Unapologetically sweet
Sweet mocktails
The sweet end of the alcohol-free catalogue — including the classics that were never meant to be dry.
Some alcohol-free drinks are sweet on purpose and are better for it. The Shirley Temple and the Roy Rogers were designed for people who wanted something festive rather than something austere, and pretending otherwise makes them worse, not more grown-up.
Everything here is sweet by design. If that isn't what you want, the citrus and bitter lists are the other direction. Where these recipes do work hard is on stopping sweetness from becoming the only thing you taste — usually with acidity, sometimes with bitterness, occasionally with nothing more than serving them properly cold.
Shirley Temple
Ginger ale and grenadine with a maraschino cherry — a bright, fizzy classic mocktail.
Roy Rogers
Cola and grenadine with a maraschino cherry — the cola-based sibling to a Shirley Temple.
Virgin Sunrise
Orange juice and grenadine, layered so the colour bleeds from red to gold — the Tequila Sunrise without the tequila.
Alcohol-Free Bellini
Peach purée topped with alcohol-free sparkling wine — two ingredients, and the same drink the original always was.
Alcohol-Free Hot Toddy
Honey, lemon and hot water with whole spice — the toddy's comforting half, without the whisky.
Virgin Painkiller
Pineapple, orange and coconut cream under a heavy grating of nutmeg — the Painkiller loses less than you'd think.
How this list is built
Recipes scoring 3 or more for sweetness in the catalogue's authored taste scores.
Nothing on this page is hand-picked or sponsored — the list comes straight from the recipe data, so it stays correct as the catalogue grows. Lists only exist once enough real recipes match; that is why some categories you might expect aren't here yet.
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