When you are expecting a baby, a baby shower party is perfect for celebrating it with friends and family. Food and drinks are essential for parties, but you might want to avoid alcoholic drinks or cocktails. Baby shower mocktail recipes are the perfect way to enjoy some delicious drinks without any alcohol.
Even non-alcoholic drinks can be delicious, and mocktails will easily prove it when prepared with the right ingredients. Your guests would be left surprised by the concoctions. In this post, we are rounding up some amazing mocktails for your super special baby shower day. Read on to find out more.
Non-Alcoholic Mocktails Drinks For Baby Shower
1. Pineapple and cranberry mocktail
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- ½ cup apricot juice
- ½ cup pineapple juice
- Ice
- Pineapple slices
How To
- Add ice, cranberry juice, apricot juice, and pineapple juice in a cocktail shaker and mix well.
- Pour the mix into a glass and serve with a piece of pineapple.
2. Orange juice
Serves: 2
You Will Need:
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 cup soft drink (preferably white)
- 1/4 cup grenadine
- Few pieces of chopped strawberries (for garnish)
- Ice
How To
- Add ice in a wine glass.
- Fill half the glass with soft drink and add orange juice to fill the glass completely.
- Add a dash of grenadine so that your drink has a sunrise effect.
- Add the pieces of strawberry and serve.
- You can serve with a sprig of rosemary and a straw.
3. Mockey champagne
Serves: 6
You Will Need
- 1 liter ginger ale
- 1 liter white grape juice
- Ice
- 1 liter pineapple juice
- Fruit slice of your choice
How To
- Mix the juices in a bowl and add the ice.
- Garnish with any fruit slice of your choice.
4. Strawberry milk slushie
Serves: 4
You Will Need
- 3 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1 cup strawberry milk powder
- 2 cups ice cubes
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
How To
- Put almond milk, ice cubes, and strawberry powder into a high powered blender. Blend until they are well combined.
- Beat heavy whipping cream and sugar until it turns creamy and thick. Place dollops of fresh whipped cream on top.
- Adding some yogurt into this will make it into a yummy smoothie.
5. Iced chocolate
Serves: 4
You Will Need
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup fine sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa
- 1 teaspoon chocolate extract
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups Ice
- Club Soda
- Chocolate gelato
- Fresh Mint
How To
- Place sugar, hot water, cocoa, and chocolate extract in a blender. Blend until smooth. Add milk and blend again. Let the mixture cool completely.
- Add ice and blend until frothy.
- Pour a splash of soda in each glass, fill it up with chocolate mixture.
- Put a scoop of chocolate gelato on top and garnish with fresh mint.
- Add ice cream for a better taste and thick consistency.
6. Sparkling sangria
You Will Need
- Sliced Apple
- Frozen Grapes, Oranges, And Strawberries
- Sparkling Grape Juice
How To
- Add sliced apples, frozen grapes, oranges, and strawberries to sparkling grape juice.
- Add a candy fruit gel slice if desired.
7. Spiced cider punch
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 2 quarters apple cider or juice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 can (12 Ounces) frozen orange juice concentrate
- 1 quart chilled ginger ale
- 1 cup sugar
How To
- Combine sugar, 1 cup cider, allspice, and cinnamon in a Dutch oven.
- Cook and stir over medium heat, until sugar dissolves.
- After removing from heat, add orange juice concentrate and rest of the cider.
- Cover and refrigerate.
- Just before serving, take it in a punch bowl and stir in ginger ale.
8. Sherbet church punch
Serves: 6
You Will Need
- 1 can of frozen fruit punch concentrate
- 1 bottle of pineapple juice
- 1 bottle of soft drink (preferably white)
- 1 pint of fresh strawberries (sliced)
- 1 pint of fresh raspberries (sliced)
- 1 pineapple (sliced)
- 10 scoops of raspberry rainbow sherbet
How To
- Scoop the sherbet on a baking sheet and let it freeze overnight.
- Mix the fruit punch, pineapple juice and the soft drink in a big bowl.
- Add the raspberries, pineapples, and strawberries.
- Add the sherbet scoop before serving.
9. Watermelon punch and bowl
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- Seedless watermelon: 1 oblong (nearly 14 pounds)
- Seltzer: 3 cups
How To
- Cut the top third of the watermelon, scoop the flesh, trim the bottom to make a flat surface.
- Puree watermelon in a food processor, discard solids.
- Cover rind with plastic wrap, refrigerate juice, and rind.
- Before serving, mix juice with seltzer and transfer to the rind.
