From the Drool Baby Expo: 6 delicious mocktails for thirsty mamas!

A mocktail is a wonderful thing: as sophisticated and refreshing as a real cocktail, but without the booze! They’re perfect for a variety of occasions, but especially baby showers and parties like the Drool Baby Expo, where moms-to-be, nursing mommies, and dads and partners are abstaining from alcohol but still want to drink something that tastes grown-up.

Want to duplicate the delicious mocktails you tried at Drool? Here’s your cheat-sheet!

Cranberry Crib-Warmer

2 ounces cranberry juice
1 ounces pineapple juice
1 ounces orange juice
2 ounces ginger ale
Maraschino cherry & orange slice for garnish

Combine the three juices with ice, top with ginger ale and garnish with fruit.

Stroller Sunrise

3 ounces orange juice
2 ounces lemon lime soda
A splash of grenadine

Pour the orange juice and lemon lime soda into a glass over ice, then add the grenadine and allow it to sink to the bottom for color. Garnish with a cherry.

Rock-a-bye Bubbly

2 ounces ginger ale
1 ounce pineapple juice
2 ounces white grape juice

Combine all three ingredients chilled into a shaker and pour into a champagne flute.

Sun Canopy Cooler

4 ounces cranberry-raspberry juice
2 ounces lemon lime soda

Pour cranberry-raspberry juice over ice and top with lemon lime soda.

Pretty n’ Pregnant Pucker

2 ounces of cherry juice
1 ounce of lime juice
3 ounces club soda
Lime wedge dusted with Sweet n’ Low

Pour the cherry and lime juice over ice in a Collins glass, top with club soda and garnish with lime wedge.

Shirley “It’s been nine months already?” Temple

5 ounces of lemon lime soda or ginger ale
Splash of grenadine
Maraschino cherry for garnish

Pour lemon lime soda over ice, add a splash of grenadine and stir. Garnish with a maraschino cherry (or three!).

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