Easy Cocktail Recipes

Never use canned peaches in this drink. They don’t have enough flavour to make it as delicious as fresh or premium-quality frozen peaches. Also never peel peaches. The little flecks of skin add texture and “eye appeal.”

Make this drink with the sweetest melon you can find. Smell it before you buy it. Chances are if it smells sweet, it will taste sweet.

Fresh guava is hard to find in this country, and it’s often expensive. Luckily, canned guava nectar is as sweet and delicious as the fresh variety when you’re blending it up into a tropical treat.

A candy bar in a glass. Yum!

Frozen cherries work just fine for this drink. Allow them to sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before using them. If you use fresh cherries, you’ll need to pit them first.

Call me old-fashioned, but I still serve cherries jubilee at dinner parties. So it seemed a natural to turn this delicious desert into a party drink. It’s best made with fresh sweet cherries, but frozen will do in a pinch.

Campari is a bitter Italian liqueur. Bartenders say that mixing it with orange juice is the best way to try it for the first time. This frozen version of Campari and OJ is guaranteed to hook someone at your next party.

Perhaps the most classic of all brandy drinks, the Brandy Alexander makes a perfect transition from after-dinner cocktail to anytime party favorite.

Named after the weather phenomenon that keeps the Northeast steamy during the summer, this drink is the perfect way to bring the mercury down.