Valentine’s Day Cocktails – Toast With These Creative Cocktails

Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to raise a glass and toast to love, and what better way to set the mood than with a delicious, handcrafted cocktail? Whether you’re celebrating with a special someone or enjoying a fun night with friends, these Valentine’s Day cocktail recipes offer a mix of sweet, savory, and bubbly options that are sure to impress. From romantic rosé-inspired drinks to playful pink concoctions, we’ve gathered a collection of cocktails that will add a splash of flavor and flair to your celebration. Get ready to shake things up and toast to love in style with some of Splash Magazines Worldwide favorite recipes.

Crimson Sunset

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

• 1.25oz Astral Tequila Reposado
• 0.25oz Amaro
• 0.75oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 0.5oz Grenadine 

Glassware: Nick & Nora Glass Garnishes: Cherry

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into a Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a cherry and enjoy. 

Baileys Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Martini 

Makes one serving

Ingredients:2 oz Baileys Chocolate Liqueur1 oz Don Julio Blanco0.5oz Simple Syrup 3 Fresh Strawberries Sliced2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

Glassware: Coupe glass Garnishes: Garnish with a strawberry (slice, full, or chocolate dipped)

Preparation: Add 3-5 strawberries to cocktail tin, add remaining ingredients to tin, shake and fine strain into coupe glass, Garnish with a strawberry

‘French Passion’

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. CÎROC Passion
• 1 oz. Pineapple juice
• 0.75 oz Hibiscus syrup
• 0.75 oz Lemon juice
• Top off with Champagne/sparkling wine

Glassware: Coupe glass

Garnish: Edible flowers

Preparation: Add all ingredients except the Champagne/sparkling wine into a shaker. Add ice and shake for about 8 to 10 seconds. Double strain into a coupe glass, top off with Champagne/sparkling and garnish.

Passion Play

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

• 1.5oz Tequila Don Julio Rosado
• 0.75 oz Lime
• 0.75 oz Passion Fruit
• 0.5 oz Honey 

Glassware: Rocks glass

Garnishes: Grapefruit peel 

Preparation: Rim a rocks glass with chili salt and fill it with one large ice cube, combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add ice, shake hard for 5 seconds, strain into a glass and garnish with a grapefruit peel.

DELEÓN 75

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

• 1oz DELEÓN Reposado Tequila
•  0.5oz Agave Syrup (1:1)
• 0.5oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• .5oz Sparkling
• Lemon, Mint, and Green Grape Garnish

Glass: Wine

Garnish: Lemon, Mint, and Green Grape Garnish

Pour: Shake and Strain, Top with Sparkling

Method: Add DELEÓN Reposado, agave syrup, and lemon juice into a shaker. Shake and pour into the wine glass using a strainer. Add sparkling and top with garnishes.

Floral Fresh Johnnie & Elderflower 

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Johnnie Walker Black Label  
•  1 oz Elderflower Cordial 
•  3.5 oz Club Soda 

Glassware: Highball Glass 

Garnishes: Lemon Peel and lemon thyme or a sprig of mint 

Preparation: Add 1.5 oz of Johnnie Walker Black Label into an iced-filled highball glass. Add 1 oz of elderflower cordial and 3.5 oz of soda water, stir with a bar spoon. Add lemon peel and lemon thyme or a mint sprig and serve.

Oban Paper Plane, For Two <3

Makes two servings, split into lovers’ coupes

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Oban 14
• 1 oz Aperol
• 1.5 oz Amaro Nonino
• 1.5 oz lemon
• 0.5 oz ginger syrup

Glassware: Coupe or martini glass

Garnish: Lemon peel and paper airplane cocktail pick

Preparation: Combine all ingredients with ice into a boston shaker, shake, and strain into a coupe or martini glass. Garnish with lemon peel and a Paper Plane Origami Garnish.

Old Parr: CARIBBEAN POWER

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Old Parr 12YO
• 0.5 oz Passion Fruit Syrup
• 0.5 oz Cinnamon Syrup
• 0.25 oz Lime Juice

Garnish: Fresh mint leaves, Ground cinnamon, An orchid

Glassware: Rocks Glass

Preparation: Add Old Parr 12YO, passion fruit syrup, cinnamon syrup, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for 8-10 seconds. Strain into an empty rocks glass. Add crushed ice, then garnish with grated cinnamon, fresh mint and an orchid.

French 75 Kiss 

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
• 1 oz Lemon Juice 
• 0.5 oz Sugar Syrup  
• 1.5 oz Champagne  

Glassware: Champagne flute 

Garnishes: Lemon Twist 

Preparation: In a shaker build 1 oz. Tanqueray London Dry Gin, 1 oz lemon juice, and 0.5 oz sugar syrup. Fill the shaker with cubed ice and give a quick shake. Double strain into a champagne flute. Top with champagne and garnish with a lemon twist. 

Love Potion 42

Makes one serving

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Seedlip Grove 42
• 1 oz Organic Cranberry Juice 
• 0.5 oz  Lime Juice 
• 0.5 oz *Simple Syrup 

Glassware: Coupe glass 

Garnishes: Orange peel 

Preparation: Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake & strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange peel. 

*Simple syrup: Combine equal parts warm water & sugar. Stir to dissolve. Let cool.