Pretty in Pink Cocktail Recipes

Cocktails come in a wide spectrum of colors and shades but probably the most beautiful ones are pink cocktail recipes. Using your shaker as a tool, you'll be able to end up with a beautifully colored drink to relax with if you have the right guidance and skill for it. What you will need to remember is that whatever you put into the shaker; it can be more vibrant or a bit subdued when you pour the mixture out. With that in mind, you can start on your quest to make pretty cocktails in shades of pink.

With the steep price of cocktail drinks in a fancy bar, you can have a cocktail at home instead and mix it whenever you want. You don't have to go to a bar for the best pink cocktail recipes. If you have a party at home and you're going with a color theme, you can use cocktail recipes that produce nice pink hues as your party refreshments. Even if you're all alone and all you want is a nice little pick me up, you can get it from a glass of pink cocktail. You might have heard of the breast cancer awareness drive and if you have an event like this, pink can be your signature color.

If you want to have pink cocktail recipes of the martini style, pink Cadillac is usually the first choice. To come up with this feminine cocktail, you will need tequila, triple sec, sweet and sour mix, lime juice and cranberry juice. While the flavor is taken care of by the other ingredients, it's going to be the cranberry juice that's going to give you the pink hue you're looking for. You can then add some grand marnier in the mix and you have your pink cocktail. Be careful with the amount of cranberry juice you are adding or you will end up with an orange-colored drink.

If you're looking for a deeper pink colored drink, you can go with pink cocktail recipes like the pink mink. It's also a martini recipe where you use rum, vodka and strawberry liqueur. Mix all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and pour the mixture through the strainer into a chilled glass. You have a drink that can set a romantic mood. Take note that the glass has to be chilled and you would like, you can enhance the glass with a sugar-dipped rim and a strawberry on one side.

Pink cocktails can be a great hit at your party just like blue cocktails are. By yourself, with friends or for a cause, you can make drinks with a hint of pink to liven up the mood. You might end up with something so pretty that you won't want to sip. If this is the case, just take out your camera and digitally immortalize your drinks. You can rest easier when taking your first sip which definitely wouldn't be the last because it's going to be oh so good. While only two recipes were mentioned, there are many other pink cocktail recipes that you can create and that will emit that same wonderful feeling.