25 Easy & Delicious New Year’s Eve Cocktails to Sip While the Ball Drops

This classic cocktail is a mix of gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup, with Champagne poured on top.

A classic cocktail made with cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon.

The Aperol spritz is one of the most popular cocktails in Italy, and it’s the perfect sipper when you want something light and refreshing. It’s a great balance of bitter, sweet, and citrusy. Once you have a bottle of Aperol on hand, you can use it to make other delicious cocktails like a Paper Plane or an Aperol margarita.

This classic cocktail is perfectly balanced. All you need is lime, simple syrup, and gin.

This classic Italian cocktail with Campari is a bubbly twist on a traditional Negroni.

This modern classic is a balanced, refreshing combination of bourbon, Aperol, amaro, and lemon juice.

A fresh and floral Italian cocktail featuring elderflower syrup, bubbly Prosecco, and soda water.

Sip on tequila, Campari, fresh lime and grapefruit juice.

Mimosas are simple to make and calls for just two ingredients (the Cointreau is optional). You can easily make it for any special occasion like New Year's Eve, Mother’s Day, or just for a casual brunch on the weekend.

The classic cocktail made by stirring rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and Angostura bitters together.

A spicy twist on the classic gin cocktail, made with honey, fresh lemons, and jalapeño peppers.

This step-by-step guide to making this classic cocktail in the comfort of your own home.

This twist on the classic French 75 is refreshing and lighly fizzy, with a hint of sweetness.

Made with applejack, maple syrup, and Angostura bitters, this winter cocktail is a seasonal twist on an old-fashioned.

A light, delicate and refreshing pitcher spritzer with sparkling wine, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, cucumber, and lemon.

Honey-ginger syrup and smoky Islay scotch make this modern classic cocktail cozy, even over ice.

The pisco sour has a lot going for it: Sweet, tart, a tiny bit bitter, and a touch rich from the foamed egg white. With its two distinct layers and swirl of aromatic bitters on top, it’s visually stunning and worth the extra shaking it takes to produce this pretty cocktail.

Aromatic Angostura bitters add a layer of complexity to this classic cocktail.

Aperol spritz meets classic margarita.

A kir royale tastes like a glass of Champagne amped up with a sweet currant flavor. Light, fizzy, and pleasantly pink, they're just as simple to make as they are tasty.

A simple homemade grapefruit shrub is the base of this refreshing and spritzy pitcher cocktail.

Learn how to make refreshing white sangria — the best make-ahead pitcher cocktail for entertaining. Once the party starts, there’s no need to make individual drinks: Simply fill glasses with the fresh and fruity sangria and top with a splash of bubbly.

The brilliantly hued juice from blood oranges makes a striking and delicious pitcher drink.

Most French 75 recipes call for gin, but Arnaud's in New Orleans uses cognac instead.

With very little effort, you can make a pitcher of gorgeous sangria that's perfect to share with friends on New Year's Eve, with brunch appetizers, or for happy hour on your porch.