Easy Cocktail Recipes

Avocado is so luxuriously smooth when blended that this cocktail risks needing a spoon, especially if you like it too much.

Sparkling apple juice is a particularly useful ingredient in non-alcoholic cocktails because it adds flavor and color, as well as fizz. Try using it as a substitute for champagne in non-alcoholic versions of such cocktails as Buck’s fizz

The lemon and lime juice give this cocktail more than a hint of sharpness, but it is soon masked by the sweet honey and apple flavors.

This clear, golden refresher is named for the Edwardian beauty, actress Lillie Langtry (1952-1929). Whether the most famous of her lovers, the prince of Wales (later king Edward Vll), enjoyed it too, history does not record.

Although only half measures of each spirit are used, there are seven layers of them, so this is quite a potent cocktail. It is probably fortunate that after getting your tongue around a couple, you hand will become too unsteady to pour more.

No particular princess is specified, although a number of other cocktails are named after queens and princes, as well as princesses. Perhaps drinking this makes everyone feel like royalty.

These two rich fruity liqueurs mix well and make a great long cocktail.

Sugared fruits always look spectacular as a finishing touch. Prepared them in advance if you are making several drinks.

Banana freezes well, so it is great to use as a stirrer or finish to banana cocktails. Cut the fruit into a long thin strips or diagonal slices and freeze briefly.

Chocoholics will not be able to resist this wicked alcohol and chocolate combination, but it really needs to be very cold.