Wedding Times

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A signature cocktail can add an extra touch of elegance to your wedding reception. It’s a good idea to reflect your wedding’s theme and colors in your cocktail, allowing it to blend in seamlessly.

Talk to your fiancé about the tastes you both prefer and choose a drink based around those. If you don’t already have your heart set on a particular one, here are seven signature cocktails for you to try.

1. Love Is In the Air

This very tart, refreshing drink has a pink hue that gives it a pretty and romantic air. For this recipe you will need: two ounces of sloe gin, two drops of raspberry syrup, two drops of lemon juice, and one egg white. Place all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Pour into a glass and for an added touch, drop a raspberry into the cocktail.

2. Wedding Belle Cocktail

For this recipe use: ¾ ounce of Dubonnet, ¾ ounce of gin, one drop of cherry brandy, and one drop of orange juice. Place all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Pour it all into a glass by straining it out of the cocktail shaker. Use a cherry as garnish and place it in the glass.

3. Sealed with a Kiss

An extremely rich cocktail that will leave chocolate lovers delighted! Use two ounces of any chocolate liqueur such as Godiva or Crème de Cacao, 1 ½ ounces of vodka, and one Hershey’s Kiss for every drink. Begin constructing this drink by placing a Hershey’s Kiss in the bottom of a chilled cocktail glass. Place all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake very well. Pour the concoction into the chilled cocktail glasses with the Kisses on the bottom.

4. Hot Romance

This tasty treat gives a refreshing kick of orange juice with the slightly tart twang of cranberry. This cocktail fits in perfectly with a summer wedding. To make you will need: 1 ½ ounce of rum, two ounces of cranberry juice and two ounces of orange juice. Simply pour each ingredient individually into cocktail glasses and stir. Garnish with an orange wedge.

5. Elegant Wedding Punch

If you would rather make large batches of punch instead of individual drinks, you can do this with your signature wedding cocktail too. You can then pour the punch into glasses at a cocktail station or place the punch on guest tables giving a signature cocktail and centerpiece all in one!

For 16 glasses of punch use ½ cup Chambord raspberry, 1 cup Triple Sec, 1 cup of brandy, 2 cups of pineapple juice, 1 liter of ginger ale, 2 bottles of dry champagne. Begin by placing the ginger ale and the champagne in the refrigerator to chill the night before the wedding. Mix all of the other ingredients together and place in the refrigerator to also chill overnight. When you are ready to serve the cocktail, combine all of the ingredients together and serve.

6. Traditional Wedding Punch

Here’s another wonderful punch that can be used as a signature cocktail. Per twenty glasses use 2 cups of vodka, 4 cups of unsweetened pineapple juice, 4 cups of unsweetened cranberry juice, 1 liter bottle of ginger ale, and two cups of sugar. Simply mix all of the ingredients together, chill and serve.

7. Wedding Cake Cocktail

This cocktail is for those with a real sweet tooth. To make use ¾ ounce gin, ¾ ounce amaretto ¼ ounce orange juice, ¼ ounce pineapple juice, ¼ ounce cream. Simply pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Strain the mixture into a martini glass and garnish with white chocolate shavings and ground nutmeg.