Dry January Mocktails

Dry January is a movement about resetting in the New Year. For some, it’s a way to detox after holiday binging. For others, it’s a chance to start fresh, improve health, and change one’s relationship with alcohol.

Diane Zatz

Diane Zatz is a design educator who grows vegetables and cooks obsessively when not clicking on a computer keyboard.

The Dry January challenge was created in 2013 by the UK by the charity organization Alcohol Change. Now popular all around the globe, it is a time for people to examine their drinking habits after abstaining for a full month.

There are many non-alcoholic options available during Dry January. There are non-alcoholic beer and wine and spirits. Mocktails are a popular alternative that are creative and satisfying. Mocktails are typically made with a combination of fruit juices, syrups, and other non-alcoholic ingredients and are served in a similar way to cocktails. Virgin Marys (non-alcoholic Bloody Marys) and Shirley Temples (ginger ale and grenadine with a cherry) may be the best-known classic mocktails, but there are ever expanding variations of flavors and styles in fantastic combinations that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, all year.

Some of our seasonal favorite recipes are:

Fall: New England Express

Winter: Cider Snap Mocktail

Spring: Bloom Berry Mocktail

Summer: Corzo Pepino Mocktail

And there are many colorful recipes to try, including a pretty in pink Mediterranean Diabolo, and the refreshing red Front Street Raspberry Cooler.

Search MOCKTAILS on thecookscook.com for more.

Diane Zatz

Diane Zatz is a graphic designer, educator, and editor at The Cook’s Cook. Diane and her husband divide their time between Philadelphia and their family farm in Lancaster County, Pa. They enjoy their off-screen time planting seeds and pulling weeds.