Love Potion #9 Cocktail Recipe for Valentine's Day: When Whiskey Meets Champagne Cocktails Holidays

Love champagne, but deep down you're a whiskey kind of girl? You can have both with this refreshing cranberry whiskey cocktail recipe. And with its pretty red color, this Love Potion #9 cocktail is perfect for Valentine's Day.

The refreshing cocktail is a combination of whiskey or bourbon, Grand Marnier (orange liqueur), cranberry juice and champagne for a little fizz action. The ingredients are shaken together in a cocktail shaker before being poured over ice. 

For fun, garnish this whiskey champagne cocktail with a cute heart-shaped cranberry ice cube. If you want the cocktail even redder, add some red food coloring to the shaker.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1

Ingredients

• 1 ounce whiskey or bourbon
• 1 ounce Grand Marnier
• 1 ounce cranberry juice
• champagne

Here’s how to make it:

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the whiskey, Grand Marnier and cranberry juice. Add ice and shake.
2. Strain into a martini glass or highball glass.
3. Add champagne to almost fill the glass. 
4. Add a little crushed ice. Garnish with a cranberry ice heart, if desired. 

Here's how to make cranberry ice cubes:

• Fill a heart-shaped ice cube tray or regular ice cube tray with cranberry juice. 
• Add some red food coloring, if desired, to make it more red. 
• Freeze until solid. 

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