10 Delish Cocktail Recipes You Can Do-It-Yourself For Your Pre Wedding

How do you plan to celebrate the last few days of your singlehood? By deep diving into your wedding planning process or drunken high with your gal pals? The latter sounds fun right?! We’ve travelled around the web to score the ten best cocktail recipes for your bridal party, or a pre wedding function where the fun can be kicked up a few notches if these babies are added to the drinks menu.

A bachelorette party without cocktails is no fun at all. If you’re looking for cocktail recipes that are easy to prep, don’t require much cleaning and won’t make you break the bank, we share delish bachelorette party drinks that you can effortlessly do-it-yourself.

Whether you want to bust out those shot glasses or simply sip on these cocktails – we leave it completely to your discretion.

Either way these bachelorette party drinks guarantee a great night of fun!

Mango and Blackberry Vodka Cooler

Ingredients:

For the Mango Simple Syrup:

• 3 small ripe mangos, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup water
• 8-10 leaves of fresh mint, plus more to use as garnish

For the Vodka Cooler:

• 4 shots (1 ½ ounces each) of Vodka
• 8-10 fresh blackberries
• 1 can of sparkling water/club soda
• Crushed ice

Instructions

• Place the slices of mango in a large glass (or jar). Muddle them until they are thoroughly crushed. Alternatively, you can puree them in a food processor or blender
• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a medium-size sauce pan over medium-high heat. Cook until the sugar is dissolved. Off the heat, add in the muddled mango and mint leaves and let the mixture cool for 10-15 minutes. Strain the syrup into a pitcher and discard the solids. Let it cool completely before using
• Fill four 10-ounce glasses with crushed ice. Divide the mango simple syrup in between glasses. Pour 1 shot of vodka in each glass. Top them off with club soda. Garnish them with fresh mint leaves and 2-3 blackberries for each glass
• Serve

Source: foolproof living

Gin Citrus Punch

Ingredients:

• 3 parts mixed citrus juice (lemons, limes, tangerines and grapefruits)
• 1 part gin
• 1 part sparkling water
• Fresh herb sprigs for an optional garnish

Instructions:

• Combine ingredients in a punch bowl or pitcher and stir to combine
• Serve with ice to keep it extra cool!

Source: Adventures in Cooking

Cranberry Orange Margaritas

Sugared Cranberries

• 2 cups sugar, divided
• 2 cups fresh cranberries

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 – 2 ounces silver tequila
• 2 1/2 ounces cranberry juice (not cranberry cocktail)
• 1/2 ounce orange juice
• 1/2 ounce orange liquor
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/2-1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste (OPTIONAL)* or use sugared cranberries
• sparkling water, to top the drink with (OPTIONAL)

Instructions

• Salt the rim of your glass
• Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill with ice
• Shake until combined and then strain into your prepared glass
• Top with sparkling water if desired
• Add the sugared cranberries and a lime and or orange wedge

Source: Half Baked Harvest

White Peach Margaritas

Ingredients

• 3 juicy white peaches, unpeeled
• 3 tbsp. good-quality tequila
• 1 tbsp. Triple sec
• juice of 1 lemon, plus more to taste
• 1 heaped tbsp. of honey
• mint sprigs & blossoms for garnish

Instructions

• Roughly chop 2 of the white peaches. Slice the remaining peach into wedges for garnish and set aside. Alternatively, freeze your peach wedges to chill your drink. Do this on a parchment lined plate to prevent sticking
• Add your chopped peaches to a blender. Top with tequila, Triple sec, lemon juice, and honey. Blend until perfectly smooth. Quick tip- depending on the texture of your peaches, you might need a splash of water to loosen up your puree. The consistency should be velvety smooth, not thick. Strain if necessary
• Taste your margarita mix to see what it needs. More honey? More lemon? More alcohol? Adjust accordingly to suit your taste
• Fill two glasses with ice. Pour your peachy margarita mix over the top and stir well
• Garnish with mint and peach wedges
• Serve right away. Cheers!

Source: The Clever Carrot

Blueberry Bramble Mixed Drink

Ingredients

• 40ml (2 1/4oz) Gin
• 10ml (1/4oz) Simple Syrup
• 15ml (1/2oz) Lemon Juice
• 15ml (1/2oz) Creme De Mure (Blackberry Liqueur)
   

Instructions:

• Build the first three ingredients over crushed (or cracked) ice
• Stir these ingredients and drizzle the Creme de Mure over the top of the drink to achieve a pleasing bleed effect to the drink
• Garnish with two speared blackberries and a lemon slice

Source: BartenderHQ

The Perfect Gin and Tonic

Ingredients:

• 2 oz gin
• 4-5 oz tonic
• 2 lime wedges

Instructions:

• In a frozen collins glass, add the gin
• Fill the glass with ice, the larger the cubes are the better
• Squeeze in one of the lime wedges
• Add the tonic
• Squeeze in the second lime wedge, briefly stir
• Put your feet up, and drink

Source: TheHuffingtonPost

Blackberry Lemon Gin & Tonic

Ingredients (makes 4 cocktails):

• 12 blackberries
• 20 mint leaves (Extra for garnish)
• 2 lemons (Extra for garnish)
• 1/4 cup simply syrup
• 12 ounces Gin
• Tonic water
• Ice

Instructions

• Combine 3 blackberries, 5 mint leaves and juice from 1/2 of lemon and 1 tablespoon of simple syrup in each of your four cocktail glasses, preferably high ball glasses
• Muddle ingredients until combine and berries and fully crushed
• Fill each glass to the top with ice
• Add 3 ounces of gin and stir
• Top with tonic water and garnish with a slice of lemon, blackberry and mint leaves

Source: The Stiers Aesthetic

Blood Orange Blackberry Rum Punch

Ingredients:

• 1 cup chilled blood orange juice
• 4 (12 ounce) chilled natural blackberry sodas
• 1 cup rum
• ¼ cup fresh lime juice
• 1 cup fresh blackberries
• 1 blood orange thinly sliced
• pansies to garnish (optional)

Instructions:

• In a large pitcher filled with ice combine all of the ingredients. Stir gently to combine
• Add several blackberries and an orange slice to each glass and pour the punch into the glasses
• Garnish with a pansy if desired and serve immediately

Source: Heather Christo

Maple Syrup Pomegranate

Ingredients:

• 1.75 L (7 cups) pomegranate juice
• 250 ml (1 cup) maple syrup
• 250 ml (1 cup) vodka (or gin)
• Mint leaves for garnish

Instructions:

• Combine all ingredients in a pitcher, cover and refrigerate. Serve on ice.

Source: La Ferme Martinette

Watermelon Mojito Mocktail

Ingredients:

• 3 cups chopped watermelon
• Juice of 2 limes
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• Mint leaves
• Ice
• Ginger ale
• Club soda

Instructions:

• In a blender, blend watermelon, lime juice and 1 teaspoon sugar until smooth
• In the bottom of each glass, muddle 2 mint leaves with 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• Add in watermelon puree, filling about 1/2 full
• Add ice, a splash of ginger ale and top with club soda
• Stir to combine. Garnish with mint sprig and watermelon slice if desired

Source: The Merrythought

All set to bring the house down? Have a fun time girls! Cheers!