This holiday beverages post is sponsored by my friends at Megan Media and Tropicana. All words are my own. #MixedwithTrop
With the holidays coming up, I wanted to craft a fun and different cocktail. During the winter months, I feel we focus too much on heavy ingredients for our food and holiday beverages: cream, cranberry, lots of butter, etc… So I wanted to make a cocktail that would be light and refreshing, as well as able to cleanse our palates between meals. Introducing the Watermelon Basil Sparkler.
Who says watermelon is just for summer time? It’s a fantastic palate cleanser, and when mixed with basil, it’s the perfect refresher between courses. Here’s how to make one of the best holiday beverages out there: the Watermelon Basil Sparklers:
For your Holiday Beverages, You will need:
- Tropicana Watermelon Juice
- Champagne – I prefer dry champagne
- 1 package Basil
- Agave Syrup
- Gold Sprinkling Sugar
To make:
- Dip the rim of the champagne flute into the agave syrup until entire rim is coated. Then dip into the gold sprinkling sugar. Let sit for 5 minutes. You can prepare this ahead of time and refrigerate it if you want!
- Pour 1 part Tropicana Watermelon Juice to 2 parts champagne. Garnish with basil leaf.
- Sip and enjoy!!
I am loving this Tropicana Watermelon as a mixer! It’s so delicious and light. I know I’ll be using it a lot this summer for fun cocktails, like margaritas and watermelon martinis. I am such a fan of these Watermelon Sparklers!
I remember Thanksgiving of last year, my stomach was SO over all of the heavy food and drinks. I felt like a ton of bricks for days. Which is why I am making these delicious concoctions this year to lighten up the Thanksgiving and Christmas fare. I can’t wait for everyone to try them!
This sounds so refreshing!
OMG it looks so pretty! I love watermelon drinks so I will have to try this!
I think the light flavor of watermelon is great for cleaning the palette between meals. I love the gold sugar touch you added too!
oh gosh this sounds so wonderful!! Will totally have to try it out! Maybe for thanksgiving weekend brunch!
These look perfect to me for a New Years Eve party!! I’ll need to pick up some of this juice!
This looks so refreshing. I want to serve them on NYE this year. We always host friends and this would be so fun.
This sounds so yummy. I definitely would not have thought to use watermelon.
omg this looks so fancy! I will def be trying this out for my holiday parties!
Oh my gosh! This looks so delicious. I love watermelon and champagne. The perfect combination!
I added this to my YumPrint Cookbook immediately. I love anything with watermelon and champagne. Can’t wait to try this out.
You could totally do this with out alcohol and it looks so pretty with the edge around the glass.
What a wonderful festive drink. I like the gold sugar on the rim to give it class.
This looks so festive! Totally obsessed with the gold rimming 🙂 I don’t drink alcohol but there are so many virgin drinks available that look just as pretty!
That look festive! I don’t drink alcohol but my sister do! She would love that kind of drinks.
Oh wow! I’ve never tried it but it looks refreshing and yummy flavor!
I like this idea! It looks so festive with the New Year coming up soon. I bet it’s tasty too.
I have never seen this Tropicana in watermelon! I am going to have to find it! This drink looks so pretty and sounds yummy!
This sounds like a great idea for a party, especially with the holidays coming! Yum!
Yumm these sound great! I love anything watermelon and my girlfriends and I are always making spritzers or juice mimosas, so this would be a great idea for our holiday party 🙂
These are seriously gorgeous!! What a great idea! It sounds like a great summer drink too. With the gold sugar, it’d be perfect for New Year’s Eve. Thanks for the idea!
I am a sucker for Watermelon everything. I seen this at the store the other day and I had to have it! Yummy!
Wow! This is so easy to make and very festive as well. Perfect for the holidays! I wouldn’t mind serving this during the New Year!