We’re days away until Valentine’s Day, but love is already in the air! Chocolates are flooding the grocery aisles, and fresh blooms are being prepped into stunning bouquets. While these are a great option for boyfriends and girlfriends scrambling to find a romantic gift to buy their loved ones, you can also turn up the heat on Valentine’s Day with a delicious cocktail. Whether you’re looking for a drink that can be paired with your date-night dinner or need a sweet option that’ll impress your sweetheart, we’re sharing some cocktails that make for an excellent V-Day toast. Scroll through some of our favorite Valentine’s Day cocktails that will make your special day more romantic.

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Buchanan’s Pear of Sweethearts

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Buchanan’s DeLuxe 12 YO Scotch Whisky
• 2 oz Fresh Pear Juice
• .5 oz Lemon Juice
• .5 oz Cinnamon Simple Syrup
  • 2-4 Cinnamon Sticks
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 cup Sugar
• Prosecco

Cinnamon Simple Syrup:

• Combine cinnamon sticks, water and sugar into a sauce pan and boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for at least 15 minutes, then strain.

Final cocktail:

1. Add whisky, pear juice, lemon juice and simple syrup into a shaker.
2. Add ice and shake.
3. Strain into a flute.
4. Top with Prosecco.
5. Garnish with pear slice.

Cherry Smash by @spirited_marilita

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. Grand Brulot
• 1 oz. Bourbon
• 1/2 oz. Cherry liqueur 
• 1/2 oz. syrup from bourbon cherries
• 10 drops coffee pecan bitters 
• 4 Fresh cherries 
• Spray of Absinthe 

Preparation:

1. In the bottom of a shaker muddle the fresh cherries with the syrup.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and shake with ice.
3. Fine strain into an ice-filled glass.
4. Top with a spray of absinthe and garnish with bourbon cherries on a pick. 

I.W. Harper Old-Fashioned Romance

Ingredients:                                                                       

• 1.5 fl oz I.W. Harper
• 1 dash Orange Bitters
• 1 fash Aromatic Bitters
• 1 bar spoon Vanilla Liqueur
• 1 bar spoon Coffee Demerara

Glassware: Ice-filled old-fashioned glass

Garnish: Orange peel, 3 coffee beans                               

Preparation: Combine all ingredients in an old-fashioned glass, add ice and stir.          

Pomegranate Ginger Bubbly

Ingredients:

• 1/2 can Spicy Ginger Volley
• ½ oz. triple sec
• Juice of ½ lime
• Top with pomegranate juice

Preparation: Garnish with an orange and/or lime wheel and pomegranate seeds