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The 50 Best Champagne Cocktail Recipes for the Holidays

'Tis the season for bubbly

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Fact: You really can’t go wrong with bubbly. As such, I advise you to start the most festive season of the year with a holiday cocktail to remember. To kick off your epic winter celebrations (even if you’re spending Christmas on the couch in your favorite sweats), I’ve found 50 tremendously delicious Champagne cocktail recipes that are easy enough for any newbie mixologist to shake up.

Some of my favorites include minted mimosa punch, a spiced maple bourbon fizz and blood orange Champagne mules. Prosecco cocktails, like a refreshing pomegranate prosecco spritz or a prosecco margarita, are also perfect options to add sparkle to any occasion. Most of them come together in a flash and can easily serve a crowd. Some feature semi-fancy syrups and ingredients, while others lean on seasonal produce for their magic. Read on for inspiration—I hope you’re thirsty.

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1. Blood Orange-Mint Gin Fizz

  • Time Commitment: 30 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, special occasion-worthy
  • Serves: 2½ cups

Gin and mint are such a power couple, especially when paired with ultra-refreshing, oh-so seasonal blood orange. "Just add liquor and a healthy dose of bubbly to the simple blood orange syrup and you’re fully set to celebrate," says recipe developer Erin McDowell.

2. Cranberry-Mint Holiday Punch

  • Time Commitment: 1 hour and 40 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, make ahead, crowd-pleaser
  • Serves: 15

This big-batch cocktail is a cinch to pull together. "It combines fresh mint, cranberry juice, orange liqueur, vodka and, my favorite part, sparkling wine," McDowell writes. "It's sure to keep your guests' Champagne coupes full without any fuss." The recipe calls for prosecco, but Champagne works just as well.

3. Raspberry-Lime Champagne Punch

  • Time Commitment: 25 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, make ahead, <10 ingredients
  • Serves: 8

Nothing is worse than being stuck behind the bar at your own party, so have your guests serve themselves. "Boozy gummy bears are an easy, grab-and-go workaround that McDowell loves, but if you're looking for something more sippable, "this is another sophisticated way to serve sparkling wine to a crowd," she says.

4. Minted Mimosa Punch

  • Time Commitment: 30 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, crowd-pleaser
  • Serves: 6 to 8

Have you ever seen a more photogenic cocktail? Fresh fruit (like navel oranges and strawberries) and mint leaves tend to have that effect. The bubbles are courtesy of Champagne and Italian blood orange soda.

5. Blood Orange Champagne Mule

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <30 minutes, <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 1

Vodka meets sparkling wine for an extra boozy kick and the ultimate holiday cocktail. Pre-squeeze the fruit juices so each guest can pour their own Champagne cocktail to their liking. I'd spring for sparklers if I were you.

6. Grapefruit and Sage Champagne Cocktails

  • Time Commitment: 20 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, make ahead
  • Serves: 6 to 8

Did you know peak grapefruit season starts around Christmas? Prepare the sage simple syrup ahead to save time the day of the party. Bonus points for using freshly squeezed juice.

7. Poinsettia Spritz Punch

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, special occasion-worthy
  • Serves: 6

With a hint of gin and St. Germain elderflower liqueur, this holiday Champagne cocktail packs a punch. Cranberry, rosemary and orange are the ultimate Christmas trifecta, if you ask me.

8. Pear and Cranberry Champagne Cocktails

  • Time Commitment: 1 hour and 50 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, make ahead, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 6

Don't let the long prep intimidate you: Most of it is hands-off cooking and chilling. Once the fruit purée is reduced and chilled, you're ready to combine it with the fizzy vino of your choice.

9. Raspberry Mimosa

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 2

Sweet, bubbly deliciousness, bursting with fresh raspberries and pomegranate arils. Sub maple syrup for corn syrup or honey on the rim to stick the coarse sugar (or holiday sprinkles) to the glass.

10. Spiced Maple Bourbon Fizz

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: special occasion-worthy, <30 minutes, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 1

Maple syrup infused with cinnamon, cardamom and ginger meets fresh citrus and oaky bourbon. (I'm betting vanilla-flavored whiskey or spiced rum would taste divine, too.)

11. Apple Cider Mimosa

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 2

Sure, you could use store-bought cider. Or better yet, you could make your own from scratch on the stove, in the slow cooker or in the Instant Pot. Your guests will adore this Champagne cocktail recipe either way.

12. French 75

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 1

Who cares if it’s snowing? This refreshing classic is still undeniably delicious. (Plus, it's citrus season.) Feel free to substitute candied lemon peels on toothpicks or dehydrated lemon wheels for the garnish.

13. Red Carpet Glamour Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes (plus chilling time)
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, make ahead
  • Serves: 1

Citrus juice mingles with brut Champagne and rose petals for a floral, slightly bitter cocktail that oozes class. Make the sour mix in advance so it's already chilled when you need it.

