MOCKTAILS

A few "mocktails" for New Years Eve.

Martinelli’s Sparkler
8 ounces Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider
2 splashes grenadine
1 splash of Rose’s Lime Juice

Fill highball glass with ice, add ingredients, garnish with cherry and lemon. Makes 1 drink.

Virgin Green-Apple Martini
2 ounces Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider
1/2 ounce Granny Smith apple (chopped)
2 ounces lemon-lime soda
2 dashes cinnamon
1/2 cups crushed ice

Put ingredients in blender, add ice, blend. Pour into martini glass. Garnish with an apple wedge and serve.

Makes 1 drink.

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Whole Foods' Tropical Mango Sparkler
1 cup fresh ripe mango
1 cup pineapple juice
Juice of 1 lime
Crushed ice
Sparkling water or bottled fruit spritzer

Purée mango, pineapple and lime juice with crushed ice. Pour into glasses and top with chilled spritzer.

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Virgin Strawberry Daquiri
1 cup fresh ripe mango
1 cup pineapple juice
Juice of 1 lime
Crushed ice
Sparkling water or bottled fruit spritzer

Purée mango, pineapple and lime juice with crushed ice. Pour into glasses and top with chilled spritzer.

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Mock Pink Champagne

3 quarts ginger ale

1/2 cup grenadine syrup

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

1/2 cup fresh grapefruit juice

2 cups club soda

In a punch bowl, mix ginger ale, grenadine syrup, lemon grapefruit juice, and club soda. Chill all ingredients before mixing and combine all ingredients just before serving. Serve chilled.

For a slightly sweeter flavor, substitute 1 cup of apple juice for the grapefruit juice.

Blackberry Fauxjito
1 1/2 oz club soda

4-6 blackberries

3 fresh mint sprigs

2 teaspoons sugar

3 dashes Angostura bitters

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Garnish

whole blackberry

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Muddle blackberries and mint well. Add to shaker. Add remaining ingredients in shaker, mix and pour into glass. Add Crushed Ice and garnish with whole blackberry.

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