Holiday Sips: Festive Mocktail Recipes to Toast the Season

If you’re celebrating the holidays sans alcohol, partaking in dry January or just don’t drink, we suggest scrolling Sarah Stephens’ Instagram (@foragingforcocktails) for her exquisite mocktail recipes. The local mixologist has been sharing recipes for her tantalizing nonalcoholic sips, including these seasonal drinks, featuring some of her Mōhala Expressions handcrafted syrups, made from invasive plants, fruits and flowers foraged on O‘ahu.

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Vined Passion

Ingredients (individual serving)

• Purée from 1 liliko‘i (approx. 1-1.5 oz.) 
• 1.25 oz. fresh lemon juice  
• 1.5 oz. Mōhala Expressions Butterfly Ginger Blossom Syrup  
• 3 dashes Scrappy’s Bitters Firewater Bitters (can substitute chile pepper water)

Instructions

Combine ingredients, shake and strain over ice.

SEE ALSO: Syrups by Mōhala Expressions Put Hawai‘i’s Wildflowers and Plants Into Your Glass

Photos: Courtesy of Sarah Stephens

Head Over Heels

Ingredients (individual serving)

• 1 oz. Cold Brew Coffee
• 6 red raspberries, muddled
• 1 oz. Mōhala Expressions cinnamon Demerara syrup
• 1/4 oz. orange juice
• 5 dashes chocolate bitters

Instructions

Combine ingredients, shake, and strain over ice. For a version with alcohol, substitute the chocolate bitters with 1.5 ounces of Kōloa Cacao Rum.

SEE ALSO: The Ultimate Guide to Holiday Happenings on O‘ahu

Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Stephens

Kaua‘i Spice Mulled Wine

Ingredients (batch size)

• 1 bottle of dealcoholized red wine, such as Ariel or Fre
• 6 oz. local honey
• 4 oz. orange juice
• 10 cinnamon sticks
• 20 all-spice berries

Instructions

Combine ingredients and heat over medium heat while stirring occasionally. Serve in individual mugs. For a version with alcohol, use regular red wine and add 12 ounces of Kōloa Kaua‘i Spice Rum.