7 Cocktails for Valentine’s Day 2026

Are you ready for Valentine’s Day weekend? Here’s a few drink ideas to get people in the mood, and for more here are our V-Day recipes from 2025.

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Martini

Course Drinks

Keyword Baileys chocolate liqueur, half and half, rum, strawberry

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Strawberry-infused Sonrisa Platino rum
• 2 oz. Baileys chocolate liqueur
• ½ oz. Half and half
• Chocolate-covered strawberry garnish

Instructions

• Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice.
• Shake well until chilled.
• Strain into a chilled Martini glass.
• Garnish with a chocolate-covered strawberry.

Notes

The mixologists at Sonrisa created this recipe.

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Rosy Ritual

Course Drinks

Keyword cranberry juice, High Rise Citrus THC infusion, lime juice, orange juice, Simple syrup

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. High Rise Citrus THC infusion
• 1 oz. Cranberry juice
• 1 oz. Lime juice
• ½ oz. Orange juice
• ½ oz. Simple syrup

Instructions

• Add ingredients to a shaker with ice.
• Shake well until chilled.
• Fine strain into a chilled coupe or Martini glass.
• Garnish with lime wheel.

Notes

The mixologists at High Rise Beverage Co. created this recipe.

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Love Potion No. 97

Course Drinks

Keyword cranberry, lime, Simple syrup, strawberry puree, Tito’s vodka

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Tito’s Vodka
• 1 oz. Strawberry puree
• ½ oz. Fresh lime juice
• ½ oz. Simple syrup
• Splash of cranberry juice

Instructions

• Shake all ingredients with ice.
• Strain over fresh rocks.
• Garnish with Pop Rocks, fresh strawberry and mint.

Notes

The mixologists at Baker’s Cay Resort in Key Largo, FL, created this recipe.

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Soft Launch

Course Drinks

Keyword Chambord, lemon, pineapple, raspberry puree, vanilla syrup, vodka

Ingredients

• ¾ oz. Lemon juice
• ¼ oz. Vanilla Demerara syrup
• ¼ oz. Raspberry puree
• ½ oz. Chambord
• 1 oz. Pineapple juice
• 2 oz. Vodka

Instructions

• Combine ingredients and shake.
• Double strain into a coupe glass.
• Garnish with a skewered mint leaf and cherry.

Notes

Lena Maio, head bartender at Beatbox in New York, created this recipe.

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Love is in the Air

Course Drinks

Keyword bourbon, lime, mint, orange bitters, raspberries, raspberry liqueur, Simple syrup

Ingredients

• 8 Raspberries
• 8 Mint leaves
• 1 Lime, juiced
• 2 oz. Blended bourbon
• 2 oz. Raspberry liqueur
• 2 oz. Simple syrup
• 4 droppers about ½ tsp. Bluegrass Bitters 5-Spice Orange bitters

Instructions

• Muddle raspberries and mint leaves in a shaker or glass.
• Add bourbon, raspberry liqueur, simple syrup, bitters and lime juice.
• Fill shaker with ice and shake for about 30 seconds.
• Double strain into two chilled coupe glasses.
• Garnish with mint leaves and raspberries.

Notes

Makes two drinks. Shawn Herbig, CEO/founder of Bluegrass Bitters, created this recipe.

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Love Potion

Course Drinks

Keyword gin, hibiscus syrup, lemon, sparkling wine, vanilla syrup

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Gin
• ¾ oz. Lemon juice
• ¼ oz. Vanilla syrup
• ¾ oz. Hibiscus syrup
• 3 oz. Sparkling wine

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients except sparkling wine.
• Add ice and shake until chilled.
• Strain into a Champagne flute.
• Top with sparkling wine.
• Garnish with a rose petal.

Notes

The mixologists at Mezzanine at The Dominick hotel in New York created this recipe.

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cocktail

Course Drinks

Keyword Baileys chocolate liqueur, Simple syrup, strawberries, tequila

Ingredients

• 3 Strawberries sliced
• ½ oz. Simple syrup
• 1 oz. Don Julio Blanco tequila
• 2 oz. Baileys Chocolate liqueur

Instructions

• In a shaker with ice, add all ingredients.
• Shake vigorously until chilled.
• Fine strain into a chilled Martini glass
• Garnish with a skewered heart-shaped strawberry

Notes

The mixologists at Kona Grill created this recipe.