14 Easter cocktails

Celebrate the long Easter weekend with our favourite seasonal cocktails, from indulgent chocolate martinis to Aperol mimosas and pretty pink fizz. Need more drinks inspiration? Explore our best spring cocktails next. Need to plan your Easter menu? We have an Easter recipes collection packed with inspiration. Check out our Easter dinner recipes and Easter baking ideas, including the best Easter cakes and Easter desserts.

Best Easter cocktail recipes

Hot-cross bun amaretto sour

This delicious twist on an amaretto sour uses stale hot-cross buns to make an Easter-flavoured syrup to sweeten the cocktail.

Chocolate cherry martini

A smooth, chocolate twist on a vodka martini, made extra sweet with maraschino liqueur. The perfect way to use up any leftover Easter chocolate. If the idea of left-over Easter egg chocolate is a foreign concept to you, swap in good-quality dark chocolate. A drizzle of syrup from the jar of cherries lends extra fruity depth.

Grapefruit sharing mimosa

This sharp and zesty cocktail is a twist on the classic mimosa – the orange juice is swapped for grapefruit and a little triple sec to balance the tart citrus. It makes a great Easter brunch sharing cocktail for the long weekend celebrations.

Mint gimlet

Refreshing mint is a match made in heaven for the citrus zing of a gimlet in this bright and tangy cocktail, ideal to serve over the long Easter weekend.

Chocolate martini

It's not Easter without plenty of chocolate and this three-ingredient martini will satisfy your cocoa cravings, using both dark chocolate and chocolate liqueur for a dreamy dessert cocktail. Use a good-quality chocolate liqueur for this recipe – we like Mozart.

Rosé negroni sbagliato

You'll need Lillet Rosé and pink fizz to make this light and floral spin on the classic Italian cocktail.

Bakewell tart fizz

We used the flavours of a bakewell tart to make this sparkling aperitif, which features fruity cherry liqueur and nutty amaretto.

Tom collins

This classic is essentially a sour cocktail lengthened with sparkling water. Winningly simple to mix, it makes for a refreshing aperitif. Feel free to swap the gin for other spirits – vodka, cognac, blanco tequila, white rum and blended whisky would all work well.

Gin fizz

A light and bright gin cocktail that's speedy to make. The egg white in this recipe isn't essential but does add a lovely silky texture to the drink.

Rhubarb and rose gin fizz

We’ve given a classic ramos gin fizz an update, swapping the usual orange blossom water for rose water and adding a touch of homemade rhubarb syrup to give it a blush of pink.

Classic bellini

Planning an Easter brunch? This fruity sparkling wine cocktail is just the ticket. Made using chilled prosecco and white peach purée, it's an easy-drinking, low-ABV aperitif. If you can't find white peaches then yellow will also work. For a drier cocktail swap the prosecco for brut champagne or crémant.

Aperol mimosa

Another brunch-worthy addition, here Aperol adds grown-up bitterness and colour to this classic drink.

Baileys cocktail

We love sipping a sweet dessert cocktail in lieu of pudding if we're feeling too full – this indulgent drink uses double cream, vodka, coffee liqueur and chocolate shavings for a delicious post-supper treat.

Rhubarb gin

Seasonal rhubarb is a magic cocktail ingredient and this easy recipe is foolproof – infuse rhubarb with sugar and gin for several weeks and the end result is a tangy pink liqueur that makes a delicious G&T, sour or highball.