Cocktail
Cocktail recipes have been around for centuries, with the earliest known recipe dating back to the early 1800s. The cocktail as we know it today originated in the United States, but its roots can be traced back to Europe.
The word "cocktail" is believed to have originated from the French word "coquetier," which means "egg cup." This is likely due to the fact that early cocktails were often made with egg whites.
The first recorded use of the word "cocktail" in print was in the 1806 edition of The Balance and Columbian Repository, a newspaper published in Hudson, New York. The paper's editor, Harry Croswell, defined a cocktail as "a stimulating liquor composed of any kind of sugar, water and bitters."
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Recipes
Smoky Seafood Cocktails
- chile sauce
- coriander seed
- fennel seed
- salt
- horseradish
- lemon
- scallop
- hot pimentón de la vera
- red pepper
- shrimp
- stone crab claw
- garlic
- water
Hurricane Cocktail
- orange juice
- grenadine
- maple syrup
- lime
- dark rum
- light rum
- passion fruit juice
- orange
- maraschino cherry
Champagne Cocktail
- lemon twist
- lemon juice
- maple syrup
- bitter
- champagne
Margarita Cocktail
- triple sec
- tequila
- lime juice
- lime
- salt
Rusty Nail Cocktail
- scotch whisky
- drambuie
Painkiller Cocktail
- coconut cream
- orange juice
- dark
- pineapple juice
- pineapple
- nutmeg
Holly Jolly Christmas Citrus Cocktail
- thyme
- st germain
- clementine
- vodka
- ginger beer
- pomegranate aril
Holiday Cheermeister Cocktail
- pomegranate juice
- prosecco
- squeeze orange juice
- bourbon
- pomegranate aril
- orange zest
Paloma Tequila Cocktail
- lime juice
- tequila
- grapefruit soda
- lime
- salt
The Famous Bellini Cocktail
- lemon juice
- sugar
- peach puree
- ice
- white peach
- prosecco
- peach
The Beautiful Cocktail
- cognac
- grand marnier
Paper Plane Cocktail
- amaro
- aperol
- bourbon
- lemon juice
Old-Fashioned Cocktail
- sugar
- bourbon
- bitter
- maraschino cherry
- orange peel
Classic Peruvian Pisco Sour Cocktail
- egg white
- maple syrup
- pisco
- aromatic bitter
- key lime juice
Kir Cocktail
- crème de cassis liqueur
- white wine
Roasted Shrimp Cocktail With Aioli
- horseradish
- hot sauce
- ketchup
- salt
- egg yolk
- lemon juice
- black pepper
- shrimp
- olive oil
The Sidecar Cocktail
- triple sec
- brandy
- lemon juice
- lemon
Screwdriver Cocktail
- vodka
- orange juice
- orange
Dirty Shirley Cocktail
- grenadine
- vodka
- lemon lime soda
- lime wedge
- maraschino cherry
Colorado Bulldog Cocktail
- coffee liqueur
- light cream
- vodka
- cola
Aviation Cocktail
- lemon juice
- crème de violette liqueur
- maraschino liqueur
- gin
- lemon peel
The Negroni Cocktail
- campari
- gin
- sweet vermouth
- orange twist
French 75 Cocktail
- maple syrup
- lemon juice
- gin
- champagne
- lemon twist
Godfather Cocktail
- scotch whisky
- amaretto liqueur
Frozen Piña Colada Cocktail
- coconut cream
- pineapple juice
- ice
- lime juice
- light rum
- pineapple
- maraschino cherry
The Scarlett O'Hara Cocktail
- lime juice
- southern comfort
- cranberry juice
- lime
The Bushwacker Cocktail
- ice
- coffee liqueur
- dark crème de cacao liqueur
- dark rum
- coconut cream
- milk
Classic Sazerac Cocktail
- sugar
- absinthe
- rye whiskey
- peychaud bitter
- lemon twist
Golden Cadillac Cocktail
- cream
- galliano autentico liqueur
- white crème de cacao liqueur
Rum Runner Cocktail
- banana liqueur
- dark
- light rum
- pineapple juice
- grenadine
- blackberry liqueur
- fruit
Bloody Maria Cocktail
- lime juice
- dijon mustard
- horseradish
- tequila
- celery salt
- black pepper
- tabasco sauce
- worcestershire sauce
- tomato juice
- celery
- lemon
Seafood Cocktail Sauce
- tabasco
- chili sauce
- ketchup
- horseradish
- lemon juice
- black pepper
- salt
Vieux Carré Cocktail
- bénédictine liqueur
- angostura bitter
- peychaud bitter
- cognac
- rye whiskey
