The 10 Best Cocktails to Make for Your New Year’s Eve Party

When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, a bottle of bubbly is practically a party prerequisite. But what about the rest of the soirée?

Fear not, party planners, because as the countdown to 2024 approaches, we’ve curated a list of festive drinks as dazzling as the confetti that will soon blanket the street. We’ve got the perfect concoctions for every kind of New Year’s Eve—whether you’re pregaming before hitting the town for a night of glitz, hosting a full-blown holiday party, or cozying up at home for a more intimate affair. Because, let’s face it, those overpriced New Year’s Eve cocktails are so last year.

Consider this your liquid guide to bidding farewell to the old and toasting to the new. So, grab your shaker, don your sparkliest attire, and get ready to clink glasses of something extraordinary—this is no time for an ordinary libation. Cheers to a New Year’s as effervescent as the bubbles in your glass. 

Here are 10 of the best New Year’s cocktails to welcome the new year in high spirits. (You can easily transform most of these cocktail recipes into equally delicious mocktails—simply switch out the alcohol for your favorite non-alcoholic option.)

Smoked Rosemary Negroni Sour

Ingredients

• 1 oz gin 
• 1 oz sweet vermouth 
• 1 oz Campari
• 1/2 oz rosemary syrup
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• Splash of orange juice
• 1 egg white

Agua de Jamaica Hot Toddy

Chef Rick Martinez’s Agua de Jamaica Hot Toddy recipe (yields 4). 

Photo: @chefrickmartinez via Instagram

Ingredients

• ¼ cup of dried hibiscus flowers
• 5 sticks of cinnamon 
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon of whole black peppercorns
• ¼ cup sugar
• 4 cups war
• 6 ounces Añejo tequila
• 1 orange, sliced into ¼ inch rounds for garnish

Eggnog White Russian

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz vanilla vodka
• 1 oz coffee liqueur
• 1/2 oz, or a splash, amaretto liqueur
• 2 oz homemade eggnog 
• Fresh nutmeg or cinnamon for garnish

Limoncello Spritz

Mixologist Kevin Kos’s recipe for the limoncello spritz. 

Photo: @kevin_kos via Instagram

Ingredients

• 2.5 oz prosecco
• 1.25 oz limoncello 
• 0.25 oz elderflower liqueur 
• 2 drops of saline solution
• 1 oz soda 
• Mint for garnish

Brown Sugar Old Fashioned

Ingredients

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 2 dashes bitters
• Cinnamon sticks for garnish

Champagne Punch 

Ingredients

• ½ cup Grand Marnier
• 1 cup vodka
• 2 cups pomegranate juice
• 4 cups chilled ginger ale 
• 2 bottles (750 ml each) chilled Champagne or sparkling wine
• Garnish: 1 orange (sliced), 1 lemon (sliced), 1 pint raspberries, pomegranate seeds, and mint leaves 

Holiday Lemon Drop Martini 

Ingredients

• 2 oz vodka
• 1.5 oz fresh lemon juice 
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• 0.5 oz simple syrup 
• Sugar for the rim 
• Sugared rosemary and cranberries for garnish 

Negroni Sour

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz gin
• 1 oz amaro
• 0.75 oz Campari 
• 0.75 oz lemon juice 
• 0.25 oz orange juice 
• 0.25 oz sugar syrup
• 1 egg white 

Peppermint Espresso Martini 

Ingredients 

• 1.5 oz vodka (or peppermint vodka)
• 1 shot espresso
• ½ oz coffee liqueur
• ½ oz candy cane syrup 
• Candy cane pieces for rim
• Coffee beans for garnish

Big-Batch Cranberry Apple Cider Margarita 

Ingredients