5 Delicious New Year’s Eve Cocktail Recipes to Ring in 2024 With!

2023 is finally coming to an end, which calls for one big final celebration! If you’ve decided to throw a house party this year, you’re surely going to need a well-stocked bar. Instead of going for regular drinks like wine, beer, and, of course, champagne, why not switch it a little with a few homemade cocktails? You have no mixology knowledge? Don’t worry, you’re not going to need it! Here are 5 simple New Year’s Eve cocktail recipes that will help you welcome 2024 in high spirits! 

New Year’s Eve Cocktail Recipes

As much as I love sipping on a glass of sparkling wine during the NYE countdown, I’m never one to back down from a mouth-watering cocktail. My years of experience in hosting dinners and parties at my house have taught me that it’s always good to have a few cocktail recipes up your sleeve just in case you want to impress someone special, even if that’s your best friends or family. Today I’m sharing with you 5 of my go-to celebratory drinks that have absolutely never ever failed me!

Italian Gin & Tonic

Ingredients:

• 30 ml gin of choice
• 25 ml Campari
• 1 bottle of premium tonic water
• 5 ml orange bitters
• lemon or orange slices to garnish

Instructions:

• Take a cocktail glass and fill it with ice.
• First, add the gin, then the Campari.
• Pour 150 ml of the tonic water.
• Add the bitters using a spoon.
• Stir vigorously.
• Finish off with the lemon or orange slices.

Rosy Rose Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 30 ml dry gin
• 30 ml fruity spritz
• 15 Italian fernet
• Rose champagne

Instructions:

• Take a whiskey glass and fill it with ice.
• Add the gin, fruity spritz, and the fernet.
• Fill the rest of the glass with rose champagne, and stir.
• Decorate with flowers (optional).

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Negroni Sbagliato

Ingredients:

• 30 ml Campari
• 30 ml red vermouth
• Prosecco

Instructions:

• Take a whiskey glass and fill it with ice.
• Add the Campari, then the vermouth.
• Stir vigorously.
• Top off with prosecco and stir again.
• Decorate with lemon peel.

Espresso Martini with a Chocolate Twist

Ingredients:

• 43 ml vodka
• 1 shot of espresso
• 30 ml chocolate liquor
• 30 ml Baileys
• Ice
• Sugar syrup
• Fine coconut flakes (optional)

Instructions:

• Make the espresso and let it cool.
• In a shaker, add the ice, vodka, Baileys, and chocolate liquor.
• Take the martini glass, apply sugar syrup on the rim, and dip it in the coconut flakes.
• Then, pour the mixture inside.
• Add the espresso shot into the glass and serve.

Grog

Ingredients:

• 125 ml boiling water
• 63 ml dark Jamaican rum
• 30 grams of brown sugar
• a splash of lemon juice

Instructions:

• Pour the rum into a glass cup.
• Then, add the boiling water and stir.
• Add the brown sugar and lemon juice and stir again.
• Serve with a cinnamon stick and a slice of fresh lemon dipped in the cup.

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