Hen Party Ideas: 9 Easy Cocktail Recipes

Usually cocktail-making and hen party ideas only cross paths if the party is booked in for a cocktail-making class, but mixing up some classy concoctions at home can be just as fun!

If you’re looking for some simple hen party ideas, cocktails are a classic way to spice up any party. The internet is full-to-bursting with excellent recipes, but a lot of them are complicated, time-consuming and full of random ingredients that you’re not going to find in your local supermarket or off-licence.

However, here at Henit we’ve taken the liberty of scouring the world wide web to find the simplest, most scrumptious hen party cocktail recipes for our lovely hens to serve at their soirées!

There’s something for everyone on this list, from the prosecco lovers to the whiskey-worshippers, so get those muddlers and mixers out, ladies. Cocktails are the queens of great hen party ideas!

(Note: For these cocktail recipes, it’s advisable to purchase a cocktail-mixing set if you haven’t got one already. Check out Amazon for some quality, affordable mixing kits. )

 

1. Raspberry Daiquiri

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

• 50ml/shot of light rum
• 25ml lime juice
• 2 spoons of caster sugar
• 6 raspberries

Method:

1. Add 5 raspberries and sugar into mixing glass.
2. Muddle down both ingredients into a paste.
3. Add other 2 ingredients and fill the mixing glass with cubed ice.
4. Shake well for 10 – 15 seconds.
5. Double strain drink into a glass.
6. Garnish with a raspberry.

Original recipe here. 

 

2. Bourbon Cherry Coke

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 2 shots of bourbon
• 1 ¼ cups fresh cherries, pitted
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Bottle of cold Coca Cola

Method:

1. Muddle together the cherries, bourbon and sugar in a jar.
2. Cover and leave in the fridge overnight, if possible.
3. Remove from fridge, split between glasses over ice.
4. Top with cold coca-cola before serving.

Original recipe here.

 

 

3. Champagne Margarita

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

• Juice of 4 fresh limes
• 2 oz. Tequila
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 2 oz. triple sec
• 1 (750 ml) bottle of champagne or prosecco
• lime wedges for garnish
• salt for rimming the glasses.

Method:

1. First rim your glasses. Dip the rim of each glass in a shallow dish of water and then into a shallow dish of kosher salt.
2. Mix all the ingredients together for the margarita base. (Lime juice, tequila, pineapple juice, triple sec)
3. Add some of the margarita mixture to each glass.
4. Top with the prosecco or champagne.
5. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Original recipe here. 

4. Woo Woo

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

• half-shot of Peach Schnapps
• half-shot of Vodka
• 90 ml Cranberry Juice

Method:

1. Pour all ingredients into a glass over ice cubes
2. Stir with spoon for 15 seconds and serve

Original recipe here. 

5. Malibu Sunset

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

• 3 to 4 ounces pineapple-orange juice
• Shot of Malibu Coconut Rum
• grenadine
• maraschino cherries, for garnishing
• pineapple and/or orange slices, for garnishing

Method:

1. Add ice to glass.
2. Add juice, Malibu, and stir.
3. Drizzle in grenadine.
4. Garnish with cherries, pineapple, and/or orange slices.
5. Serve immediately.

Original recipe here.

6. Whiskey Sour

Ingredients:

• 2 parts bourbon
• 1 part lemon juice
• ½ part sugar syrup
• ½ part egg white
• Cubed ice
• To garnish: 1 cherry and an orange slice

Method:

1. Put ice and all of the ingredients into a shaker.
2. shake hard for about 20 seconds to chill the liquid really well.
3. Strain the mix into a glass filled with ice.
4. garnish with the cherry and orange slices.
5. Serve.

Original recipe here. 

 

7. Mermaid Water (Our Personal Favourite!)

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 2 shots Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
• 2 shots Coconut Rum
• 6 oz (180 ml) parts Pineapple Juice
• 1/2 oz (15 ml) Lime Juice
• Splash of Blue Curacao
• Lime Slices for Garnish
• Ice

Method:

1. Place ice and lime slices into a glass.
2. Pour both the spiced rum and the coconut rum into the glass
3. Add the pineapple juice and lime juice
4. Drizzle with blue curacao
5. serve immediately

Original recipe here. 

8. Strawberry Long Island Iced Tea

Serves: Makes a pitcher of tea, alcohol added to personal preference

Ingredients:

• 1.8 liters hot black tea
• 1/3 – 2/3 cup superfine sugar
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 900g strawberries, fresh, washed and hulled
• Shot of Vodka , Tequila or gin to taste

Method:

1. Pour the tea into a ceramic or glass mixing bowl.
2. Add the 1/3 (or more) cup of sugar and the lemon juice.
3. Stir through to dissolve the sugar. Test to see if it requires additional sweetening or lemon juice and adjust accordingly. Let cool.
4. Put several strawberries to one side for garnish. Purée the remaining strawberries.
5. Push the purée through a fine-sieve to remove pips, etc. Press on the mixture with the back of a wooden spoon.
6. Once the tea has cooled, add the puree and mix through thoroughly. Place in the refrigerator for at least a half hour to chill.
7. Add some of your favourite white spirit and a few ice cubes to each glass, fill with strawberry iced tea mix, garnish with one of the remaining strawberries. Enjoy!

Original recipe here.

9. Lemon-Berry Sangria

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

• 1 lemon (thinly sliced)
• 2 tbsp sugar
• ¼ cup strawberries (de-stemmed & sliced)
• 1 bottle prosecco

Method: 

1. Place the lemons in the bottom of a pitcher or punch bowl.
2. Sprinkle the sugar on top and muddle.
3. Add the sliced strawberries.
4. Muddle the strawberries into the lemons.
5. Add the prosecco to the pitcher.
6. Fill with ice and serve.

Original recipe here.