10. Mojitos without alcohol
Serves: 4
You Will Need
- 3 cups of water
- 1 cup of lime juice
- 1 ½ cup of white sugar
- 2 cups of mint leaves (chopped)
- 8 cups of club soda
- 2 cups of softened lime sherbet
- Lime slices
How To
- Add the sugar and two cups of water in a microwave safe bowl and warm it on high heat for five minutes.
- Add the mint leaves into the mix and let it soak for about five minutes.
- Strain the mix to remove the mint leaves.
- Mix the sherbet and the lime juice. Now add the remaining cup of water and stir well.
- Add the sugar syrup and mix it well. Gently add the club soda and garnish with the lime slices.
11. Melon aqua fresca
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 4 cups diced, peeled ripe watermelon
- 3 cups water
- 2 to 3 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar
How To
- Blend the diced watermelon with 1 ½ cups of water.
- Add 2-3 teaspoons of fresh lime juice.
- Add sugar and blend the contents until smooth.
- Strain out the pulp.
- Add rest of the water and stir.
- Refrigerate for an hour or more.
- Serve in a glass containing ice and garnish with mint.
12. Chocolate mocktini
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- ½ cup chocolate milk
- Chocolate syrup
- 1 cup mint-chocolate chip ice cream
- 4 ice cubes
- Candy cane or berries
How To
- Blend ½ cup chocolate milk, the mint-chocolate chip ice cream, and the ice cubes together.
- Coat the walls of the glass with chocolate syrup.
- Pour the blend into the glass.
- Garnish with a candy cane or a strawberry and you will love it.
Pink Punch Mocktail Drinks For ‘Baby Shower For Girl’
Robyn Hendricks Klaasen shares how she hosted a Happy Hour Baby Shower with mocktails. She says, “We chose to serve only punch and sparkling wine (non-alcoholic, of course). I bought a couple of pretty bottles of pink bubbly and made our own punch with fruit juices, frozen berries, and sparkling water. We served the drinks in champagne flutes with fresh strawberry garnish and chose not to have other juice, soft drinks, or tea options, which also helped keep the event brief (i).”
Here are a few more recipes that go perfectly with the pink-themed baby shower for a girl.
13. Shirley temple – Pink drink for a classy touch
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- Pop Rocks
- 4 tbsp grenadine syrup
- 16 ounces ginger ale
- Maraschino Cherry
How To
- Rim glass with pink pop rocks, add grenadine syrup to ginger ale.
- Maraschino cherry can be used for garnishing. You can add extra cherries for more fun and taste.
14. Strawberry hibiscus-tea lemonade
Serves: 4
You Will Need
- 6 cups water
- 6 hibiscus tea bags
- 2 pounds strawberries, hulled and halved
- 1/4 cup plus 2 of tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup simple syrup
How To
- Take water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer.
- Take it away from heat and add tea bags; steep for 30 minutes.
- Discard the bags and let the tea cool in a pitcher.
- Meanwhile, combine sugar and strawberries in a bowl placed over the pot of simmering water.
- Continue for 25 minutes, until the juices come off the strawberries.
- Through a sieve, strain into the pitcher.
- Add simple syrup and lemon juice to the pitcher; stir to combine.
- Divide juice among ice-filled glasses and serve chilled.
15. Cinderella
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 56gms pineapple juice
- 56gms orange juice
- 56gms lemon juice
- 100gms club soda
- Grenadine
- Pineapple and orange slices to garnish
How To
- Pour the juices and put ice cubes in a shaker and shake well.
- Strain the juice, add club soda, and grenadine.
- Garnish with pineapple and orange slices, serve chilled.
16. Cranberry cutie mocktail
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 3 ounces sierra mist natural
- 3 ounces cranberry juice
- Cutie/Clementine orange juice
- 1 ounce lime juice
- Cutie slice and Cranberry sugar for garnishing
How to
- Mix cranberry juice, cutie juice, lime juice, and ice in a shaker.
- Add sierra mist natural and stir.
- Strain the juice and serve chilled.
17. Pregnancy fruit punch
You Will Need
- Chilled pineapple juice
- Chilled coconut juice
- Chilled ginger juice
- Chilled limeade
- A little club soda
- Jelly beans
How To
- Mix all the liquids together, adding the quantities as per the taste you desire.
- Add a few jelly beans to decorate before serving the drink.
18. Ombre grapefruit mocktail
Serves: 4
You Will Need
- Chilled grapefruit juice
- 1 can of soft drink (preferably white)
- A little syrup of your choice
- Grenadine
- Ice
How To
- Fill up half a glass with grapefruit juice and syrup.
- Now add the soft drink and ice with a dash of grenadine.
