All-Star Cocktail Recipes

Drink like the stars with drink and cocktail recipes straight from your favorite Cooking Channel chefs, including Michael Symon, Nadia G., Roger Mooking and Laura Calder.

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Coney Island Iced Tea

This Coney Island iced tea has all the usual suspects of the Long Island variety, with added touches of lemon and orange.

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Mandarin Martini

Veer away from the classic orange juice and mix things up by adding mandarin orange or tangerine juice to this bright, refreshing martini. Ching-He Huang recommends floating a few edible flowers in your drink for a fancy final touch.

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Dolce Vita's Surubao

Life is most certainly sweet when you’re sipping Dolce Vita’s signature Surubao cocktail. A mixture of muddled raspberries, blackberry syrup and cranberry juice, this drink is so full of fresh berry flavor that it’s hard to taste the vodka.

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Cardamom Blood Orange Mojitos with Sweet Basil Caviar

Nadia knows the secret to a great girls’ night is a classy (but kick-ass) cocktail. Her blood-orange mojitos with cardamom-infused vodka and homemade sweet basil caviar balance sweet and savory flavors.

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Tequila Lemonade

Chuck Hughes uses sweet-tart Meyer lemons for his lemonade base, then spikes it with tequila for a more adult version of everyone’s favorite childhood beverage. Cheers, Chuck!

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Sangria

Sangria, Extra Virgin style, is made with brandy and spiced with vanilla, clove and cinnamon. Debi and Gabriele recommend Cannonau wine from Sardinia, Italy, but you can use any medium-bodied red wine.

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HG's Magical Low-Calorie Margarita

Lisa Lillien cuts calories in her margarita by using low-cal lemonade mix and diet soda, but you won't taste the difference when you sip this zesty lime-and-tequila cocktail.

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Sangrita

Feeling adventurous? Bobby Flay's take on a Bloody Mary combines tomato and orange juices with caramelized onions, Tabasco sauce, tequila, lime, agave and Worcestershire for a unique and spicy brunch drink.

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Raspberry Lemon Margarita

Ingrid Hoffmann puts a sweet twist on a classic margarita, substituting lemon for lime and adding a blitz of frozen raspberries.

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Mojito Slushy

When you can't choose between a mojito and a margarita, blend up Tyler Florence's tart lime-and-mint slushy.

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Fresh Strawberry Bellini

Strawberries give vibrant color and flavor to this easy, two-ingredient bubbly brunch classic.

Sidecar Martini

Giada De Laurentiis' martini is not for the faint of heart. Sip this potent mix of cognac, Triple Sec, sweet-and-sour mix and limoncello sometime when you'll be home for the night.

Get the Recipe: Side Car Martini