12 Champagne Cocktails For New Years

With New Years Eve only 2 days away, I thought it would be a great idea to give you 12 champagne cocktails for New Years Eve!  

These cocktails are all different from one another and each one has a different ingredient in it.  

None of these are mimosas, which is the  most common cocktail thought of when using champagne.

For me this year has not been a good one at all.  

From the long long line of people who have passed away this year, both personal friends and famous icons. 

 Another reason, and the most important one, why this year has not been good is because a few very close and very dear family members as well as a close and dear friend have had a very hard year, health wise.  

Not only have they had one bad thing happen to them health wise, but multiple.

This past year has been filled with so many different emotions within me that sometimes when I actually stop.....and think about it.....SHIT......that's a lot for one person to absorb....and that's just me....me, not the person who is actually going through these horrible circumstances and has to deal with them first hand physically, not to mention mentally & emotionally.

Needless to say, I am SO ready to say Goodbye...or for those of you who know my tongue F%#$ Y&@ to 2016!  

I need a fresh new start to a brand new year in hopes that this upcoming year is FAR better then this year!

On that note......let's talk about alcohol!!  Here are 12 champagne cocktails that I have made over the years!  All different.  All good!

Apple Champagne

Blushing Bride

Bubbles & Berries

Bubbles & Blue

Buck's Fizz

Champagne & St. Germain

Kinky Bubbles

Lemon Champagne Cocktail

Passionate Bubbles

Raspberry Resolution

Raspberry Vodka Champagne

Veronica's Champagne Cocktail

There you have it!  12 Champagne Cocktails For New Years Eve!

I hope you all have a fun and safe New Years Eve & Day!  Happy New Years to all!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Raspberry Resolution

Day 316

Raspberry Resolution

4.5 shots out of 5

**With New Years Eve a few days away, it's time to think beyond the classic glass of champagne!  This new years cocktail has been a crowd pleaser.  It's great what something as simple as raspberry puree can do to a glass of champagne!  Cheers!!**

(p.s. I think it's cool that I made this 4 days before NYE 4 years ago!)

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Four days until New Years Eve.  

Sorry, I just have to say that out loud to be able to wrap my mind around it.......I'm still in shock.  

I'd better test out some New Years Eve cocktails while I can then right?  

Tonight I decided to create my own based off of a non-alcoholic version that I had created where you literally substitute sparkling cider for the champagne.

I gave tonight's cocktail 4.5 shots out of 5.  

This is such an easy cocktail to make, I mean you already have the champagne in your glass, why not add some raspberry puree to it?  

Don't like raspberry......well then try some passion fruit puree, strawberry puree, prickly pear puree.........whatever flavored puree you can find that you like.  

Even better, buy them all and make them all to make sure you know which one is your absolute favorite.  

You could always have a taste test bar for your guests on New Years Eve so that everyone can see which is the best.

Here is a couple photos of the end result:

   

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Raspberry Resolution:

• 4 oz champagne
• 1 oz raspberry puree

In a champagne flute, pour in your champagne and raspberry puree.  Stir to mix the puree in well.

Here's to a simple New Years Eve cocktail.......because honestly, by the time midnight comes, who can measure out ingredients anymore??

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Passionate Bubbles

Day 364

Passionate Bubbles

5 shots out of 5

Today is the kids last day of school for the week.  


We now get 5 days off for President's weekend.  5 days!!  


I'm not completely sure that we even got a day off when we were in school and if we did it was only Monday.  


Last year my kids got Friday and Monday off and this year Thursday through Monday off. Budget cuts is what I am assuming the extra long holiday is all about, either way it'll be nice to have them all home for a few days.

I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  


With tomorrow being Valentines Day I figured why not create another simple but delicious Valentine cocktail.  


I have to say, Passion Fruit puree goes AH-MAZE-ING-LY with champagne!  Yumm!  I am really enjoying my little creation here.  This cocktail is definitely worth a try, or two......shoot three tries is good too.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for Passionate Bubbles: 

• 2 1/2 oz champagne
• 2 1/2 oz passion fruit puree

In a champagne flute, pour in both ingredients.  Stir up your mixture to get the puree to blend in completely with the champagne and enjoy!!

Here is to the two remaining days left of my year challenge.

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Veronica's Champagne Cocktail

Day 321

Veronica's Champagne Cocktail

4 shots out of 5

Happy New Year!  

Today is the beginning of a brand new year.  

Since every year seems to go faster then the one before it, I have a feeling 2013 will be gone before I know it.  

How was everyone's New Years?  We had a great time on New Years Eve.  Any new cocktails I should know about?

I gave tonight's cocktail 4 shots out of 5.  

My husband cooks breakfast every New Years morning late morning and during today's breakfast mimosa's were being made.  

One of my friends switched out the orange juice for cranberry juice which she said she liked better.  

I decided to try that cocktail tonight and in doing so searched online real quick for an actual name for the cocktail with.........no luck.  

Instead I decided to name it after my friend who introduced it to me.  

I like this better then a regular mimosa and will request it anytime mimosas are being made from now on.  Thank You Veronica!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Veronica's Champagne Cocktail:

• 1 1/2 oz champagne
• 1 1/2 oz cranberry juice

In a champagne flute pour in both ingredients and enjoy!

Here's to a fresh new year!  May it be all you hoped it would be.........and if not, there's always cocktails!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Raspberry Vodka Champagne

Day 320

Raspberry Vodka Champagne

3.5 shots out of 5

Happy New Years Eve!!  

Finally the day has come, time to par-tay!  

You will all have to let me know what your cocktail of choice was tonight!  