19. Sparkling star punch
Serves: 4
You Will Need:
- 1 liter cold ginger ale
- 1 24-ounce bottle cold sparkling cider
- 1 64-ounce bottle cold cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 orange
- 4-5 pieces star anise (optional)
- 1 16-ounce bag frozen strawberries or cranberries(optional)
How To
- Pour in ginger ale, sparkling cider, cranberry juice cocktail why does it say cocktail already?into a large glass.
- Squeeze out the orange.
- Add a dash of orange to the cocktail.
- You could also add chunks of the berries or star anise.
20. Lavender lemonade
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 6 cups water
- ½ cup honey
- 1/3 cup dried lavender
How To
- Boil honey and water in a large pot over medium-high heat.
- Crush the lavender in a mortar and pestle.
- Add crushed lavender to the pot containing water and honey and remove from heat.
- Let it cool for some time, then refrigerate for two hours.
- Strain out the liquid through a sieve.
- Add a dash of lemon juice.
- Serve chilled with ice.
21. Coconut-cucumber cooler
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 4 cups of coconut water
- 2 cucumbers, thinly sliced
- ½ cup lime juice
- ¼ cup chopped mint leaves
- ¼ cup sugar
How To
- Combine all the ingredients together.
- Stir well.
- Let it chill for 1 or 2 hours.
- Serve chilled.
Blue Punch Drinks For ‘Baby Shower For Boy’
22. ‘Under the sea’ punch
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- A can of frozen lemonade concentrate
- 4 cans of warm water
- A liter of soft drink (preferably white)
- 2 packets of raspberry lemonade powder
- A tub of pineapple sherbet
How To
- Add the frozen lemonade and warm water in a bowl.
- Now add the raspberry lemonade powder and a little blue color into the bowl and stir. Add the soft drink and stir.
- Add one scoop of pineapple sherbet in each glass before pouring the drink.
23. Sparkling sunrise
You Will Need
- Soft drink (preferably white)
- Orange Juice
- Grenadine
- Strawberries
How To
- Add crushed ice in a large wine glass .
- Fill half the glass with the soft drink.
- Fill the rest of the glass with orange juice.
- Add a shot of grenadine on the top.
- Allow the grenadine to sink to the bottom. This gives the ‘sunrise’ look.
- Top it with strawberries/ orange wedge /cherry for the final look.
24. Deep blue
Serves: 1
You Will Need
- 50ml pineapple juice
- 50ml mango juice
- Blue food color
How To
- Mix all the juices, add a little blue color.
- Top with fruits and serve chilled.
25. Blackberry vanilla mocktail
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 3 cups fresh blackberries
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup honey
- Sparkling water or club soda
How To
- Muddle the blackberries with lemon juice, honey, vanilla, and a club soda splash.
- Strain the mixture and refrigerate.
- Pour the cocktail into a glass filled with ice and add a little sparkling water or club soda.
- Garnish with some mint leaves and blackberries.
26. Sweet and sour cherry lemonade
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 4 cups organic cherries (cut and pitted)
- 1/2 cup lemon juice (from 4 lemons)
- 3 cups filtered water
- 15 drops Stevia or 1tb raw honey
How To
- Place cherries in a blender and add lemon juice. If you are using raw honey, blend for 5 to 10 seconds and add water. Pre-blending is not needed if you add stevia. Just add water and blend for nearly 30 seconds.
- Using a fine-mesh strainer, drain your juice and store in a glass container.
- Serve juice over ice or add a 1/3 cup of club soda.
27. Cranberry-grapefruit sparkler
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- 1 cup grapefruit juice
- 1 cup sparkling mineral water
- lime juice from half lime
How To
Mix all the juices, stir, add ice and serve with a slice of lime. Yes, that’s how simple it is!
28. Pina colada
Serves: 2
You Will Need
- Ice
- ½ cup of heavy cream
- 1 ¼ cup of pineapple juice
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- ½ cup of milk (can use coconut milk)
- Pineapple slices
How To
- Add all the ingredients in a blender and churn until smooth.
- Pour the mix into a glass with ice and garnish with a pineapple slice.
29. Sun tea punch
Serves: 4
You Will Need
- 6 – 8 bags of decaffeinated tea
- 4 oranges
- 8 lemons
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/2 gallon water
- 1/2 bunch of mint
How To
- Fill the water in a large glass jar. Dip in the tea bags and steep the setting in the sun for 3 hours or more.
- Remove the tea bags.
- Extract the juice of three oranges. Slice out the last one.
- Extract the juice of seven lemons and slice out the last one.
