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Champagne Cocktails

  • Blanca Valbuena
  • December 30, 2009

So we all know that champagne is a New Year’s tradition, but if you’re feeling saucy and not at all traditional, make some “Champagne” Cocktails.

Only thing I ask of you is that you please…please do not use real Champagne. Champagne is too good a thing to muddle with juices, I consider that a sin. Instead, pick up a nice prosecco or a cava. It will taste just as good and you will spend a fraction of the money. There are many inexpensive and perfectly tasty options for your “Champagne” cocktails. Here are a few of my favorites:

Champagne Americana: A dry sparkler with some Bourbon and a slice of peach bring to mind a wrap around porch in the south. This is a fabulous cocktail for New Years, but works wonders in the heat of summer.

Caribbean Champagne: This cocktail will make you forget all about the wind chill and put you on a beach in Puerto Rico…

Mimosa: Sure, it’s more of a brunch staple, but why not get some blood orange juice and then spike it with a little triple sec ? Plus, they’ll be great for the morning after.

Bellini: This one is an Italian classic, so get yourself some prosecco, peach puree and imagine yourself in Capri.

Champagne Fraise: It’s a strawberry Champagne cocktail…They will taste so good you’ll run out of bubbly in no time.

Champagne Normandie: The calvados that goes into this cocktail is an apple brandy. The apple brandy flavors enhance the natural fruitiness of the champagne.

Orange Champagne: Not to be confused with a mimosa; similar, but so much better.

Champagne Cobbler: Watch out for this cocktail, they go down easy…but are quite dangerous.

Pointsettia: It’s red just like the holiday flower. And if you have cranberry juice leftover you can make some tasty cosmos.

Champagne CocktailsKir: This may be the easiest cocktail to make on the list and it is incredibly tasty. If you have friends that do not like the bitterness of champagne, add a little creme de cassis and you’re done.

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