Classic Mocktails
The drinks everyone knows — Shirley Temple, virgin mojito, Roy Rogers — made properly.
These are the drinks people actually order, and most versions are badly made: too sweet, no acid, no technique. Each of these has the one adjustment that turns it from a soda into a drink.
Arnold Palmer
Half iced tea, half lemonade. Two ingredients, and the ratio most people get wrong.
5 min · Easy
Cherry Limeade
The American drive-in classic — tart lime, real cherry, plenty of ice.
4 min · Easy
Egg Cream
New York's soda-fountain classic. No egg, no cream — and the pouring order is the entire recipe.
3 min · Easy
Lemon, Lime and Bitters
Australia's default non-alcoholic order, and the most-ordered mocktail in the world. Three ingredients, one technique.
2 min · Easy
Moscow Mule Mocktail
Ginger, lime and bite. The mule loses less to going alcohol-free than almost any other classic.
3 min · Easy
Roy Rogers
The cola counterpart to the Shirley Temple, and the easiest drink on this list.
2 min · Easy
Shirley Temple
The original mocktail. Ginger ale, grenadine and a cherry — plus how to make it taste like a real drink instead of a sugar bomb.
3 min · Easy
Virgin Cosmopolitan
Cranberry, lime and orange, shaken hard and served up. Looks the part and tastes sharp rather than sweet.
4 min · Easy
Virgin Daiquiri
Lime and sugar in balance. The simplest sour there is, and a good test of whether your lime is fresh.
4 min · Easy
Virgin Hurricane
Passion fruit, orange and lime — New Orleans' loudest drink, minus the rum that made it dangerous.
5 min · Easy
Virgin Mai Tai
Almond, lime and orange over crushed ice. Tiki's best drink, and the almond is what people actually taste.
5 min · Easy
Virgin Margarita
Lime, orange and salt, built so it tastes sharp and structured rather than like limeade.
5 min · Easy
Virgin Mojito
The classic Cuban highball without the rum — mint, lime, sugar and soda, and the technique that stops it tasting like lawn clippings.
5 min · Easy
Virgin Paloma
Grapefruit, lime and salt over ice — Mexico's real everyday drink, and better than a margarita.
4 min · Easy
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