Getting Original with your Own Mocktail Party

Mocktails have long been a staple in the party space, letting people enjoy all of the creativity and deliciousness of mixed drinks in a relaxed environment. While it’s already common for people to have a few favourites while out and about, too often we avoid the artistry of creation and instead focus on the end product.

So, what if we went the other way with it, throwing a ‘create your own’ mocktail party to enjoy original experiences with friends? That’s what we want to cover here today, and with just a few simple steps, you could discover a new passion and hobby you can draw from for years to come.

Gathering Your Ingredients

The first step of starting a mocktail creation party is collecting the right ingredients. One popular approach we’ve seen enjoyed is through having the host first provide some baseline mixers, including:

• Soda water, tonic water, rose water, and coconut water

• Fruits like lemons, limes, apples, oranges, and pineapples

• Separate juices from these fruits (you don’t want to have to juice everything yourself)

• Syrups like raspberry and honey

• Herbs and spices like mint, cinnamon, and basil

• Garnishes like chocolate shavings, salt, food colouring, and edible flowers

• Colored straws and other fun decorations

• Various sodas like ginger beer, lemonade, and cola

After this, you could challenge your guests to bring their own unique ingredients that they think might help them stand out. You’ll also need the utensils to help everyone mix their drinks together, so tools like blender or two is also a must.

Setting a Goal

While the goal of a mocktail party is just to enjoy time building drinks, the exact form this takes depends on what your friends enjoy. Some groups might enjoy a competition where people’s drinks are all scored individually, with the winner taking home a prize. You might also choose to compete in seeing who can build a drink that tastes nothing like it looks, or make up your own challenge for the group to explore.

You could also incorporate this into another kind of themed night, like a casino night, for example. Think glitzy dresses and Vegas vibes. Nowadays, you don’t even need to own any physical cards or tables, with casino games and instant win games available widely online.

Ultimately, your time with a mocktail party is just about finding the best possible way that you can enjoy a new activity with friends. It doesn’t need to be serious, and there doesn’t need to be any competition involved at all. You could all just take it as an opportunity to learn or relearn something you’ve always wanted to, to help each other along, and share in the hilarity of failed experiments. Even if some of your creations end up undrinkable, as long as you’ve enjoyed the mocktail creation process, that’s still counted as a win.