Cheers friends! It’s been a wonderful year, full of tasty foods, delicious sips & wonderful trips. Here are some drinks that stand out to me…use these recipes as is or use them as a starting point for your very own creative signature cocktails!
25+ New Year’s Eve Champagne Cocktail Recipes
Let’s kick things off with Champagne. Bubbles are oh so fun all year long & super special on NYE…I posted this round up^ last year & you should take a look at it STAT! What are your favorite kinds of cocktails? No matter what, I do believe you will find a few you love in this list! Happy mixing….
Dirty Shirley Cocktail Marla Meridith
Champagne Apple Punch Marla Meridith
more bubbles, sparkles + fizz… Never. Enough. Bubbles!- Balsam Gin Sparkler Beth Kirby for Front + Main
- Champagne Cocktail Eva in the Kitchen
- Champagne Punch Kleinwirth & Co.
- Champagne Punch Bellini Crazy for Crust
- Earl Grey French 75 Cookie and Kate
- Gin, Elderflower & Prosecco Cocktail Garnish with Lemon
- Holiday Champagne House of Earnest
- Lavender Infused Pink Champagne One Fab Day
- Pear + Ginger Champagne Design Sponge
- Pear Sorbet Champagne Cocktail Pineapple & Coconut
- Rosé, Rosemary & Mint Fizz Sainsbury’s Magazine
- Sparkling Drinks for New Year’s Eve Boulder Locavore
- St. Germaine Pear Champagne Cocktail Boulder Locavore
- Strawberry Ginger Fizz Blackberry Farm
Blueberry Martini Marla Meridith
martinis… I love sexy, long stemmed martini glasses & that the ingredients in these cocktails can be so versatile.- Curacao Martini Veganosity
- Festive Cranberry Thyme Martini Homemade with Love
- Hot Cocoa Martini A Cocktail Life
- Pecan Pie Martini I’m Bored Let’s Go
- Pomegranate Cosmos Diethood
- S’more Martini Baked By Rachel
- Sparkling French Martini Cook the Story
- Spiced Pear Martini I’m Bored Let’s Go
- Spiced Pomegranate Martini Cooking LSL
- Tangerine Lemon Drop Martini The Entertaining Couple
- The Best Martini Are Red Binder
The Plunge Marla Meridith
- Autumn Bourbon Punch Lifestyled Blog
- Autumn White Wine Sangria PBS
- Cranberry Brunch Punch Carmel Moments
- Ginger Kombucha Mimosas Pickles & Honey
- Grapefruit Ginger Spiced Rum Punch Little Leopard Book
- Holiday Milk Punch The Little Epicurean
- Lightened-Up Raspberry Coconut Punch Averie Cooks
- New Year’s Eve Champagne Punch A Spicy Perspective
- Pomegranate Lemonade Punch Heather Christo
- Raspberry Champagne Punch Everyday Dishes
- Strawberry Sangria Heinstirred
- Winter Sangria How Sweet it Is
- Winter Sangria with Citrus & Pomegranate Simple Bites
The Confidence Cocktail Marla Meridith
Roasted Marshmallow + Coffee Cocktail Shakes Marla Meridith
- Aberdeen Flip Drink of the Week
- Alpine Mud Offbeat + Inspired
- Casino Coffee The Drink Kings
- Chocolate Buttery Nipple Slim Pickin’s Kitchen
- Chocolate Malted Martini Louise Mellor
- Chocolate Squirrel The Drink Kings
- Coffee Cocktail & Star Biscuits Sandra Bakes a Party
- Homemade Kahlua Vegan in the Freezer
- Hot Buttered Latte with Kahlua Major Hoff Takes a Wife
- Iced Coffeetini Kitchen Treaty
- Irish Coffee Kitchen Riffs
- Kahlua Peppermint Hot Chocolate House of Earnest
Irish Coffee Shooters Marla Meridith
- 10 Fireball Whiskey Shooters
- 30 Shots in 1 Infographic Buzzfeed
- B52 Cocktail Shooters The Framed Table
- Birthday Cake Shots Miss Buttercup (use silver sprinkles for New Year’s!)
- Blackberry Gin Shooters Dine & Dish
- Chocolate Cake Shot Buzzed
- Cranberry Kamikaze Cookin’ Canuck
- Dirty Martini Shooters odetoawe
- Eggnog Shooters Hostess with the Mostess
- Fallen Froggie Drinked In
- Mojito Jello Shots A Beautiful Mess
- Peanut Butter Shot Daydreamer Desserts
whiskey + bourbon…
These darker spirits really speak to me in the chillier months. They are a bit more mysterious. Serve whiskey & bourbon neat, over icy cubes or blended in delicious cocktails!
