Strawberry Smash Mocktail

This Strawberry Smash Mocktail is the perfect non-alcoholic drink for strawberry lovers! This tasty drink is not only refreshing, but super fun to make. This recipe uses non-alcoholic gin to add some extra flavor, plus lots of fresh fruit! You won't miss the booze with this delicious drink.

Since this is a virgin drink, it's great for Dry January, Sober October or just anytime you are looking to cut back on the booze. It's a great Valentine's Day or Galentine's Day recipe too!

Looking for some more tasty mocktails? This gorgeous Raspberry Mocktail uses tea and fresh raspberry syrup for a fancy non-alcoholic sip, and this Mango Hibiscus mocktail uses hibiscus tea. Or, try out the Tequila Sunrise Mocktail, the Grapefruit Mocktail with cinnamon, or this Pomegranate Spritzer mocktail.

If you're on the hunt for more Valentine's day drinks, try out the delicious Floradora gin cocktail, the dreamy pink Dirty Shirley vodka cocktail, or the showstopping Pink Lemonade Martini!

Ingredients

To make this drink, I used a non-alcoholic gin. My favorite is Monday Zero Alcohol Gin, but Lyre's Dry London spirit is another good one to try.

For the fruit, you'll need some ripe strawberries and fresh lemon.

You'll also need some grenadine syrup and seltzer (I used lime seltzer, but lemon or grapefruit seltzer also work really well).

Variations

If you want to make this drink into a cocktail, you can just use real gin! Or, if you want to keep it a mocktail but don't have the non-alcoholic gin, just use more seltzer or some juniper syrup.

For some additional flavor, try adding some fresh mint leaves, fresh rosemary, or fresh sage into the glass when you are muddling the fruit.

You can also try using some ginger beer or grapefruit soda in place of the seltzer.

Equipment

To make this drink, you'll need a few basic bar tools like a shaker, strainer, bar spoon, and a jigger to measure the liquids.

Since you'll need to smash up the fruit, you'll also want to have a muddler.

For the serving glass, I used these ribbed glasses with short stems. Any highball glass will work great here too.

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Instructions

Start out by adding your cut up lemon and strawberries to a cocktail shaker. Use a muddler to smash up the fruit until you've gotten out as much juice as possible.

Then, add in your grenadine syrup.

Add in the non-alcoholic gin, and then fill your cocktail shaker with ice.

Seal up your shaker and give everything a good shake, for about 15 seconds.

Then add fresh ice to your cocktail serving glass.

Strain your drink into the serving glass, and then top it off with your seltzer.

Give the drink a gentle stir just to combine.

If you want to use a garnish, add a lemon slice and a fresh strawberry to a cocktail pick. I kind of wrapped the lemon slice around the strawberry so it's like a mini fruit taco!

Rest the garnish on top of the drink, serve, and enjoy!

Hint: If you aren't getting enough juice out of your fruit, try getting your fruit to room temperature before smashing it up! You can let it sit out for a while, or microwave it for a few seconds.