Someone holding a chocolate cherry martini in a glass

14 Easter cocktails

Hannah Guinness

Published: April 1, 2026 at 11:31 PM

loading...

Get 5 months for £5 when you subscribe today

Our Easter cocktail recipes are perfect for sipping over the bank holiday. These indulgent seasonal drinks range from creamy chocolate martinis to hot-cross bun sours

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? We have an Easter recipes collection packed with inspiration. Check out our Easter dinner recipes and Easter baking ideas, including the best Easter cakes and Easter desserts.

Best 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.

Hot-Cross Amaretto Sour

Chocolate cherry martini

A smooth, chocolate twist on a vodka martini, made extra sweet with maraschino liqueur. The perfect way to use up any leftover Easter chocolate. If the idea of left-over Easter egg chocolate is a foreign concept to you, swap in good-quality dark chocolate. A drizzle of syrup from the jar of cherries lends extra fruity depth.

Someone holding a chocolate cherry martini in a glass

Grapefruit sharing mimosa

This sharp and zesty cocktail is a twist on the classic mimosa – the orange juice is swapped for grapefruit and a little triple sec to balance the tart citrus. It makes a great Easter brunch sharing cocktail for the long weekend celebrations.

Two glasses of grapefruit sharing mimosa next to a jug of the same cocktail

Mint gimlet

Refreshing mint is a match made in heaven for the citrus zing of a gimlet in this bright and tangy cocktail, ideal to serve over the long Easter weekend.

Someone holding a mint gin gimlet

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.

Chocolate martini in a glass with a cocktail shaker at the side

Rosé negroni sbagliato

You'll need Lillet Rosé and pink fizz to make this light and floral spin on the classic Italian cocktail.

Negroni Sbagliato Cocktail Recipe with Rosé Wine

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.

A highball glass filled with a cocktail, garnished with a red cherry and set against an orange background

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.

A tall glass filled with a light peach-coloured cocktail with a foamy top and garnished with a slice of lemon on a terrazzo board

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.

Valentines Cocktail For Gin Fizz With Rhubarb Syrup

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.

Bellini cocktail in a tall glass

Aperol mimosa

Another brunch-worthy addition, here Aperol adds grown-up bitterness and colour to this classic drink.

Mimosa Cocktail Recipe

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.

Two Baileys cocktails topped with chocolate shavings

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.

Rhubarb gin and tonic in a glass with a jar of rhubarb behind

Authors

Hannah GuinnessSenior sub editor and drinks writer

Comments, questions and tips

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

CommentQuestionTip

Want to see this content?

This page contains olivemagazine content provided by Google reCAPTCHA. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies and other technologies. To view this content, choose 'Accept and continue' to allow Google reCAPTCHA and its required purposes.

Accept and continue