Maple Cranberry Bourbon Martini Marla Meridith
Orange Maple Old-Fashioned Marla Meridith
- Apple Spice Bourbon Flip Apartment 34
- Blood Orange & Bourbon Love and Lemons
- Bourbon, Orange & Gin Cocktail Food 52
- Bourbon Slush Punch Brown Eyed Baker
- Cinnamon Apple Whiskey Sour She Eats
- Cranberry Bourbon Cocktail with Fir Syrup The Baking Bird
- Double Cider Bourbon Punch Buzzfeed
- Fruity Old Fashioned Bon Appetit
- Hot Cranberry + Whiskey Lemonade Cookin’ Canuck
- Knockout Bourbon Punch The Bitten Word
- Mixed Berry + Fig Old Fashioned The Boys Club
- Passioned Green Tea Whiskey Lady and Pups
- Rose & Rosé Bourbon Cocktail Hello Natural
- Rosemary Maple Bourbon Sour Country Living
- Spiced Apple Cider with Bourbon Brooklyn Supper
- Spiced Bourbon Eggnog Rhubarbarians
- The Brown Derby The Boys Club
- Apple, Pear + Brandy Cider Adventures in Cooking
- Brandy Alexander Pass the Sushi
- Cherry Chocolate Bourbon Soda Katie at the Kitchen Door
- Classic Moscow Mule Valley & Co. Lifestyle
- Eggnog White Russians Offbeat and Inspired
- Gingerbread Hot Toddy Jelly Toast
- Ginger Pear Snap Boulder Locavore
- Hard Apple Cider Mule Averie Cooks
- Hazelnut Orgeat Cider and Rye
- Honey Badger Cocktail Booze Block
- Maple Bacon Pisco Sour Honestly Yum
- Saint Florent Cocktail Bon Appetit
- Smoked Tequila Ice Swooned
- Sotel Swizzle Honestly Yum
- Sweet Gin Symphony Saveur
- The Cider Mill A Thought for Food
- The Red Queen Super Golden Bakes
- Viking Martini Saveur
- Winter Sidecar Jamie Oliver
Hi Marla! Thanks for including our Curacao Martini with all of these spectacular cocktails!
Hi Linda! Of course! Your martini looks wonderful 🙂
Thanks for including my Cranberry Brunch Punch in your round up Marla!
Have a wonderful new year!
Happy New Year to you too Melanie 🙂
Marla! Once again you’d served up a ‘one stop shop’ for any cocktail imaginable for the holiday! The Dirty Shirley is so whimsical, I love it!! Thanks for folding me in to your great sips!
Ha! Glad I could help with the sips 😉 Toni, your cocktail posts are fabulous!!
Hey Marla — I’m thrilled that you included our Tangerine Lemon Drop Martini in your “best of” post. And I’m looking forward to drinking my way through the rest of your list as well. Happy New Year!
Hi Jon! That martini is gorgeous! Cheers & Happy New Year 🙂
Oh yeah, I’m down with all of these! Mmmm. Is it 5pm yet? I hope you have a wonderful New Years Eve. Looking forward to lots of deliciousness in 2015!
It always is somewhere! 2015 will be a fun time for sure 🙂 xx
Now, THIS is a cocktail round-up. . WOW!!! You have like everything covered here. . I love it!!! NYE is not complete for me without a cocktail (or 2, or 3. . ) so I love this!!! Happy NYE!
Wow, what a great cocktail roundup! So many recipes I have o try! Love your Dirty Shirley Cocktail! Thanks for including my Pomegranate Martini recipe 🙂 Happy New Year!
what an awesome round-up Marla!!! thank you so much for including me 🙂
Thank you so much for including my Iced Coffeetini! Happy New Year!!!
The most perfect list!! Cheers, Marla!!!
Great round up!
This has to be the ultimate cocktail collection! I want one (or three) a day for the next 365 🙂
Awesome!!! Glad to hear it 😉 Happy (almost) New Year!xx
Hey thanks so much for mentioning the bourbon eggnog! Happy New Year!
Trish
Loving this collection of delicious & tasty cocktails! Thanks dear for including my recipe in your fabulous collection! Wishing you a very Happy New Year!