45+ Valentine’s Day Cocktails (Recipes to Mix Up)

Wondering what the Valentine’s Day cocktails are? From a pink hued Cosmopolitan cocktail, to elegant Espresso Martinis, berry cocktails and more. There are so many delicious drinks to choose from!

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The BEST Valentines Cocktails: The Lineup

Overhead shot of cosmopolitan cocktail on serving tray.
The BEST Cosmopolitan Cocktail recipe! Tart, tangy & delicious. Made with vodka, cranberry juice, lime & cointreau.
Cosmopolitan Cocktail
This Pink Mudslide uses fresh strawberries and vanilla ice cream along with Irish cream, coffee liqueur, and vodka for an amazing dessert Valentine’s drink!
Get the RECIPE from Amanda’s Cookin
Strawberry white wine spritzer displayed on pink plate with strawberries scattered about.
This Strawberry White Wine Spritzer recipe combines wine, vodka, fresh strawberries & soda water for a thirst quenching cocktail that’s perfect for summer!
Strawberry White Wine Spritzer
Overhead close up of prepared espresso martini topped with three coffee beans.
This Espresso Martini is a delicious pre- or post-dinner pick me up cocktail. An easy cocktail recipe, made with just 4-ingredients and shaken until deliciously frothy. 
Espresso Martini
Overhead shot of prepared paper plane cocktail.
The Paper Plane Cocktail is a bittersweet modern cocktail made with just 4 ingredients. Well-balanced and tangy, it’s perfect for those new to whiskey or if you’re looking for a boozy drink that goes down easy.
Paper Plane Cocktail
Hand holding blackberry mojito garnished with lime wedges and straw.
This Creamy Coconut Blackberry Mojito recipe is perfect for the summer. Blackberries, mint, rum and lime juice combine with cream of coconut, served up on ice with a sugar-lime rim. Delicious!
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Chocolate strawberry martini – your favorite strawberries and chocolate combo gets a boozy lift in this dangerously delicious cocktail.
Get the RECIPE from Viktoria’s Table
Two fig cocktails in glasses garnished with fresh figs.
This Fig Cocktail is made with vodka and a vanilla bean & fig simple syrup. Combining it with soda water gives a nice fizz and ties this beautiful drink together. 
Fig Cocktail
Winter aperol spritz garnished with cranberries and rosemary.
This Winter Aperol Spritz with cranberries is perfect for fall or winter. With a hint of cranberries, bubbly prosecco and the delicious flavor of aperol, now spritzes aren't just for the summer.
Winter Aperol Spritz
Side view of bramble cocktail garnished with lemon and blackberry.
This Blackberry Bramble Cocktail is the perfect Valentine's Day sipper. Made with just 4-simple ingredients, this gin based cocktail has bright flavors of blackberry and lemon.
Blackberry Bramble
This Blackberry Champagne Cocktail is a festive sparkling cocktail that's perfect for holiday parties. Or, try this blackberry mimosa for brunch! // blackberry bellini
This Blackberry Champagne Cocktail is a festive sparkling cocktail that's perfect for holiday parties. Or, try this blackberry bellini for brunch!
Blackberry Champagne Cocktail
Spicy Blackberry Margarita Sour: sweet, but with spice, super easy, light, and gives off moody fall vibes…makes any night feel special!
Get the RECIPE from Half Baked Harvest
Extra bubbly Blackberry Champagne Mule…for your spring (and summer) Saturday Cocktail festivities. Great for Mother’s Day…the bubbly seals the deal!
Get the RECIPE from Half Baked Harvest
Blackberry Black Pepper Cocktail with Fresh Basil and Honey – A black pepper cocktail is an easy way to add depth and unexpected flavor to your next summer drink. Blackberries and basil make this one so refreshing!
Get the RECIPE from Hello Glow
Strawberry Elderflower Sparkler – a refreshing summer prosecco cocktail infused with fresh strawberry puree, elderflower liqueur, and vodka.
Get the RECIPE from A Beautiful Plate
Feel like heading somewhere tropical but your bank account doesn’t agree? Try a delicious Tropical Passion Fruit Hibiscus Rum Smash!
Get the RECIPE from Half Baked Harvest
Blackberry Lemonade Mojito – The BEST Blackberry Lemonade Mojitos made with fresh lemonade, rum, muddle blackberries, & mint for a refreshing summer cocktail!
Get the RECIPE from Short Girl Tall Order
Blackberry Basil Mojito – Smash up fruit with booze and it declare it happy hour whenever you please.
Get the RECIPE from Minimalist Baker
Blackberry Gin Smash – An easy, naturally sweetened fruity cocktail.
Get the RECIPE from The Live In Kitchen
This Raspberry Hibiscus Vodka Cocktail pairs hibiscus with raspberry and lemon for a refreshing pink drink. Using egg whites creates a beautiful layer of foam on top of the drink.
Get the RECIPE from Limoncello Kitchen
Blackberry Crush – This Blackberry Crush is made with Empress 1908 Gin, ​fresh blackberries, honey, lemon juice, and greek yogurt for a fresh gin cocktail.
Get the RECIPE from The Social Sipper
Blackberry & Meyer Lemon Gin & Tonics – A different twist on the typical gin and tonic. Our Blackberry & Meyer Lemon Gin & Tonics are really refreshing, and have a mint garnish.
Get the RECIPE from Spoon Fork Bacon
This Raspberry Gin Fizz is a sweet, tart and bubbly gin cocktail. Easy to make with a homemade raspberry simple syrup.
Get the RECIPE from The Littlest Crumb
Sip on this quick, delightful old fasioned with blackberry simple syrup, tiki and black walnut bitters. Perfect for evenings when you wish spring was here.
