Recipes: Valentine's Day Cocktails for Your Sweetheart

Try these cupid-worthy tequila, gin and vodka-based beverages

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Sure, heart-shaped chocolate and flowers are nice, but come Valentine’s Day, we’d really love a sweet, thoughtful, romantic beverage. (Oh, and a few other small things.)

Mark the holiday with these cocktails to complement any stage of your love life.

Cupid’s Potion

  • 2 oz. Herradura Silver tequila
  • ¼ oz. pomegranate molasses
  • ¼ oz. simple syrup
  • ½ oz. lemon juice
  • ¼ oz. egg white
  • Add all ingredients into an empty cocktail shaker. Shake to combine ingredients and emulsify the egg whites. Add cubed ice to the shaker, and shake hard. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a rosebud.

Eden’s Kiss

From The Project Group’s Mulberry Project & Vinatta Project

  • 1 oz. gin or Citron Vodka
  • ½ oz. raspberry puree
  • ½ oz. lemon juice
  • ½ oz. honey
  • 1 Dash rose water
  • Shake all ingredients together.

French 14

  • 1 oz. Aviation Gin
  • ¾ oz. Simple Syrup
  • 1 oz. Freshly pressed lemon juice
  • Sparkling rose wine/rose champagne
  • In a pint mixing glass, add spirits and mixers. Fill with ice. Shake vigorously.
  • Strain into a champagne glass. Top with sparkling rose wine. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Wild Strawberry Seduction

  • 2 oz. SKYY Infusions Wild Strawberry vodka
  • 1 oz. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 oz. apple juice
  • ½ oz. honey solution
  • 2 medium basil leaves
  • 2 medium strawberries
  • Muddle basil, strawberries and lemon juice. Add remaining ingredients. Shake and double-strain into a coupe glass.
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