14. Apple, Pear and Pomegranate Sangria

  • Time Commitment: 1 day and 15 minutes
  • Why I Love It: make ahead, crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients
  • Serves: 10

A delicious seasonal twist on one of your old favorites. Make a big batch of the sangria in a pitcher to serve a crowd with ease. P.S.: This Champagne cocktail recipe recommends letting the spiced base chill for a full day before topping it with bubbly.

15. Blackberry Champagne Mule

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 1

Bust out your muddler: Breaking the blackberries down releases every drop of their sweet-tart juice. If you'd rather prefer a big batch of the cocktail in advance, scroll down at the link below for the punch bowl version of the recipe.

16. Kir Royale

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, no cook
  • Serves: 1

This French staple couldn't be easier to pull off. You only need two ingredients to whip one up, and the Champagne's effervescence does all the "stirring" for you. Ta-da.

17. Christmas Champagne Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 15 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <30 minutes, <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 4

When it comes to Christmas Champagne cocktails, you can't go wrong with a pretty sugared rim. I'd recommend topping the drink with pomegranate arils and using green sanding sugar on the flutes' edges for a festive effect.

18. Lavender Bellini Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 15 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 1

Spruce up the peach juice or purée in this brunch essential with dried lavender buds. It's the key to the floral, aromatic simple syrup that can elevate the simplest mocktail or cocktail.

19. Pineapple Margarita Sparklers

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 8

Four words: Chipotle. Chili. Salt. Rim. This tropical, sweet-tart sipper offers a taste of summer in the dead of winter. If you need more convincing, allow me to point out the grilled pineapple garnish.

20. St. Germain Pomegranate Spritzers

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 1

No garnish is as naturally elegant as pomegranate arils, and they just so happen to be the ultimate wintry finishing touch. Club soda doubles the bubbles in this holiday bev.

21. Bitter Sweet Sparkler Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, special occasion-worthy, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 8

Starring peach brandy and Suze liqueur, a 19th-century French aperitif made from a bitter root. Up the elegance of this pear-kissed gem by serving it in a coupe glass instead of a flute.

22. Sparkling Mint Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 15 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, special occasion-worthy
  • Serves: 10

Don't want to splurge on Champagne? Prosecco or cava will work just fine. (And I promise your pomegranate-loving guests won't know the difference.)

23. Strawberry Satsuma Champagne Sangria

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 4

Satsumas are a type of mandarin orange from Japan that's sweeter and juicier than other varieties that are more common stateside. If you can't find them, go with cara cara oranges instead.

24. Sparkling Pear and Tamarind Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 2 hours and 40 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, make ahead
  • Serves: 10

Clink your glasses at midnight with these babies and boom—it's a regular Gatsby party. Finish each drink with a cinnamon stick and a paper-thin slice of pear. (Note: You'll need to make them in advance, since the cocktail requires two hours of chilling for the flavors to meld.)

25. Sparkling Pomegranate Punch

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, make ahead
  • Serves: 12

Candied rosemary is super simple to make (and looks really chic in a Champagne glass). It'd be a game-changer for holiday sugar cookies or sweet quick breads too, IMO.

26. Apple Cider Champagne Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 1

In case you're still not over fall when the winter season begins, this cinnamon-sugar gem has your back. It's lightly sweetened with maple syrup and dusted with a duo of warm spices that taste like autumn.

27. Orange Champagne Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 8

Think of it like an elevated cross between a mimosa and a screwdriver. They'll go great with New Year's Day breakfast. Use fresh OJ instead of store-bought if you can squeeze it in.

28. Strawberry Basil Champagne Sparklers

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 4

Homemade, lemon-laced strawberry puree is the key to impressing each and every one of your guests. Go with the driest (aka brut) option you can find for an extra crisp sip.

29. The Golden Night Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 30 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, special occasion-worthy
  • Serves: 6

Come on. This Champagne cocktail recipe is downright glamorous. Might I suggest making it even more luxe with edible gold on the apple slice garnish or the coupe's rim?

30. Pomegranate Ginger Sparkler Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 1

Have you ever tried Domaine de Canton? It's a silky ginger liqueur with notes of honey and vanilla. You can sub any ginger liqueur you'd prefer, or even ginger-infused simple syrup.

31. Sparkling Pomegranate Margaritas

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 1

Shake up a batch now to watch the ball drop, then bookmark the recipe for your next Taco Tuesday. You can also trade tequila for mezcal if you prefer the typically smoky spirit.

32. Christmas Punch

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, make ahead, <10 ingredients
  • Serves: 20

This Champagne cocktail recipe is a no-brainer for your Christmas celebration but it'll taste just as refreshing on the 31st for your NYE get-together. Just call it something else—Meet Me at Midnight Punch, perhaps?

33. Blackberry Champagne Punch

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 4

This boozy beauty boasts brandy and Grand Marnier in addition to bubbly. Club soda ups its fizziness two-fold to boot.

34. Sparkling Holiday Champagne Sangria

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, crowd-pleaser
  • Serves: 8

Moscato and bubbly are a match made in hostess heaven. Use 100 percent real cranberry juice for maximum tartness and a deeper, blood-red color that looks more sophisticated than lighter cranberry juice cocktail.

