Plan Ahead: There’s Life After The Party (Non-alcoholic Beverages)
Drive Safe Hampton Roads is a non-profit regional coalition whose mission is to increase the community’s involvement and awareness of traffic safety issues. This organization is made up of individuals with an interest in preventing crashes, injuries, and fatalities on our roadways.
By designating a sober driver and planning your celebration with safety in mind, you’ll help prevent needless alcohol-related tragedies. Here are a few tips to help you celebrate life this season or any time you plan or go to a party:
- Have plenty of non-alcoholic drinks available.
- Use party games and dancing to take the focus off alcohol.
- Serve plenty of high protein, non-salty foods with your alcoholic beverages.
- Avoid having an open bar.
- Stop serving alcohol early. Wind down with alcohol-free drinks.
- Remember, only time can decrease intoxication. Coffee, exercise, or Cold air will not have a sobering effect.
- Take responsibility. Be the Designated Driver. Call a taxi or invite the person who has been drinking to spend the night.
People who agree not to drink alcohol so that everyone can get home safely are doing us all a favor. That’s why the Designated Driver should be treated to non-alcoholic beverages which are just as enticing as drinks with alcohol.
Encourage all of your guests to try these exciting alcohol-free refreshments.
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Mocktail of the Month
Dry Breeze
INGREDIENTS
- 2 parts grapefruit juice
- 2 parts cranberry juice
- lime slices
- ice
DIRECTIONS: Mix the juices and pour over ice. Squeeze a bit of lime and add the lime slices.
5-Calorie Raspberry Lime Margarita Fizz
from averiecooks.com
INGREDIENTS
- ice cubes
- salt or sugar for rimming the glass, optional
- 4 oz. Raspberry-Lime Sparkling Water
- 4 oz. Sugar-Free Margarita Mix
- 1 fresh lime, sliced thin optional for garnishing
- fresh raspberries, optional for garnishing
DIRECTIONS: In a punch bowl mix lemonade mix with water until the mix is dissolved. Stir in pineapple juice. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve.
Amelia Island Punch
from AAA Tidewater
Serves 8 – 10
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups cold water
- 1 packet (makes 2 quarts) lemonade flavor drink mix
- 1 46 oz. can chilled pineapple juice
DIRECTIONS: In a punch bowl mix lemonade mix with water until the mix is dissolved. Stir in pineapple juice. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve.
Cranberry Apple Crush
from NHTSA.gov
INGREDIENTS
- 2 ½ cups apple cider or apple juice
- 2 ½ cups cranberry juice
- ¾ cups guava juice or mango nectar
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon honey
- Lime slices for garnish (optional)
DIRECTIONS: In a large 4 quart saucepan, combine apple cider, cranberry juice, guava or mango nectar, lime juice, ground ginger, cinnamon, Allspice and honey. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Serve!
Cranberry Sangria
from AAA Tidewater
Yields 4 Servings
INGREDIENTS
- 3 cups cranberry juice
- ½ cup orange juice
- 1 canned seltzer
- 1 sliced orange
- 1 sliced apple
- 1/3 cup frozen cranberries
- Ice
DIRECTIONS: Pour the cranberry juice, orange juice, and seltzer into one pitcher. Add the sliced fruit and stir together – serve into individual glasses.
Cran-Raspberry Tini
from thebump.com
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1/2 cup raspberry flavored sparkling water
- A splash of all-natural cranberry juice or cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 tablespoon crushed raspberries
DIRECTIONS: Pour first three ingredients into a martini glass, then slide a few raspberries onto a thin stirrer to garnish.
Designated Driver’s Delight
from Drive Safe HR
INGREDIENTS
- 2 ½ oz. orange juice
- 1 ¼ oz. pineapple juice
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 1 ¼ oz. cranberry juice
- ¾ oz. frozen strawberries
DIRECTIONS: Mix in blender until smooth. Serve in a hurricane glass with orange slice and a strawberry.
Dry Breeze
INGREDIENTS
- 2 parts grapefruit juice
- 2 parts cranberry juice
- lime slices
- ice
DIRECTIONS: Mix the juices and pour over ice. Squeeze a bit of lime and add the lime slices.
Espresso Mocktini
from Tassimo.com
INGREDIENTS
- ice
- 2 fl. oz. espresso
- 1 fl. oz. vanilla syrup
- 1 fl. oz. water
- pinch of salt
- coffee beans (garnish)
DIRECTIONS: Make your favorite espresso (2 fl oz) and cool it in the fridge. Put some ice in your cocktail glass to cool the drink down. Fill a shaker with ice cubes. Pour the vanilla syrup, the water, the espresso, and a pinch of salt into the shaker. Shake your Espresso Martini Mocktail and strain into the glass. Finish off with one or two coffee beans and serve.