- sweet vermouth
- cherry
Classic Gin Fizz Cocktail
- egg white
- gin
- soda water
- lemon
- maple syrup
- lemon peel
Orange Creamsicle Cocktail
- half
- orange juice
- vanilla
- triple sec
- orange
Aperol Spritz Cocktail
- orange
- club soda
- aperol
- prosecco
Poisoned Orchard Cocktail
- sugar
- water
- apple brandy
- apple spice syrup
- clove
- cardamom
- dark rum
- cinnamon
- honeycrisp apple
- lemon juice
- cran apple juice
- cinnamon
- ice
- ice
- ginger beer
- sugar
Dark 'n Stormy Cocktail
- lime juice
- dark rum
- ginger beer
- lime
Painkiller Cocktail
- coconut cream
- orange juice
- dark rum
- pineapple juice
- pineapple
- nutmeg
- ice
Smith & Kearns Cocktail
- club soda
- coffee liqueur
- cream
Shrimp Cocktail
- SHRIMP
- salt
- celery seed
- red chile powder
- shrimp
- lemon
- ice
- COCKTAIL SAUCE
- salt
- tabasco sauce
- garlic
- ketchup
- horseradish
- lemon juice
- CURRIED HONEY MUSTARD
- salt
- lemon juice
- curry powder
- cayenne pepper
- mayonnaise
- dijon mustard
- honey
- GARLICKY DILL BUTTER
- salt
- sugar
- butter
- dill
- lemon juice
- garlic
Gingerbread Mule Cocktail
- ginger
- water
- gingerbread syrup
- orange zest
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- lime juice
- unsulphured molasses
- allspice
- clove
- bourbon
- dark brown sugar
- ginger beer
- cinnamon
- rosemary
- ice
Zombie Brains Halloween Cocktail
- chambord
- pomegranate juice
- raspberry
- orange juice
- vodka
- ice
- ice
- ginger ale
The Real Harvey Wallbanger Cocktail
- vodka
- galliano autentico liqueur
- orange juice
- orange
- maraschino cherry
Brandy Alexander Cocktail
- brandy
- cream
- dark crème de cacao liqueur
- nutmeg
California Surfer Cocktail
- coconut rum
- jägermeister
- pineapple juice
Vodka Collins Cocktail
- lemon juice
- vodka
- maple syrup
- club soda
- orange
- maraschino cherry
Pink Squirrel Cocktail Recipe
- heavy cream
- crème de noyaux liqueur
- white crème de cacao liqueur
- nutmeg
Purple Haze Cocktail
- vodka
- black raspberry liqueur
- cranberry juice
- mint
- blackberry
The Deathly Hallows Cocktail
- maple syrup
- silver tequila
- lemon juice
- orange liquor
- cranberry
- thyme
- ginger beer
Tequila Sunrise Cocktail
- grenadine
- tequila
- orange juice
- orange
- maraschino cherry
Mudslide Cocktail
- coffee liqueur
- irish cream liqueur
- vodka
French 77 Cocktail
- elderflower liqueur
- lemon juice
- champagne
- ice
- lemon twist
The Half Blood Prince Cocktail
- maple syrup
- bourbon
- raspberry liquor
- pomegranate juice
- lemon juice
- pomegranate aril
The Last Word Cocktail
- gin
- green chartreuse liqueur
- lime juice
- maraschino liqueur
Classic Gin & It Cocktail
- gin
- maraschino cherry
- sweet vermouth
Blue Hawaiian Cocktail
- rum
- pineapple juice
- blue curaçao liqueur
- coconut cream
- pineapple
- maraschino cherry
B&B Cocktail
- bénédictine liqueur
- brandy
Sage-Fig Cocktail
- water
- sugar
- orange liqueur
- sage syrup
- white rum
- black mission fig
- sage
- lemon juice
- club soda
- ice
The Woo Woo Cocktail
- peach schnapp
- vodka
- cranberry juice
- lime
Rob Roy (Scotch Manhattan) Cocktail
- scotch whisky
- bitter
- sweet vermouth
- maraschino cherry
Bliss on the Beach Cocktail
- vodka
- crème de cassis liqueur
- cranberry juice
- orange juice
- peach schnapp
- orange
- maraschino cherry
Tom Collins Cocktail
- lemon juice
- gin
- maple syrup
- club soda
- lemon
- maraschino cherry
Chocolatini Cocktail
- vanilla vodka
- irish cream liqueur
- chocolate liqueur
- chocolate
Classic Gibson Cocktail
- vermouth
- cocktail onion
- gin
Chilcano de Pisco: A Peruvian Brandy Cocktail
- lime juice
- pisco
- ginger ale
- lime
Classic Singapore Sling Cocktail
- bénédictine liqueur
- lime juice
- gin
- cherry liqueur
- maple syrup
- club soda
- lemon
- maraschino cherry
Nuts and Berries Cocktail
- black raspberry liqueur
- hazelnut liqueur
- milk
Sneaky Pete Rye Whiskey Cocktail
- coffee liqueur
- rye whiskey
- milk
