Valentine's DayValentine's Day Cocktailsby Colleen Graham Planning a romantic dinner this Valentine's Day? Great drinks can compliment your meal and give you a chance to impress with your cocktail skills. Champagne makes an appearance in many of this drinks, as do many of the "love" foods like chocolate and strawberry.
Have fun with the cocktails you create with embellishments that fit the mood. Carve fruit into the heart shapes or garnish with chocolate covered strawberries or heart shaped cinnamon hearts. For dessert, try Forget Me Not Fudge.
Love flavors: almond, blackcurrant, Champagne
Lightly flavor Champagne with a dash or two of amaretto and blackcurrant liqueurs. Love flavors: raspberry, Damiana herb (Agavero), passion fruit
Fruity and refreshing, a drink with muddled raspberries and lime topped with passion fruit juice and Agavero and Chambord liqueurs. Love flavors: cranberry, honey
Non-alcoholic but full of sweetness, it's a mix of cranberry and apple juices with a little honey for sweetness. Photo Courtesy of: © TY KU Liqueur Love flavors: TY KU, rose, pomegranate
This light cocktail places the aphrodisiac-filled TY KU liqueur with pomegranate juice and rose nectar. |
Love flavors: pomegranate, pink grapefruit
A pink drink in a sugar-rimmed glass made of PAMA liqueur, vodka and pink grapefruit juice. Love flavors: guava
A cachaça cocktail with guava juice and triple sec that is elegantly garnished with a rose petal. Love flavors: brandy, Champagne
A romantic classic, this cocktail combines brandy, bitters and Champagne with a dissolving sugar cube for spectacle. Love flavors: chocolate
A simple version made of vodka and white creme de cacao, served in a cocoa rimmed glass. Love flavors: chocolate, coffee
A dessert within itself. This one blends chocolate ice cream, syrup and liqueur with vodka and coffee liqueur and tops off with whipped cream and a cherry. Love flavors: pineapple, Champagne
This is a very flirtatious cocktail with the elegance of Champagne, Cointreau and vodka and the fresh, muddled pineapple to show of your bartending skills. | 
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