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? Check out our Easter dinner recipes and Easter baking ideas.
11 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 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.