15 Best Camping Cocktails: Easy Cocktail Recipes for Camping
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Get ready to elevate your camping experience with these 15 easy-to-make, mouthwatering camping cocktails that will have you enjoying the great outdoors in style.
1. Campfire Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
– Bourbon or whiskey
– Angostura bitters
– Sugar cube
– Orange slice
– Ice
Muddle an orange slice and sugar cube with two dashes of bitters in a glass. Add ice and pour in bourbon or whiskey to taste. Stir until well mixed.
2. Spiked Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
– Hot chocolate mix
– Milk or water
– Peppermint schnapps
– Whipped cream
– Mini marshmallows (optional)
Prepare hot chocolate as usual, but add a shot of peppermint schnapps for a warming kick. Top with whipped cream and marshmallows if desired.
3. Pineapple Cider Rum Punch
Ingredients:
– Pineapple juice
– Apple cider
– Dark rum
– Lime juice
Mix equal parts pineapple juice, apple cider, and dark rum in a glass or pitcher. Add a splash of lime juice for a refreshing twist.
4. Campside Margarita
Ingredients:
– Tequila
– Triple sec
– Lime juice
In a shaker, mix 2 oz tequila, 1 oz triple sec, and 1 oz lime juice with ice. Pour into a salt-rimmed glass and enjoy.
5. Citrus Wine Spritzer
Ingredients:
– White wine
– Lemon-lime soda
Pour equal parts white wine and lemon-lime soda into a glass over ice. Stir gently to combine.
6. Spiked Arnold Palmer
Ingredients:
– Iced tea
– Lemonade
Mix equal parts iced tea and lemonade for a classic Arnold Palmer, then spike it with your favorite vodka or whiskey.
7. Campfire Mule
Ingredients:
– Vodka
– Ginger beer
– Lime juice
Fill a copper mug with ice, pour in 2 oz vodka, a squeeze of lime juice, and top off with ginger beer. Stir and garnish with a lime wedge.
8. Blackberry Smash
Ingredients:
– Blackberries
– Mint leaves
– Lemon juice
– Simple syrup
Muddle blackberries and mint leaves at the bottom of a glass. Add ice, a squeeze of lemon juice, and 2 oz of bourbon or gin. Stir and top with a splash of soda water.
9. Cucumber Cooler
Ingredients:
– Gin
– Tonic water
– Cucumber slices
Muddle cucumber slices in the bottom of a glass, add ice and pour in 2 oz gin. Top off with tonic water and gently stir to combine.
10. Campari Spritz
Ingredients:
– Campari
– Prosecco
In a wine glass filled with ice, mix equal parts Campari and prosecco. Top off with soda water and garnish with an orange slice.
11. Maple Bourbon Apple Cider
Ingredients:
– Apple cider
– Bourbon
Warm apple cider on the stovetop or over the campfire. Pour 2 oz bourbon into a mug and top with warm apple cider. Add a splash of maple syrup to taste.
12. Hot Toddy
Ingredients:
-Bourbon or whiskey
-Lemon juice
-Honey
-Hot water
In a mug, mix 1 oz honey, 2 oz bourbon or whiskey, and 2 tsp lemon juice. Fill the mug with hot water and stir until honey is dissolved.