The mimosa is the archetypical brunch drink—the ideal way to combine breakfast with happy hour. And while the classic recipe features champagne and chilled orange juice, if you're looking to elevate the experience, there are a myriad of addition, mix-ins and swaps that can breathe new life into your Sunday morning standby.
Here are exciting new mimosa recipes, for parties, brunch, and everything in between.
Apple Cider Mimosas
Ingredients
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 cup apple cider
1 bottle champagne or sparkling wine
Instructions
On a small plate, combine sugar and cinnamon. Dip champagne flutes in water to wet the rims, then dip in cinnamon sugar mixture. Fill champagne flutes 1/4 full with apple cider, then top off with champagne. Makes 4 mimosas.
—From Delish
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Cranberry Fizz
Ingredients
6 oz of prosecco
4 dashes of Fee Brothers Cranberry Bitters
1 sugar cube
Garnish with 1 lemon twist
Instructions
Place cube in bottom of champagne flute then dash with bitters until the cube is covered. Pour prosecco over sugar cube to the top of flute. Garnish with lemon twist.
– Courtesy Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
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Orange Cream Mimosa
Ingredients
2.5 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
1 orange, zested
1 cup half-and-half
1 cup superfine sugar
1 bottle sparkling wine or champagne
Strawberries, for garnish
Instructions
Blend orange juice, zest, half-and-half, and sugar until sugar dissolves. Pour into pan and freeze until hard. Put a scoop of the frozen mix into a glass of your choosing and top with sparkling wine or champagne. Garnish with strawberries. Makes 8-10 mimosas.
– From Food Network
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Bloody Orange Pomegranate Mimosa
Ingredients
.5 oz of blood orange liqueur
1 oz of pomegranate liqueur
5 oz pour of prosecco
2 oz of orange soda or juice
Sliced orange and pomegranate seeds for garnish
Instructions
Combine all but the prosecco in glass. Add splash of prosecco and garnish with pomegranates and sliced oranges.
–Courtesy of Meraki Greek Bistro.
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Tequila and Grapefruit Mimosa
Ingredients
1.5 oz Herradura Silver
1 oz ruby red grapefruit juice
1 oz pamplemousse (grapefruit) liqueur
.75 oz lime juice
Rosé champagne
Himalayan salt
Instructions
In a mixing glass, combine all of the ingredients – slowly pouring the champagne over the top. Garnish with an orange wedge.
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Blood Orange Mimosa
Ingredients
1 bottle prosecco
1.5 cups blood orange juice
1 tbsp super-fine granulated sugar
2 tbsp orange liqueur
Instructions
Chill prosecco. Combine blood orange juice with sugar and orange liqueur in a large measuring cup and stir. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Pour into the bottom of Champagne glasses and slowly top-off with ice-cold prosecco. Makes 4-6 mimosas.
–From Food Network
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Sweet Pea Mimosa
Ingredients
1 cup English peas
.5 cup simple syrup
1.5 oz elderflower liqueur
1 bottle champagne, chilled
Fresh mint leaves, for garnish
Instructions
Puree peas and simple syrup until smooth. Add 1 oz pea mixture and .25 oz elderflower liqueur to a champagne flute. Top with champagne and garnish with mint.
– From Food Network
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Del's Strawberries & Rosé
Ingredients
6 oz of sparkling rosé
3 fresh strawberries
Garnish with one whole strawberry
Instructions
Muddle strawberries, combine with bubbly and shake. Pour into a champagne flute and garnish with whole strawberry.
– Courtesy of Del Frisco’s Grille
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Raspberry Mimosa
Ingredients
1 tsp raspberry liqueur, such as Chambord
1 raspberry per glass
Fresh orange juice
Champagne, prosecco or other sparkling white wine
Instructions
Pour liqueur into the champagne flute first, then add a raspberry and muddle with the handle of a wooden spoon. Fill the glass
halfway with orange juice and then finish with champagne.
–From Food Network
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Grapefruit Mimosa
Ingredients
Pink sanding sugar, for rims
.5 cup grapefruit juice
1 bottle champagne
Instructions
First, garnish the rims of your champagne flutes with pink sanding sugar by wetting the rims with water and dipping them into a bowl of the sugar. Then simply add grapefruit juice and top it off with champagne. Makes 4-6 mimosas.
– From Delish
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Mango Sorbet Mimosa
Ingredients
2 scoops mango sorbet
2 ounces prosecco or champagne
Freshly squeezed orange juice to taste
Half scoop of crushed ice
Fresh fruit for garnish
Instructions
Add all ingredients into a food processor or blender and puree. Pour into champagne flute or glass of choice. Garnish with strawberries, blueberries and mint if using.
– Courtesy Grand Hyatt Baha Mar
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The Mer-Mosa
Ingredients
12 oz SpikedSeltzer Valencia Orange
Splash orange juice
Instructions
If you're not super into bubbly, try this spiked seltzer alternative. Combine with a little orange juice and serve chilled.
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Manor Mimosa
Ingredients
1 oz fresh squeezed orange juice
5 oz Moet & Chandon Champagne
1 half squeezed kumquat
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a flute glass, adding the champagne last. Garnish with kumquat.
– Courtesy Manor, at Hilton West Palm Beach
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CÎROC Apple Mimosa
Ingredients
.5 oz CÎROC Apple vodka
.25 oz elderflower liqueur
.25 oz champagne
Instructions
Combine vodka and elderflower liqueur in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a champagne flute. Top with splash of champagne and garnish with apple slice.
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Ruby Rose Mimosa
Ingredients
5 oz Veuve Clicquot Brut Rosé
.5 oz Belvedere Vodka
1 oz raspberry puree
Raspberries and blackberries for garnish
Instructions
Combine all ingredients but champagne in a shaker. Shake and pour into prosecco glass. Top off with rosé and garnish with raspberries and blackberries.
– Courtesy WET, W South Beach
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Stella Artois Cidre Cimosa
Ingredients
3 oz orange juice
3 oz Stella Artois Cidre
Instructions
Pre-chill a wine glass with ice cubes and discard the ice before pouring in the co*cktail. Pour the Stella Artois Cidre over the orange juice and serve.
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