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Summer Drinks & Cocktail Recipes

Looking for colorful and fun summer drinks? These rum, vodka, sangria, tequila-based recipes will serve up a riot of color and tropical flavors that scream summertime.
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Cinderella mocktail drink with sliced orange garnish
Cinderella: A Fruity Mocktail Everyone Will Love
3 mins
Post Meridiem cocktail
Post Meridiem
3 mins
Oolong iced tea
Oolong Iced Tea
10 mins
Beer on the Rocks
Kalimotxo
Red Wine and Coca-Cola? Don't Ask How. It Just Works.
5 mins
A grilled pineapple chartreuse swizzle cocktail
Grilled Pineapple Chartreuse Swizzle
12 mins
Mangonada
Mangonada
15 mins
Bee's Knees Cocktail
Bee's Knees Cocktail
3 mins
Sloe Gin Fizz
Sloe Gin Fizz Cocktail
3 mins
Dirty Shirley
Dirty Shirley Drink Recipe
5 mins
Three glasses of Mango Lassi garnished with saffron and nuts
Mango Lassi
10 mins
Frozen strawberry daiquiri with fresh strawberries and limes
Easy Strawberry Daiquiri
5 mins
Tequila sunrise cocktail garnished with a cherry and orange slice
Tequila Sunrise Cocktail
3 mins
Pimm's and lemonade in a glass pitcher with ice cubes, cucumber, orange slices, and strawberries
Classic Pimm's and Lemonade
8 mins
Honey-Ginger Switchel Recipe
Honey-Ginger Switchel
20 mins
Rosé Sangria With Peach, Raspberry, and Strawberry
Rosé Sangria
20 mins
Pink lemonade in glasses and in a pitcher, garnished with lemons
Pink Lemonade Recipe
10 mins
Mango Mojito Cocktail
Mango Mojito
5 mins
Blackberry Mojito in a glass
Blackberry Mojito
5 mins
Iced Tea Pitcher and Glasses on Tray
How to Make Better Iced Tea
A pitcher of Mojito with two glasses of mojito garnished with lime wheels and fresh mint
Mojito Pitcher
25 mins
Blueberry Mojitos
Blueberry Mojito
5 mins
Mango Mai Tai
Mango Mai Tai
4 mins
Fruity Berry Wine Slushies
Berry Wine Slushies
5 mins
Pineapple Skin Tea
Pineapple Tea Recipe
75 mins
Spiked Arnold Palmer (John Daly) Cocktail
Spiked Arnold Palmer
5 mins
Fresh Watermelon Lemonade
Fresh Watermelon Lemonade Recipe
20 mins
Juneteenth: Red Order No. 3 - Hero
A Juneteenth "Cocktale", The Red Order No. 3
4 mins
Starbucks Copycat Pink Drink
Starbucks Pink Drink Copycat Recipe
5 mins
Orgeat Syrup in a canning jar.
Homemade Orgeat Syrup
30 mins
Jamaican Rum Punch
Jamaican Rum Punch
3 mins
Virgin Mojito
Non-Alcoholic Mojito
5 mins
Frose garnished with strawberries
Frosé Recipe
5 mins
Chill sangria in pitcher
A Foolproof Guide to Making the Best Sangria Ever
Fresh tomato juice in three glasses
Fresh Tomato Juice
65 mins
Pouring Cream Over Cold Brew Coffee
Cold Brew Coffee Recipe
15 mins
Raspberry Iced Tea
Raspberry Iced Tea
30 mins
Watermelon Punch With Raspberry Lemonade
Watermelon Punch Recipe
42 mins
Cucumber Collins Cocktail
Cucumber Collins Recipe
5 mins
Hard Seltzer
What Is Hard Seltzer?
Add a Watermelon Keg to Your Summer Party
How to Make a Watermelon Keg
Refreshing, Made-From-Scratch Grapefruit Shandy
Grapefruit Shandy
3 mins
Jungle Bird Cocktail
Jungle Bird Cocktail
3 mins
Fuzzy Navel Cocktail
20 Deliciously Sweet Peach Schnapps Cocktails
Spicy Pineapple Shandy
Spicy Pineapple Shandy
3 mins
watermelon beer in pint glass with watermelon garnish on green background
Watermelon Beer
3 mins
Chia fresca or lemonade
Chia Fresca (Mexican Lemonade With Chia Seeds)
10 mins
Jellyfish Cocktail with a jigger and cocktail spoon in the background
17 Beautiful Blue Cocktails That Will Mesmerize
Drunken Watermelon Slices With Vodka
How to Make a Vodka-Spiked Watermelon
30 mins
Easy Rosemary Lemonade with Tequila Cocktail Recipe
Summer Drinks for Kids
Garden Party Cocktails With Fresh Ingredients
17 Impressive Garden-Fresh Cocktails
frosted lemonade in glasses
Frosted Lemonade Recipe
5 mins
Cantaloupe Cocktail
9 Delicious Cantaloupe and Honeydew Melon Cocktails
Frozen hot chocolate in glasses
Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe
6 mins
Apricot Sour Cocktail
15 Intriguing Apricot Cocktails
Affogato Italian Espresso Dessert
14 Delicious Ice Cream Cocktails for Summer
Enjoy the clean, crisp taste of a cucumber cocktail.
13 Crisp Cucumber Cocktails
Old Thyme Sour Cocktail in a glass, garnished with lemon and thyme
17 Delightful St. Germain Elderflower Cocktails
Spiked Arnold Palmer (John Daly) Cocktail
14 Refreshing Iced Tea Cocktails
Espresso Martini
10 Fantastic Iced Coffee Cocktail Recipes