29 Valentine’s Day co*cktail Recipes (2024)

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What do you look for in the best Valentine’s Day co*cktails? All that really matters is that the person drinking it likes it. But a romantic name or a red, pink or even violet color can add novelty to your drink. So can rich, delicious flavors like coffee and chocolate.

Champagne co*cktails can be great for Valentine’s Day too.

Making Drinks Romantic

The trick to making a drink seem extra special romantic is setting the right mood. The drinks in this list range from super cute to very sophisticated, and you should try to pick a drink that goes with the personality of the person you’re making it for.

Beyond that, think about presentation. Putting a simple-looking drink on a beautiful serving tray transforms it into a thing of elegance. You can also present a drink along with a Valentine’s Day gift.

RELATED: 39 Best New Years Eve co*cktails

What about music? A favorite album is great to have playing in the background. But if you don’t know his or her favorite album yet, check out the easygoing and romantic St. Valentine Lounge Chillout compilation.

Or if you want something more sophisticated, we love the instrumental jazz ballads of Branford Marsalis’ “Eternal.”

Enjoy your Valentine’s Day!

These delicious, romantic co*cktails are great for Valentine's Day. Serve them to someone you love.

Romance co*cktail recipe

This candy 'tini features Kahlua, Baileys, Creme de Cacao and cream. Garnish it with shaved chocolate and pay attention to presentation. This co*cktail gets a big "wow!"

Hanky Panky Drink recipe

This is another old classic with an orange-spice-mint taste that's hard to pin down, but addictive. It's one of those drinks you can't quite explain to anyone, but each sip leaves you wanting another one.

Raspberry Beret

Named for the Prince song, "Raspberry Beret", this drink blends the delicious raspberry flavor of Chambord with Irish Cream. Plus vodka. It's decadent, over the top, and out of this world, just as any co*cktail named for a Prince song should be.

Chocolate Cherry Cha-Cha {MixThatDrink Original}

The Chocolate Cherry Cha Cha uses cherry liqueur and sparkling water with chocolate vodka and coconut rum to reproduce the flavor of a chocolate covered cherry. Plus, it's a gorgeous bright red.

Soft Love, a strawberry banana co*cktail

The Soft Love is a reddish-pink cordial that tastes like banana and cherry. It's a delicious little drink that's a little like a strawberry Banana starburst. It makes a great aperitif right before a romantic dinner.

Robin's Nest drink recipe

The Robin's Nest may not sound like a romantic co*cktail, but it sure looks and tastes like one. It's a beautiful bright red, and it features cranberry juice with creme de cacao.

Vesper co*cktail Recipe from James Bond

This is James Bond's signature co*cktail in Casino Royale, not the famous "shaken, not stirred" vodka martini. It's named for the woman who broke his heart.

The Creamy Chocolate Raspberry

This stunningly gorgeous co*cktail tastes just like the name makes you think it would, with a red sugar rim to make it festive. Serve it with a piece of cheesecake with raspberry sauce, chocolate syrup or both drizzled lightly.

Cosmopolitan co*cktail Recipe

This classic features vodka, grapefruit juice, cranberry juice and more. It’s amazingly refreshing and delicious, and the beautiful shade of red makes it perfect for Valentine's Day.

Kiss on the Lips Drink Recipe {Carnival Cruise Lines}

This is a blended peach, mango and berry co*cktail served on Carnival Cruise lines. It's kind of light on the alcohol, making it a nice choice for occasional and light drinkers.

Lady Killer Drink Recipe

The Lady Killer certainly deserves a place among Valentine's Day co*cktails, and not just because of the name. The top notes are pineapple and passion fruit, but then you get hints of orange, apricot and the bright citrus and herb notes from the gin.

Love Bite co*cktail recipe

This beautiful little shot tastes like cherry and orange with cream. It's stunning to look at and even tastier to drink. It's light on the alcohol, which is great if you want to enjoy more than one.

Think you can't pour a layered co*cktail? There's a video at the bottom of this post to show you just how easy it is. Or you can skip to our full co*cktail layering tutorial (video, text, and step by step pictures).

Berry Chocolate Martini

This delicious sweet drink blends two berry flavored vodkas with white creme de cacao. The resulting taste is exactly what you'd expect from the name. It's perfect for serving with chocolates or chocolate dipped fruit on a romantic Valentine's Day evening.

Ladyluv

The Ladyluv is a very serious co*cktail - no frou-frou here. It's just whiskey, rum and chocolatey creme de cacao. It's potent and delicious, and great for whiskey lovers.

Pink Lady Classic co*cktail Recipe

This pink co*cktail is seriously vintage with a long history in the co*cktail world. It features applejack, which is a brandy made from apples. Along with that, you get just enough grenadine to make it pink and some egg to give it some body and silkiness.

English Rose co*cktail Recipe

The bright red English Rose co*cktail gets a rim of gold sugar to make it look classy and expensive. It has a sweet and tart flavor with berry notes and apricot and citrus.

Pomegranate Martini co*cktail recipe

This drink is a fine choice for Valentine's Day. It has a beautiful pink or red color, and you can garnish it with a few pomegranate seeds if you have them available.

The Boulevardier Drink Recipe

The Boulevardier is a little like a Negroni, featuring Campari, bourbon and vermouth. It's one of the stronger drinks on the list, with a sophisticated and slightly bitter flavor.

Phoebe Snow co*cktail Recipe

This very old classic features Dubonnet, cognac and just a touch of absinthe. Just explaining it sounds frightfully romantic!

Tiatip Layered co*cktail Recipe

This gorgeous black and white layered shooter blends Tia Maria with Baileys. Because it's just two layers, it's very easy to pour and looks fantastic. It tastes even better - sweet and rich, with a straong coffee flavor and hints of chocolate.

Scarlett O'Hara Drink Recipe

The Scarlett O'Hara has a name that calls to mind romance. It features Southern Comfort with cranberry juice and lime. Not a bad combination.

Strawberry Blonde Drink Recipe

The Strawberry Blonde has been around a long time, and there are a couple of main variations on it. One version has cola in it and the other has champagne. We would never tell you how to live your life, but you probably want to go with the champagne for Valentine's Day.

Felicia co*cktail recipe

The deep crimson Felicia co*cktail tastes like apple and cranberry juice. You garnish it with a sliver of apple to denote the apple flavor, and it makes for a very elegant looking drink.

Betsie Temple Drink Recipe

Here's another fun pink-orange drink.. This one features pineapple juice with four delicious ounces of coconut rum.

Strawberry Sunrise Drink Recipe

This lovely red drink features Creme de Fraises along with orange juice, and it's definitely sweet enough to be a dessert.

Loco Unicorn, Rainbow Colored LocoNut co*cktail

The Loco Unicorn is pink and blue layered with a purple sugar rim. It's a fun drink that tastes like spiced coconut, orange and berry, and will satisfy any sweet tooth.

Green Fairy Drink Recipe {Classic co*cktail}

It's neither sweet nor pink, but the mythology behind absinthe makes the Green Fairy a fine choice for a Valentine.

Kir Royale Classic Drink Recipe

The Kir Royale blends delicious creme de cassis with the champagne of your choice. Creme de cassis has a flavor somewhere between blackcurrant and raisin. It's intense and deep and sweet, and a nice dry champagne or prosecco contrasts nicely with it.

Blood Orange Margarita Recipe

The Blood Orange Margarita is all about the flavor of blood oranges, which is slightly sweeter or slightly more bitter than your typical orange, depending on the varieties we’re comparing. It has a beautiful deep pinkish color that's perfect for a romantic holiday.

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