I hope you have all had a wonderful year and that next year is even better.  I do truely appreciate all of you that come to my blog to see what I've been drinking.  

This blog has been a lot of fun to do, but wouldn't be half as fun without all of your emails, comments and recipes!

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

I found tonight's cocktail at tablespoon.com.  I have to say, if I liked champagne more, I would definitely like this cocktail a lot more.  

The raspberry vodka and lime juice mixed in with the champagne make it quite an enjoyable cocktail........minus the champagne that is.  

I have learned from these last few days that to enjoy champagne (for me at least), I must mix something else into it.  

So far my Raspberry Resolution is the winner in my book, but this would be a second to that.  I hope you all have fun tonight and please drink responsibly, or bring and overnight bag wherever you're going!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Raspberry Vodka Champagne:

• 3 oz champagne
• 1/2 oz raspberry vodka
• 1/2 oz lime juice

In a champagne flute or wine glass, add all of the ingredients above and stir.

Have the happiest of New Years!  I'll see you all next year!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Lemon Champagne Cocktail

Day 319

Lemon Champagne Cocktail

1 shot out of 5

One more day, one more day until New Years Eve!  

We've been running errands and picking up the Christmas toy explosion that happened here, all day long!  

Time for a cocktail and some dinner....yes we're eating late.  

I am sticking with another recipe from tablespoon.com for tonight's cocktail.

I gave tonight's cocktail 1 shot out of 5.  

WOW, I really didn't like this cocktail and either did my husband.  

Some sips make me react with full on convulsions........and some not as dramatic, but still make me squinch up my eyes and face.  

I don't use gin a whole lot, so I was really hoping that this cocktail would be a winner.  

Oh well, one more champagne cocktail to go before the New Years Eve countdown, let's hope it's a winner!!  

I'm going to post it earlier tomorrow just in case it's a good one so that it can be an option for you all.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Lemon Champagne Cocktail:

• 4 oz champagne
• 1 oz gin
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tsp superfine sugar

In a champagne flute add all of your ingredients except the sugar.  Give it a quick stir and then add your sugar.  You want to stir your cocktail until your sugar is gone.  Stir it well, but you will want to stop part of the way through to let you cocktail settle, and then continue stirring.

Here's to a 1 shot rating.......haven't had one of those in a while!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Champagne & St. Germain

Day 318

Champagne & St. Germain

3.5 shots out of 5

The countdown continues!  

Only two more days until New Years Eve.  

Is it only me or has this year flown by for all of you too?  

I remember when I was a kid and the adults would tell me that the years go faster and faster the older you get.......well they were right!  

I honestly have a feeling that our four kids add to that a bit too though.

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

I again found tonight's cocktail from the tablespoon.com site.  

Tonight's cocktail absolutely does have the champagne bubbles you would expect in a champagne cocktail, unlike last nights Apple Champagne cocktail.  

The St. Germain mixed in with the champagne is nice.....though I think I might add a bit more next time (and I only think I would do that because I'm not a huge champagne fan).  

I would think that if I liked champagne a bit more that I would enjoy this one a bit more too, so for those of you who enjoy champagne you may want to give this one a try.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Champagne & St. Germain:

• 3 oz champange
• 1/2 oz St. Germains

In a champagne flute or wine glass, pour in both of your ingredients and give it a quick stir.

Here's to me attempting to contain my excitement for the next two days!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Apple Champagne

Day 317

Apple Champagne

3.5 shots out of 5

Three more days until New Years Eve.  

My husband got his costume today and my oldest son and myself need to get ours very soon.  

I am really looking forward to New Years Eve, I almost can't stand it!  

One of my very best friends is driving three hours to be here with us for the party which gets me all happy and excited when I think about it.

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

I am not the biggest champagne fan.  

On New Years Eve I usually take my couple of sips and then pick back up my beer or cocktail that I have been drinking and move on with my night.  

This cocktail is one where you don't get a nosefull of bubbles when you drink it.  

The apple juice takes that away and the sugar sweetens it up just a wee bit.  

This is a pretty good cocktail, not an overly flavorful cocktail......but not one that would make me think of New Years due to the fact that it's not really bubbly.  

I found tonight's cocktail at tablespoon.com.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for an Apple Champagne:

• 4 oz champagne
• 3 oz apple juice
• 1/4 tsp superfine sugar

In a champagne flute or bud vase pour in your champagne and apple juice and stir.  Then stir in your sugar until it is dissolved.

Here's to enjoying the last three days and so many hours of 2012.

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Blushing Bride

Day 294

Blushing Bride

4 shots out of 5

Another weeks half way mark is here, yeay!  

This marks two and a half weeks left of school for the kids and then winter break!  

My husband is taking three weeks off for the holidays which is very nice.  

That way we get to spend some quality family time together, especially after all of the craziness that the busy sports weekends brought us.

I gave tonight's cocktail 4 shots out of 5.  

I found this recipe at partybluprintsblog and thought I'd give it a try.  

I'm glad I did!  

I am not a huge champagne fan, but the idea of mixing it with grenadine AND peach schnapps got me a little excited!  

I think the ratios of everything is perfect and the flavor is amazing!  

This is definitely a cocktail that I would make for friends and family.  

It's a good brunch type cocktail......New Years Eve Cocktail........or just a good cocktail cocktail.  My only problems is that....I've already finished mine.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Blushing Bride:

• 3 oz champagne
• 3/4 oz grenadine
• 3/4 oz peach schnapps

In a champagne flute pour in all of your ingredients and give it a quick little stir.

Here's to a delicious champagne cocktail!  I hope you like it as much as I did!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady