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Mocktails – 8 Easy non-alcoholic drink recipes

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This is a roundup of some of the most delicious mocktails around, easy non-alcoholic drinks to serve for kids and teetotallers. 

Mocktails – Easy non-alcoholic drink recipes

Non-alcoholic mocktails don’t have to be boring drinks. 

They can be just as delicious as alcohol-filled cocktails. 

You just don’t end up as giddy or with as sore a head if you have one too many!

What’s not to love!!

The key is to keep the ingredient mixes clever and delicious. 

Here’s a roundup of some of the loveliest mocktail recipes around. 

Read more: We’ve got some more delicious alcohol-free drinks in our Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Drinks roundup

Perfect for parties, Christmas and New Year and festive celebrations when you need to ensure kids, pregnant and breastfeeding mums, teetotallers and anyone choosing to avoid alcohol can have a delicious drink along with everyone else. 

This roundup includes some nonalcoholic takes on cocktail classics, such as the mohito and the French 75. Which one will you and your guests soon be sipping…?

Mocktails – Easy non-alcoholic drink recipes

1. Grapefruit and Rosemary Mocktail

Grapefruit-and-Rosemary-Mocktail

How refreshing is this, I love the twist of adding rosemary… find the recipe over at Place of My Taste

2. The Nohito 

Nohito

The nohito – see what they did there? A mohito without the alcohol!! Grab the recipe over at Mix That Drink

3. Raspberry Sherbet Punch

Raspberry-Punch

Well this brings a whole new dimension to sherbet as I know it… grab the recipe over on Baking Beauty

4. Citrus Strawberry Mocktail

Citrus Strawberry Mocktail

I just want to dive into this refreshing looking mocktail… grab the recipe over on Play Party Plan

5. French 75 Mocktail

French 75 Mocktail

A mocktail take on this utterly chic French cocktail … find the recipe at Always Order Dessert

6. Peach Shrub Mocktail

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You’ll feel peachy keen jelly bean after this delicious mocktail, find out how to make it over on Set The Table

7. Mock Sangria

Mock Sangria

I’d make a giant bowl of this and provide little glasses to be dipped in… jump over to Wallflower Kitchen for the recipe

8. Moscow Mule Without The Kick

Moscow Mule

One of my favourite cocktails EVER… this is the kick-free version… grab the recipe over on The Merry Thought

So there you have it. Which one will be the perfect recipe for you at your next guest-filled celebration? 

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