Gingered Bourbon-Apple Cider Cocktail
- orange
- spiced apple cider
- brown sugar
- cinnamon
- bourbon
- apple
- ice
- ginger ale
- water
Gin-Gin Mule Cocktail
- maple syrup
- gin
- lime juice
- ginger beer
- mint
- mint
The Godmother Cocktail
- vodka
- amaretto
Planter's Punch Cocktail
- dark rum
- lime juice
- grenadine
- club soda
- pineapple juice
- seasonal fruit
Flirtini Cocktail
- champagne
- pineapple juice
- vodka
- triple sec
- pineapple
- maraschino cherry
Golden Dream Cocktail
- cream
- galliano autentico liqueur
- orange juice
- triple sec
Salsa cocktail
- brandy cucchiaino
- olio di di girasole
- pepe nero
- sale fino
- salsa ketchup
- succo di limone
- tabasco
- tuorli
- worcestershire sauce cucchiaino
RumChata Lemon Cake Cocktail
- limoncello
- rumchata cream liqueur
Mamie Taylor Cocktail
- lime juice
- scotch whisky
- ginger ale
- lime
Brave Bull Cocktail
- kahlua coffee liqueur
- blanco tequila
Poinsettia Champagne Cocktail
- orange liqueur
- champagne
- cranberry juice
- rosemary
- cranberry
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Correlated with Higher Ratings
- white crème de cacao liqueur
- scotch whisky
- chocolate liqueur
- absinthe
- cognac
- blanco tequila
- irish whiskey
- peppermint schnapp
- maraschino liqueur
- dark rum
- cream
- melon liqueur
- honey
- champagne
- campari
- whiskey
- ice
- amaretto liqueur
- brandy
Staple Ingredients
- lemon juice 14%
- lime juice 12%
- vodka 10%
- maple syrup 10%
- gin 9%
- sugar 9%
- lime 6%
- ice 6%
- lemon 6%
- maraschino cherry 6%
- orange juice 6%
- sweet vermouth 6%
- orange 5%
Common Ingredients
- mint 4%
- water 4%
- club soda 4%
- grenadine 4%
- lemon twist 4%
- pineapple juice 4%
- vermouth 3%
- cinnamon 3%
- salt 3%
- triple sec 3%
- aromatic bitter 3%
- bourbon whiskey 3%
- bitter 3%
- brandy 3%
- cranberry juice 3% See More
- light rum 3%
- champagne 2%
- orange bitter 2%
- rum 2%
- coffee liqueur 2%
- cream 2%
- egg white 2%
- tequila 2%
- dark rum 2%
- ginger beer 2%
Usual Ingredients
- ginger ale 2%
- grapefruit juice 2%
- nutmeg 2%
- strawberry 2%
- absinthe 2%
- bourbon 2%
- campari 2%
- elderflower liqueur 2%
- ginger 2%
- orange peel 2%
- angostura bitter 2%
- pineapple 2%
- whiskey 2%
- amaretto liqueur 2%
- orange liqueur 2% See More
- scotch whisky 2%
- whipped cream 2%
- honey 1%
- maraschino liqueur 1%
- milk 1%
- agave nectar 1%
- apple 1%
- cognac 1%
- cucumber 1%
- horseradish 1%
- irish whiskey 1%
- lemon lime soda 1%
- lemon peel 1%
- orange twist 1%
- pomegranate juice 1%
- rosemary 1%
- worcestershire sauce 1%
- apple cider 1%
- cherry 1%
- cranberry 1%
- raspberry 1%
- rye whiskey 1%
- shrimp 1%
- apricot brandy 1%
- half 1%
- honey syrup 1%
- orange curaçao liqueur 1%
- peach 1%
- blanco tequila 1%
- blue curaçao liqueur 1%
- coconut cream 1%
- melon liqueur 1%
- prosecco 1%
- basil 1%
- bénédictine liqueur 1%
- blackberry 1%
- peach schnapp 1%
- sloe gin 1%
- sparkling wine 1%
- banana liqueur 1%
- black pepper 1%
- brandy based orange liqueur 1%
- celery 1%
- chocolate liqueur 1%
- cinnamon syrup 1%
- cola 1%
- ginger liqueur 1%
- grapefruit 1%
- ketchup 1%
- lemonade 1%
- peppermint schnapp 1%
- peychaud bitter 1%
- raspberry liqueur 1%
- soda water 1%
- sour 1%
- vanilla vodka 1%
- white crème de cacao liqueur 1%
- aperol 1%
- brown sugar 1%
- heavy cream 1%
- irish cream liqueur 1%
- lime wedge 1%
- luxardo cherry 1%
- reposado tequila 1%
- southern comfort 1%
- tomato juice 1%
- vanilla ice cream 1%
- 1%
- black raspberry liqueur 1%
- canadian whisky 1%
- chocolate 1%
- chocolate vodka 1%
- cilantro 1%
- citrus vodka 1%
- coconut rum 1%
- dark crème de cacao liqueur 1%
- galliano autentico liqueur 1%
- hot sauce 1%
- jägermeister 1%
- jalapeño 1%
- lime twist 1%
- orange zest 1%
- orgeat syrup 1%
- pear 1%
- sage 1%
- sparkling water 1%
- spiced rum 1%
- tabasco sauce 1%
- vanilla bean 1%
- vanilla extract 1%
- white rum 1%