- Add the remaining ingredients and stir.
- Serve in tall, ice-filled glasses.
30. Blueberry lemonade
You Will Need
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 6 ounces blueberries (use your favorite berry)
- 4″ strip of lemon zest (just the yellow part)
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 cups still or sparkling water
- Ice
How To
- Blend lemon juice, blueberries, and lemon zest in a blender until smooth.
- Strain the pulp out of the mixture.
- Add water and stir.
- Serve chilled with ice.
31. Rhubarb shrub mocktail
Serves: 12
For Rhubarb Shrub Base
You Will Need
- 6 cups Rhubarb stalk, cut into 1/4” pieces
- 1/4 cup ginger, cut and unpeeled
- 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
How To
- In a saucepan, combine the chopped rhubarb, sugar, vinegar, and ginger.
- Simmer over medium-high heat until the rhubarb is soft and the sugar has dissolved, stirring occasionally.
- Strain the mixture to obtain a smooth syrup. Allow it to cool. Refrigerate to let the flavors meld.
For MocktailYou Will Need
- 1 1/2oz rhubarb shrub base
- 1/2oz fresh lime juice
- Club soda or seltzer water
- Mint leaves
How To
- In a glass, add ice cubes for a refreshing chill.
- Pour one or two tablespoons of the rhubarb shrub base and lime juice into the glass.
- Top with seltzer water or club soda.
- Garnish with fresh mint leaves.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Can I make mocktails ahead of time for a baby shower?
Yes, you may prepare mocktails in advance to save time later or to enjoy the baby shower event without interruptions. Make sure to store the prepared mocktails in the refrigerator to keep them chilled and fresh.
2. Should mocktails be served in special glasses or containers?
Mocktails may be served in any type of glass. However, use elegant glassware to serve them and create a lasting impression on the guests.
3. What are some tips for making baby shower mocktails look attractive?
Using cut fruits to garnish the beverage, coating the glass with chocolate or sugar-based glaze, using contrasting colors of fruit juices, adding edible flower petals, and sprinkling the glass rim with colored sugar are a few ways to make the mocktails come across as enticing.
4. Can I make baby shower mocktails without using a blender or shaker?
Plenty of easy and delicious mocktail recipes don’t require any special equipment. For example, you can make a simple sparkling cranberry mocktail by mixing cranberry juice and sparkling water in a pitcher or large glass. You can also create a refreshing cucumber and mint mocktail by stirring fresh cucumber slices, mint leaves, ice, and carbonated water in a glass.
5. Should I label each mocktail with its name and ingredients at the baby shower?
Yes, labeling each mocktail with its name and ingredients at the baby shower is a good idea. This will ensure that guests with specific dietary requirements or allergies know which drinks are safe to consume.
6. What creative names can I give my baby shower mocktails to match the occasion?
Some ideas for baby shower mocktail names could be “Mommy-to-be Mimosa,” “Baby Blueberry Lemonade,” “Pretty in Pink Punch,” “Stork Sipper,” and “Bun in the Oven Berry Blast.”
Since alcohol is prohibited for pregnant women, ensure you omit any alcoholic beverages when planning a baby shower. Instead, the above baby shower mocktail recipes could be a terrific way to start your celebration with a refreshing, non-alcoholic beverage choice. You can make these drinks more nutritious by adding a fruity twist with orange, watermelon, and strawberry juices or chunks. You can also include refreshments. The above list also includes mocktail recipes based on the baby’s gender for guests to know if it’s a boy or a girl. So, get the party going with these delectable mocktail recipes.
Infographic: Mocktail Drinks For Baby Shower
Do you want your baby shower party to be alcohol-free? We bring non-alcoholic beverages that are refreshing, easy to make, and colorful, so perfect for the welcome party for your baby. So, go ahead and pick one recipe from the list below.
Key Pointers
- Mocktails are non-alcoholic drinks of different types, such as coolers, punches, mojitos, and sparklers.
- Pina colada, Shirley Temple, Spiced cider punch, and Sweet and sour cherry lemonade are popular choices.
- To match the spirit of the celebration, you can create drinks with blue and pink colors.
- Pick recipes that can be made beforehand and served when guests arrive.
- Plan a fun, blindfolded mocktail-tasting game to make your mocktails a hero of the party.
Personal Experience: Source
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i. How to: Host a happy hour baby shower.https://klaasenfamily.blogspot.com/2016/11/how-to-host-happy-hour-baby-shower.html
References
- Are Cranberries Healthy? 6 Surprising Benefits.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-of-cranberries/ - 7 Benefits of Hibiscus Tea.
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