Four simple and easy ways to add a Festive spin to a bottle of sparkling wine. Perfect for fuss free Christmas and holiday gatherings.
Festive Fizz
Planning festive gatherings can be incredibly stressful, so tick one thing off the list with these four easy Festive cocktails. Add a Christmas spin to your favourite bottle of sparkling wine with one of these holiday themed drinks.
Easy Christmas Cocktails
Each of these easy Christmas Cocktails has only two ingredients, plus a garnish. They are all nice and quick to prepare and don’t require any prep apart from a little bit of shopping.
Festive Fizz
Prosecco is probably the most popular choice but you can use any type of sparkling wine for these easy cocktails – Cava or Cremant work perfectly. I love a glass of champagne but I think it’s best served solo – use the slightly cheaper stuff for cocktails as the additions would dilute the taste of the champagne.
These Festive Fizz recipes are great for sprucing up the most basic bottles of supermarket fizz – no need to splash out on anything crazy expensive.
Festive Mocktails
All of these festive fizz cocktails can be made into delicious and grown-up Christmas Mocktails with an easy switch. Simply swap the wine for your favourite non-alcoholic sparkling wine (Belle & Co is my personal favourite and an absolute bargain). You could also use soda water, sparkling lemonade or tonic water instead of wine if you wish.
Orange & Rosemary Mimosa
For this easy upgrade on the classic mimosa, simply top some fresh orange juice with your favourite sparkling wine. Add a sprig of rosemary for a festive garnish.
Candy Cane Bellini
Give your champagne flutes a super simple Christmas upgrade with this simple twist. Just add a mini Candy Cane to a glass of sparkling wine when ready to serve. It will add a fresh sweet and minty hint to the wine and turn it a lovely festive frosted white as it dissovles.
Cranberry Mimosa
Name a more festive fruit than the juicy red cranberry. These simple cocktails just contain cranberry juice topped up with sparkling wine. For a festive frosted garnish, rim your glasses with a lemon or lime wedge and dip in white sugar.
Pear & Pomegranate Bellini
Top some pomegranate juice with sparkling wine and garnish with delicate pear slices and pomegranate pearls for this delicious jewel toned Bellini.
I hope you like this recipe as much as I do! Please leave a comment or tag me on Instagram @carrieskitchen_ if you make it!
More Easy Cocktails
Festive Fizz Four Ways
Equipment
- 6 champagne flutes or other suitable glasses
Ingredients
- 750 ml bottle of your preferred sparkling wine you can use prosecco, cava or cremant
Orange & Rosemary Mimosa
- 300 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- 6 sprigs fresh rosemary
Candy Cane Bellini
- 6 mini Candy Canes
Cranberry Mimosa
- 300 ml cranberry juice
- white sugar optional, to garnish
- 1 lemon or lime wedge optional, for garnish
Pear & Pomegranate Bellini
- 300 ml Pomegranate Juice
- 1 Pear thinly sliced
- ¼ cup pomegranate seeds optional, to garnish
Instructions
To make the Orange & Rosemary Mimosa
- Add 50ml orange juice to each champagne glass then top up with 125ml sparkling wine.
- Add a small sprig of fresh rosemary to garnish.
To make the Candy Cane Bellini
- Pour 125ml sparkling wine into each glass.
- When ready to serve, add one candy Cane to each glass.
To make the Cranberry Mimosa
- Run a lime or lemon wedge round the top of each glass then dip in white sugar to add a frosted rim.
- Add 50ml cranberry juice to each glass and top up with 125ml sparkling wine.
To Make the Pear & Pomegranate Bellini
- Add 50ml pomegranate juice to each glass and top with 125ml sparkling wine.
- Garnish with a couple of thin slices of pear and a spoonful of pomegranate seeds.
Notes
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This recipe is linked to CookBlogShare week 48 hosted by Kate at Gluten Free Alchemist
I would love to try all of these and especially the cranberry mimosa. I’ve realised I’m quite boring when it comes to drinks and rarely actually do anything more than open a bottle! Maybe this should be the year to change that!
What a great post. Now where to start? I think I’ll have a cranberry mimosa.
Great choice!
Love these ideas. Feeling the festive cheer now – so to speak!
Got to have some festive fizz at Christmas! I’ll take a glass of each please. Actually… I’ll then take an extra Pear & Pomegranate Bellini, as that’s really caught my eye 😘
Thanks for sharing #CookBlogShare
Yes, its not Christmas without a little festive fizz!
I really like these ideas as they are easy to make with ingredients on hand, and festive!
Thank you!
What a lovely collection of bubbly recipes. Always wanted to do something a bit posh with my bubbly but never knew where to start, keeping this recipe for party time!
Oooh. I think I’ll start at the orange and rosemary mimosa and then work my way down the list!