5 Red Valentine’s Day Cocktails You Should Try

February is the month of love, and I’m all about wearing pink for Valentine’s Day. As I said in my post for the Super Bowl, I probably won’t be going out for dinner on Valentine’s Day. Hosting the Super Bowl party is plenty of fun for me. But I will put on my favorite color and whip up a delicious dinner, including Valentine’s Day cocktails. All weekend I have been taste-testing cocktails just so that I can share them with you! Who am I kidding? I love sampling cocktail recipes as much as I love food recipes!

I thought it would be fun to share 5 of my favorite cocktails using cranberry juice and pomegranate juice. Red cocktails are perfect for Christmas and Valentine’s Day. You can find more cocktail recipes in this post.

My 5 Favorite Red Valentine’s Day Cocktails

I will only share pomegranate and cranberry cocktails for this post because of their health benefits. Does that make them healthier as a cocktail? No, but at least you can think of these cocktails as beneficial because you’re using cranberry or pomegranate juice.

Pomegranate Cosmo

Pitcher Size Ingredients:

2 cups (16 ounces) good vodka

1 cup (8 ounces) orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau)

1 cup (8 ounces) pomegranate juice (recommended: Pom Wonderful)

1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (3 limes)

Lime peel strips to garnish

Instructions:

Combine the vodka, orange liqueur, pomegranate juice, and lime juice in a pitcher and refrigerate until ready to use. Pour the mixture into frozen martini glasses with a twist of lime peel and serve immediately.

Cranberry Margarita

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ ounces (3 tablespoons) Tequila Blanco or Reposado
• 1 ½ ounces (3 tablespoons) 100% cranberry juice
• 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) Cointreau
• ½ ounce (1 tablespoon) fresh lime juice
• ½ ounce (1 tablespoon) simple syrup  or more to taste
• Red heart candy to rim the glasses (optional)
• Ice

Instructions:

Ingredients:

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) vodka
• 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) grapefruit juice
• 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) 100% unsweetened cranberry juice (not sweetened or cranberry cocktail)
• 1 lime wedge

Instructions:

1. In a glass, pour in the vodka grapefruit juice and stir. Add ice.
2. Pour in the cranberry juice and squeeze the lime wedge on top.

Red Valentine’s Day Cocktail

Instructions:

1. Combine in a shaker with ice and shake for 5-10 seconds.
2. Strain into a glass.

Pink is My Color of Love

So many of us associate RED as the color of love, but did you know that PINK is the universal color of love?

The color pink is the color of universal love of oneself and of others. A combination of red and white, pink contains the need for action of red, helping it to achieve the potential for success and insight offered by white. From a spiritual perspective the color pink represents compassion, nurturing and love.

I love this pink tunic from Chico’s. But unfortunately, it’s sold out as I am writing this blog post. Until last week, it was available, so I should have shared it with you earlier. I love wearing pink for Valentine’s Day because red is a hit-and-miss color with me. I wore my white ankle jean and my pink bowtie flats to complete this look.

More Pink Sweater Fashion

What’s your color of LOVE?

I hope you’re going to do something special on Valentine’s Day. Even if you are going to be alone, you need to show yourself some love too! Let me know if you try any of my five favorite red Valentine’s Day cocktails!

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