It's time to pop the bubbles! The sparkling water bubbles, that is. From simple and quick nonalcoholic highballs to fizzy faux classics, these sparkling water mocktails will tickle your nose and your tastebuds. Fruity and fresh, sour and sweet, there's a fizzing, seltzer mocktail for everyone. Let's get poppin'!
Sparkling Lavender Mocktail
A little bit of lavender and a whisper of lemon is all it takes to be swept away to mocktail paradise.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce lavender water
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Ice
- Berry sparkling water to top off
- Lavender sprig and lemon wheel for garnish
Instructions
- In a highball glass, add ice, lavender water, and lemon juice.
- Top off with sparkling water.
- Garnish with a lavender sprig and lemon wheel.
Quick Tip
Consider jazzing up this sparkling lavender mocktail with an ounce and a half of nonalcoholic gin.
Lovely Lime Sparkling Mocktail
Make it sour, but make it sparkle. You can think of this as a bubbly margarita sans alcohol.
Ingredients
- 1½ ounces nonalcoholic tequila
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ ounce agave syrup
- Ice
- Sparkling water to top off
- Lime wedge for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add ice, nonalcoholic tequila, lime juice, and agave syrup.
- Shake to chill.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Top off with sparkling water.
- Garnish with a lime wedge.
One in a Melon Sparkling Mocktail
Not in a melon years could you have predicted how much you'd love this watermelon mocktail.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce vanilla syrup
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1½ ounces nonalcoholic rum, optional
- Ice
- Watermelon sparkling water to top off
- Watermelon wedge and lime wedge for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add ice, vanilla syrup, lemon juice, and if desired, nonalcoholic rum.
- Shake to chill.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Top off with watermelon sparkling water.
- Garnish with a watermelon wedge and a lime wedge.
Squeeze the Day Sparkling Water Mocktail
Seize the day by the horns. Carpe the mocktail. Maybe crafting inspirational phrases isn't in the future, but this mocktail sure is.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces lemonade
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 ounce pear nectar
- Ice
- Sparkling water to top off
- Lemon wedge for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add ice, lemonade, lemon juice, and pear nectar.
- Shake to chill.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Top off with sparkling water.
- Garnish with a lemon wedge.
It's a Berry Great Day Sparkling Mocktail
The classic Cape Cod cocktail takes a vacation from alcohol for a fizzy, sparkling water mocktail riff.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces cranberry juice
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ¼ ounce orgeat syrup
- Ice
- Sparkling water to top off
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add ice, cranberry juice, lime juice, and orgeat.
- Shake to chill.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Top off with sparkling water.
Sparkling Pom Bomb Mocktail
What's better than fresh, bursting flavors of pomegranate seeds? Making one when you know the secret to freeing the seeds without covering yourself in juice. The secret? Plunge your hands and the pom into a bowl of water, less mess.
Ingredients
- 2-3 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
- 2-3 lemon wedges
- 1½ ounces nonalcoholic tequila
- ½ ounce simple syrup
- Ice
- Orange, vanilla, or plain sparkling water to top off
Instructions
- In a highball glass, muddle pomegranate seeds with simple syrup.
- Add lemon wedges and muddle briefly.
- Add ice and nonalcoholic tequila.
- Top off with sparkling water.
- Stir briefly to mix.
Main Squeeze Mocktail
Put those colorful and eye-catching beautiful grapefruits to use. It's a light flavor, so don't worry about an overwhelmingly tart sip. Although, you can always use some sparkling grapefruit water to bring all those flavors home in a big way.
Ingredients
- 1½ ounces honey syrup
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
- ¾ ounce nonalcoholic orange liqueur
- 3-4 grapefruit wheels, peeled
- Ice
- Sparkling water to top off
- Mint sprig for garnish
Instructions
- In a rocks glass, gently muddle grapefruit slices with honey syrup, grapefruit juice, and nonalcoholic orange liqueur.
- Add ice.
- Top off with sparkling water.
- Garnish with mint sprig.
Mojito Mocktail With Sparkling Water
Fizzy, refreshing, cooling, and the perfect amount of sweet and minty. This might actually be my new favorite morning bev. Don't tell coffee.
Ingredients
- 6-8 fresh mint leaves
- 1½ ounces freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- Ice
- Sparkling water to top off
- Mint sprig for garnish
Instructions
- In a highball glass, muddle mint leaves with simple syrup.
- Add ice and lime juice.
- Top off with sparkling water.
- Stir to mix.
- Garnish with a mint sprig.
Sparkling Fineappple
Finer than the finest fineapple, this pineapple sparkling water mocktail will take you from behind your desk to that white sand beach in less than the time it takes to have a sip.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces pineapple juice
- ½ ounce maple syrup
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1-2 dashes almond bitters
- Ice
- Sparkling water to top off
- Pineapple wedge for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add ice, pineapple juice, maple syrup, lemon juice, and almond bitters.
- Shake to chill.
- Strain into a highball glass.
- Top off with sparkling water.
- Garnish with a pineapple wedge.
A Sparkling Mocktail a Day
A sparkling water mocktail a day keeps the blues, clouds, and annoying text messages away. Satisfy your love of club soda with something a little different. Although that classic club soda with a splash of cranberry certainly hits the spot, give the seltzer a glow up with these sparkling water mocktail recipes.
