Made for a crowd
Party mocktails
Alcohol-free party drinks that scale — simple builds, few ingredients, no shaking to order.
A party mocktail has one requirement above all others: it must survive being made twenty times. That rules out anything needing a shake per glass and anything with a fiddly garnish, and it strongly favours drinks you can pre-mix and top with something fizzy at the last moment.
Batching guidance is in the make-ahead guide; the party planning calculator will tell you how much to buy. The other thing worth planning is glassware — serving alcohol-free drinks in the same glasses as everything else is the difference between an option and an afterthought.
Shirley Temple
Ginger ale and grenadine with a maraschino cherry — a bright, fizzy classic mocktail.
Ginger Lime Fizz
Ginger beer, lime and soda over ice with mint — a spicy, fizzy CocktailHQ original.
Sparkling Cranberry Mocktail
Tart cranberry juice lengthened with soda and lime — a bright, festive-looking three-ingredient mocktail.
Virgin Daiquiri
Lime and sugar blended with crushed ice to a frozen slush, finished with a splash of soda — the Daiquiri's citrus snap, without the rum.
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.
Virgin Sea Breeze
Cranberry and grapefruit over ice — the Sea Breeze's dry, tart half, which was always the interesting part.
Lime Rickey
Lime, a little sugar and soda water — three ingredients, and the driest long drink on the site.
How this list is built
Recipes carrying the party occasion tag in the catalogue.
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