Get the RECIPE from Cocktail Contessa
Blackberry Tequila Lemon Cooler…the perfect (pretty) summer cocktail that’s the easiest to mix up, requires just 4 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep time!
Get the RECIPE from Half Baked Harvest
The classic Clover Club cocktail is a delicious, lightly sweet gin sour with fresh raspberries, lemon juice, and a frothy top!
Get the RECIPE from Well Seasoned Studio
This Raspberry Rose Tequila Kombucha Cocktail is bursting with flavor and goodness! It's made with fresh or frozen raspberries, lemon juice, silver tequila, and plain or ginger kombucha. Whether you're a kombucha enthusiast or just looking for a new drink to try, you're gonna love this healthy and delicious cocktail.
Get The RECIPE from Half Baked Harvest
This Raspberry Thyme Negroni Sour is a fun and flirty cocktail to serve at your next get together! It's as visually stunning as it is delicious!
Get the RECIPE from Half Baked Harvest
This vibrant Red Raspberry Martini is sweet, tart, and bursting with berry flavor. It’s perfect for special occasions, and takes just 15 minutes to make!
Get the RECIPE from The Endless Meal
A fresh twist on a beloved classic drink, this Raspberry Daiquiri recipe leaves you satisfied and refreshed.
Get the RECIPE from Cinnamon And Sage Co
Raspberry Mint Mojitos are a fun, vibrant cocktail to sip on all summer long! Loaded full of fresh raspberry flavor and vibrant mint, classic mojitos get a spin! In this mojito, fresh raspberries are muddled together with vibrant mint and sweet honey with white rum and lemon-lime soda added to top it off!
Get the RECIPE from KJ and Company
French Martini has the perfect combination of vodka, pineapple juice and a touch of Chambord liquor that adds a hint of raspberry flavor. A great addition to your cocktail repertoire.
Get the RECIPE from Lemon Blossoms
The Floradora is a classic gin cocktail made with raspberry syrup, lime juice, and ginger ale. It’s fruity, refreshing, and a very pretty pink, too! I’m not sure why the Floradora isn’t a better known gin cocktail because it’s delicious, easy on the eyes, and made with readily available ingredients.
Get the RECIPE from Moody Mixologist
Perfectly pink, Raspberry Sorbet Champagne Cocktail is a refreshing burst of flavor and a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your love. Raspberry sorbet scooped into a champagne glass or coupe, topped with cointreau for a pop of orange flavor and finished off with your favorite champagne.
Get the RECIPE from Joy + Oliver
With real raspberries and a touch of chocolate, this Raspberry and Chocolate Valentine Cocktail is a decadent and delicious libation for the day of love.
Get the RECIPE from Creative Culinary
Whipped, creamy, frozen lemonade is great, but whipped pink lemonade with raspberry-infused vodka and ginger liqueur? It’s the next level summer treat your happy hour has been waiting for!
Get the RECIPE from Moody Mixologist
A winter bourbon smash is made with raspberry preserves to keep it seasonal and simple. Fresh and citrusy, not too sweet, and perfect for cold weather special occasions.
Get the RECIPE from Minimalist Baker
Strawberry Lemonade Vodka. An easy, naturally sweetened, single serving cocktail.
Get the RECIPE from The Live In Kitchen
The strawberry cucumber tequila martini is a tequila cocktail made with elderflower liqueur and fresh muddled strawberries and cucumber.
Get the RECIPE from Kitchen Swagger
This cocktail is made with strawberry rose syrup that gives the drink a pretty pink hue and pairs perfectly with the floral notes in gin.
Get the RECIPE from In Bloom Bakery
These easy strawberry thyme cocktails are perfect for summertime! With a quick homemade simple syrup. Use tequila, gin, or vodka!
Get the RECIPE from Life as a Strawberry
This Strawberry Coconut Daiquiri is an easy-to-make rum-based frozen cocktail that will have you feeling like you’re on a beach vacation!
Get the RECIPE from We are not Martha
This Strawberry Campari Gin Spritz is the perfect summer cocktail. Sweet strawberry simple syrup is shaken with aromatic gin, bitter Campari and topped with bubbly Prosecco.
Get the RECIPE from One Sweet Mess
This Strawberry French 75 cocktail is a vibrant and classy summer drink. So refreshing, with amazing flavor from strawberry puree + lemon.
Get the RECIPE from Heartbeet Kitchen

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45+ Valentine’s Day Cocktails

Wondering what the Valentine's Day cocktails are? There are so many drinks to choose from! Pink hued berry drinks, cosmopolitans & more. Try this Espresso Martini. It's a delicious pre- or post-dinner pick me up cocktail. An easy cocktail recipe, made with just 4-ingredients and shaken until deliciously frothy. 
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1 cocktail

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces vodka
  • 1 ounce freshly brewed espresso
  • 1/2 ounce simple syrup
  • 1/2 ounce coffee liqueur (Kahlua, Tia Maria, or similar)
  • 3 coffee beans (to garnish)

Instructions

  • Add ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously for at least 20 seconds.
  • Strain into a martini glass, spooning extra foam from the cocktail shaker on top.
  • Garnish with coffee beans.
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Equipment

Cocktail Shaker

Nutrition

Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 14mg | Sugar: 17g | Iron: 1mg

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