35. Champagne-Elderflower Cocktail with Pear and Thyme

  • Time Commitment: 1 hour and 15 minutes
  • Why I Love It: make ahead, crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 6 to 8

Face it: Fresh herbs in a Champagne cocktail will impress even the pickiest of critics. So this year, let fresh thyme do the heavy lifting so you can work on more important things (like dessert).

36. Pomegranate and Orange Champagne Punch

  • Time Commitment: 4 hours and 20 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, make ahead
  • Serves: 12

You *really* don't want to skip the festive ice cubes stuffed with mint leaves and pomegranate arils. They're worth prepping in advance for the Instagram photos alone.

37. Champagne Punch

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 8

Three, two, one, clink! Make a booze-free batch without the bubbly (sparkling grape juice is a solid substitute) for the little ones struggling to stay up for the New Year's Eve countdown.

38. Strawberry-Champagne Tequila Fizz

  • Time Commitment: 15 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 2

Thin-sliced jalapeños and earthy tequila give juicy berries a serious edge that won't disappoint. The strawberries are briefly macerated in sugar to get them juicy and extra sweet.

39. Hibiscus and Ginger Champagne Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, special occasion-worthy, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 5

Champagne cocktails truly don't get fancier with whole hibiscus flowers in rose water syrup at the bottom of each glass. The rest is bubbly and ginger liqueur. In the words of Ina Garten, how easy is that?

40. Pink Grapefruit-Champagne Sorbet Floats

  • Time Commitment: 5 hours (includes chilling time)
  • Why I Love It: special occasion-worthy, <10 ingredients, make ahead
  • Serves: 6 to 8

My favorite cocktails are those that double as dessert. Here, homemade grapefruit-Champagne sorbet takes centerstage as a blush-colored, bittersweet finishing touch.

41. Pear and Bubbles

  • Time Commitment: 45 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, special occasion-worthy
  • Serves: 6

This Champagne cocktail recipe stars homemade Bosc pear puree, spiked with cardamom and cinnamon. Use a melon baller to scoop a cute garnish out of the pears, or fan a few pear or apple slices together to look like a star.

42. Strawberry Champagne Mojito

  • Time Commitment: 45 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, special occasion-worthy
  • Serves: 2

Traditional rum, mint and lime juice collide with homemade strawberry syrup and bubbly for a summery cocktail that tastes just as refreshing in the colder months. Make the syrup ahead for easy serving on the big day.

43. Pomegranate Orange Punch

  • Time Commitment: 15 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, <30 minutes, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: 4 to 6

Feel free to use store-bought pomegranate juice, but I definitely recommend squeezing your own OJ—it'll go a long way in the flavor department. Make the punch no more than an hour before serving, so the bubbles don't go flat.

44. Fig Prosecco Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <30 minutes, beginner-friendly, special occasion-worthy
  • Serves: 2

The recipe calls for affordable prosecco, but real Champagne is a stellar substitute if you feel like a splurge. Brownie points for finishing each glass with a gold sugar rim and fresh mint.

45. Spiced Blood Orange Champagne Punch

  • Time Commitment: 3 hours
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, make ahead
  • Serves: 5

The blood orange base is infused with warm spices and reduced into a sweet-tart syrup on the stove. Grab a few glasses and let's start the countdown, shall we?

46. Rosemary-Infused Champagne Cocktail

  • Time Commitment: 10 minutes
  • Why I Love It: special occasion-worthy, <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly
  • Serves: varies

Don’t throw out those rosemary twigs that you used for your holiday feast! Use them in this bubbly number and it will make that holiday toast with friends extra fancy for minimal effort.

47. Healthy Champagne Cocktails, Two Ways

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 1

If you have relatives at the party who never stray from their vodka soda, offer them this lean cocktail option. Sparkling blackberry-raspberry and tropical mango-coconut cocktails? I'll take both, please.

48. Watermelon Agua Fresca Mimosas

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: beginner-friendly, <10 ingredients, <30 minutes
  • Serves: varies

Looking for a refreshing beverage for your celebration? This is a bright sip that will cheer up your holiday fete in no time. Watermelon is sure to bring color and summer sweetness to the party.

49. Summer Bellinis 3 Ways

  • Time Commitment: 15 minutes
  • Why I Love It: <30 minutes, crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients
  • Serves: 6

I know, I know, the recipe says summer. But since this Champagne cocktail recipe calls for frozen fruit, you can easily make these and sip them all year-round, seasonality be damned. Now, do you want blackberry, peach or strawberry?

50. Sparkling Margaritas

  • Time Commitment: 5 minutes
  • Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, <30 minutes
  • Serves: 8

Don’t wait for Cinco de Mayo to indulge in your favorite tequila bev. Swap in mezcal for a touch of smokiness, and skip the sweetener until taking a sip, then adjust to your liking with agave, honey or simple syrup.


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