Valentine’s Day is almost here. Get ready to mix and wow your sweetheart with these delightful drinks.

Cheers to love! We’ve rounded up our favorite cocktail recipes so you can have a spirited Valentine’s Day. Check out the list below and prepare to make a toast.

1. Love Languages

   • 2oz Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth
   • 1oz Cynar
   • .5oz mezcal
   • .5oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
   • 3 dashes of grapefruit bitters
   • Orange twist for garnish

   Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice. Stir with a bar spoon for 30 seconds to incorporate flavors. Strain drink into chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange peel on the rim.

2. Chocolate Martini

   • 1.5oz vodka
   • 1.5oz white crème de cacao
   • .5oz Irish cream (like Baileys)
   • .5oz heavy cream
   • 1tsp simple syrup
   • 1tsp cocoa powder

   Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Fill it with two handfuls of ice and shake until cold. Strain into a martini glass.

3. Love Potion #9

   • Half cup ice
   • Half cup fresh or frozen strawberries
   • 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
   • 1oz vodka (unflavored, strawberry, or vanilla)
   • .5oz white crème de cacao liquer
   • Strawberry, for garnish

   Mix ice, strawberries, vanilla ice cream, vodka, and crème de cacao in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a chilled glass. Garnish with a strawberry.

4. Rosa Amor

   • 1.5oz Codigo 1530 Rosa Tequila
   • 1.5oz sparkling wine
   • 1oz strawberry puree
   • .25oz triple sec
   • .5oz lemon juice

   Mix puree, juice, triple sec, and tequila into a shaker. Add ice and shake. Strain over fresh ice. Pour over sparkling wine and garnish.

5. Kir Royale

   • 1oz crème de cassis (or Chambord)
   • 4oz sparkling wine
   • Raspberries, for garnish

   Pour the crème de cassis or Chambord into a champagne glass. Top it off with the sparkling wine. Garnish with raspberries if desired.

6. Sweetheart Cocktail

   • 1oz vodka
   • 1oz rose petal liqueur
   • 1.75oz cranberry juice
   • .5oz lime juice

   Mix all ingredients with ice and shake. Fine strain into a chilled glass.

7. Sparkling Cherry

   • 1.5oz Empress 1908 Gin
   • .5oz cherry juice
   • 2 drops rose bitters or rose water
   • 5oz rose sparkling wine
   • Cherry candy hearts

   Place the cherry candy hearts on a plate lined with parchment paper. Set in the freezer for four hours or until frozen. Then place the frozen cherry hearts into a serving glass, acting as ice cubes to chill the drink. Add the cherry juice, rose bitters, and Empress 1908 Gin into a glass and mix to combine. Pour over the chilled candy hearts, then top with rose sparkling wine before serving.

8. Strawberry Sangria

   • 4 cups whole fresh strawberries
   • 2tbsp granulated sugar
   • 1 lemon, sliced into rounds
   • Bottle dry rose wine, chilled
   • 1 handful mint leaves
   • Half cup triple sec
   • 1 orange, sliced into rounds
   • Soda water, for serving (optional)
   • Fresh mint for garnish

   Reserve 6 strawberries and set aside. Slice the remaining strawberries and place them in a blender. Sprinkle them with the sugar and stir. Let the strawberries stand for 20 minutes at room temperature. Add half cup of wine to the blender and blend until strawberries are fully pureed. Pour them through a fine mesh strainer into a large pitcher. Use a spatula to press the strawberry puree through. Discard the seeds. Add the remaining wine and triple sec to the pitcher. Then add the fresh mint, orange, and lemon rounds. Slice the six reserved strawberries and add them to pitcher. Stir and refrigerate the pitcher for at least one hour, or up to four hours. Don’t go beyond four hours or the fruit texture starts to degrade. To serve, pour the sangria into ice-filled glasses and top with a splash of soda water if desired. Garnish with mint.

9. Besame Cocktail

   • 2 lime wedges
   • 5 to 6 raspberries
   • 1.5oz Agavero Liqueur
   • 4oz passionfruit juice
   • 1 splash raspberry liqueur

   In a cocktail shaker, add lime wedges and raspberries. Muddle well. Add the Agavero and passionfruit juice, then mix in a splash of raspberry liqueur. Fill the shaker with ice and shake well. Pour drink without straining into a highball glass.

10. Oxley Winter Gimlet

    • 1.5oz Oxley gin
    • .5oz clementine or green tea cordial
    • Dried orange blossom

    For a seasonal twist on the gimlet, stir Oxley gin and clementine or green tea cordial over ice, then strain. Serve in a small wine glass or goblet, and garnish with dried orange blossom.

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Source: MLRiviera.com, ACoupleCooks.com, InsanelyGoodRecipes.com