get the RECIPE from Sweet Life Bake

Honey Smash Bourbon Cocktail

Beautiful winter cocktail made with vodka (or gin), grapefruit juice, rosemary and honey.

Get the RECIPE from Cookie and Kate

Ruby Red and Rosemary Honey Cocktail

Spiced Honey Bourbon Old Fashioned…simply mix everything together for a cocktail that’s perfectly sweetened, spiced, and so delicious!

Get the RECIPE from Half Baked Harvest

Spiced Honey Bourbon Old Fashioned

Everyone loves a good Hot Toddy, but sometimes you need something cool and refreshing. That’s when you need this “Cold Toddy” recipe!

Get the RECIPE from Vinepair

Honey & Pear Whisky Cocktail

The Spring Buzz: a refreshing whiskey cocktail made with chamomile tea, elderflower liqueur, whiskey and honey. Super fast and easy!

Get the RECIPE from Broma Bakery

The Spring Buzz (Chamomile, Whiskey and Honey Cocktail)

There’s a reason why this whiskey cocktail recipe is called the Honey Bear. Not only does this drink have honey in it but it’s served in a cute honey bear.

Get the RECIPE from Eat Drink Frolic

The Honey Bear

This Chamomile Whiskey Cocktail is a delightfully refreshing blend of chilled chamomile tea, honey simple syrup, lemon, honey bourbon and rye whiskey.

Get the RECIPE from A Taste for Travel

Chamomile Whiskey Cocktail

Honey Margarita {The Bertha Cocktail}. My go-to cocktail will always be the margarita.

Get the RECIPE from Sweet Life Bake

Honey Margarita

Snuggle up in front of the fire with a Whisky and Honey Smash cocktail from The Coal Shed restaurant in Brighton.

Get the RECIPE from Sainsburys Magazine

Whisky and Honey Smash

A homemade thyme-infused fig syrup is combined with champagne and apple cider to make this Sparkling Fig & Honey Cocktail.

Get the RECIPE from Hello Glow

Sparkling Fig & Honey Cocktail

This Rosemary & Honey Whiskey Cocktail combines your favorite rye or bourbon whiskey, bitters, and an rosemary & honey infused simple syrup.

Get the RECIPE from Dude that Cookz

Rosemary & Honey Whiskey Cocktail

More Liquor Guides

• Blackberry Cocktails
• Strawberry Cocktails
• Cherry Cocktails
• Pear Cocktails
• Triple Sec Cocktails
• Vodka Cocktails
• Whiskey Cocktails
• Aperol Cocktails
• Cointreau Cocktails
• Moscow Mule Cocktails
• Creme de Violette Cocktails

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15+ BEST Honey Cocktails

Wondering what the best honey drinks are? There are so many delicious honey drinks to choose from. Try this delicious Bee's Knees Cocktail. It features gin, lemon juice and honey. Served straight up in a martini glass. 

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 cocktail

Created by Platings and Pairings

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Ingredients

Honey Simple Syrup

• ½ cup honey
• ½ cup water

Bees Knees Cocktail

• 2 ounces honey simple syrup
• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice

Instructions

Honey Simple Syrup

• Combine water and honey in a small saucepan. Heat over medium, stirring often, until the mixture is smooth. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.

Cocktail

• Combine 2 ounces of the honey simple syrup, gin, lemon juice and orange juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
• Strain into a small chilled cocktail glass and serve.
• Reserve remaining honey simple syrup for more cocktails.

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Nutrition

Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 103mg | Sugar: 45g | Vitamin A: 70IU | Vitamin C: 28.6mg | Iron: 2mg