Fresh Strawberry Water
from umamigirl.com
INGREDIENTS
- 1-pound strawberries, hulled
- 4 cups ice-cold water, divided
- Enough vanilla seeds to fill the point of a sharp knife, or ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons simple syrup
- Ice, for serving
DIRECTIONS: In a blender, combine the strawberries with the 2 cups of the water, the vanilla seeds or extract, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Puree until completely liquid. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve or through cheesecloth into a pitcher. Stir in the remaining 2 cups water. Chill completely. Pour into ice-filled glasses and serve.
Frost Bite Faux-tini
from NHTSA.gov
INGREDIENTS
- 1 oz. lime juice
- 1 oz. pineapple juice
- 2 oz. white grape juice
- fresh mint leaves
- fresh blueberries
- 3 oz. lemon lime soda
DIRECTIONS: Mix lime juice and pineapple juice, and add white grape juice, mint and blueberries. Using the back of a spoon, crush a couple of the blueberries. Mix all ingredients well and strain into a large glass filled with ice. Top with lemon-lime soda.
Faux-ito (Mojito mocktail)
from sheknows.com
INGREDIENTS
- ice
- 6 to 10 fresh mint leaves, rinsed and dried
- 2 ounces fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
- 4 ounces club soda
- Lime wedges for garnish
DIRECTIONS: In a rocks glass, muddle mint leaves, lime juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved and mint is fragrant. Add ice. Pour in club soda. Garnish with lime.
Mockarita
INGREDIENTS
- 5 cups limeade (Simply Limeade or Minute Maid)
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 tsp. coarse salt
- 2 cup sparkling water
- Ice
- Garnish: lime wedges
- Optional: coarse salt for rimming.
DIRECTIONS: Combine limeade, orange juice, and fresh lime juice in a pitcher. Add coarse salt and stir til dissolved. Top with sparkling water. Add fresh ice. Serve in salt-rimmed glasses (if desired), garnished with a lime wedge.
To salt the rim of a glass, wet the rim with lime juice, and dip it in salt. salt.
Mockmosa
INGREDIENTS
- 2 oz orange juice
- 2 oz pineapple juice
- 4 oz ginger ale
DIRECTIONS: Pour orange juice, pineapple juice and ginger ale in a champaign glass. Garnish with an orange or pineapple slice.
Piña Colada
from delishably.com
INGREDIENTS
- 6 oz. fresh pineapple juice
- 2 oz. coconut cream
- 1 cup ice (crushed)
- pineapple for garnish (optional)
DIRECTIONS: Add all 3 ingredients into a blender and blend well. Garnish with fresh pineapple.
Red Delicious Punch
INGREDIENTS
- 2 bottles of non-alcoholic sparkling cider
- 1 quart of cranberry juice
- 1 frozen ice ring
DIRECTIONS: Pour 2 bottles of non-alcoholic sparkling cider into a punch bowl. Mix in one quart of cranberry juice. Float a frozen ice ring and garnish with sprigs of mint.
Sparkling Virgin Cosmo
INGREDIENTS
- ice
- 2 oz. cranberry juice
- 1 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
- 5 oz. club soda or lemon-lime soda
- Lime wedges for garnish
- Sugar for frosting (optional)
DIRECTIONS: Pour ice into a shaker or tall glass. Add cranberry juice, fresh lime juice and club soda. Shake to combine. Run a lime wedge over the outside rim of a chilled martini glass. Pour sugar onto a small plate or flat surface. Dip the rim of the glass into sugar until covered with a thin border. Strain carefully into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with lime.
The Divine Unwine
from Drive Safe HR
INGREDIENTS
- 4 oz. chilled white grape juice
- 1 tablespoon non-alcoholic grenadine syrup.
- 4 oz. raspberry ginger ale
DIRECTIONS: For each serving, fill a large wine glass half-way with chilled white grape juice. Stir in non-alcoholic grenadine syrup. Then fill with cold raspberry ginger ale.
Tornado Twist
from AAA Tidewater
INGREDIENTS
- 4 oz. Cranberry Raspberry 100% Juice (or Cranberry Pomegranate 100% Juice)
- 4 oz. Lemon-Lime Soda
- Lime, sliced so each glass gets a rim slice
DIRECTIONS: In glasses pour Cranberry Juice and Lemon-Lime Soda over ice and serve.
The Enforcer
from Drive Safe HR
INGREDIENTS
- Fresh brewed coffee
- Sugar cubes
- Whipped cream
- Cinnamon
- Chocolate sprinkles