Everyone needs a good fancy fun mocktail in their life – especially during the holidays. Herby, zingy rosemary-infused simple syrup, sweet tart pomegranate juice, bubbly fizz, and fresh lime squeezes. Holiday magic!
Rosemary Pom Spritzer AKA The Merry Mocktail
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Delicious! truly tastes like Christmas in a cup. I love having a non-alcoholic option for a drink around the holidays.
Andrea
We’ve come to our senses: what are the holidays without fun festive beverages?!
This rosemary pom spritzy mocktail is keeping us well on the merry side of things. Herby, zingy rosemary-infused simple syrup cutting through the sweet tart pomegranate juice, bubbly fizz, fresh lime squeezes if you’re fancy (lime bubbly water if you’re us) and then it’s just holiday magic from there on out.
There are so many fun things to do to fancy this up if you want to wow them with a Christmas cocktail/mocktail hour or if you just really want to reward yourself after a long day of gift-wrapping because, let’s be real, getting those corners even can be so frustrating and eventually you just give up and wrap the whole thing in scotch tape. Anyway.
A Four-Ingredient Treat
Here are the four things you’ll need to make this happen:
- Rosemary simple syrup (rosemary, sugar, water)
- Pomegranate juice (cranberry juice works too!)
- Soda water or lime-flavored bubbly water
- Lime squeezes (optional)
Other than that, there’s not a lot to it. Just mix, sip, toast, enjoy.
Make It Fancy
If you have those ice molds that make a big ice ball (affiliate link), those are so very fun in here. A sprig of fresh rosemary to garnish, some sugar-dusted cranberries, is this all in a fancy glass? WE HOPE SO. Even if it is in a probably-wrong glass like a stemless wine glass, just, you do you.
This also would be great with a splash of your favorite spirit if you’re going that way. Gin might be wintry and nice, but vodka would work too. We like to mix it with straight up lime LaCroix or Spindrift to keep things quick, but soda water and fresh lime is clutch. You can also mix it with ginger beer, which is lovely, but on the sweeter end so that might work better with the alcoholic version.
If you have a day or two, we’d def recommend letting that simple syrup sit in the fridge for a bit so it gets really nice and rosemary-y. It sure is a special treat swimming around in this drink so do yourself that favor. But also still great if you saw this post and you were like “Me. Want. Now.” and you’re already sipping away!
Cheers, frands!
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Rosemary Pom Spritzer AKA The Merry Mocktail
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: recipe is for a 4-cup batch of simple syrup which you can save in the fridge for several weeks (makes enough for about 15-20 drinks)
Description
Everyone needs a good fancy fun mocktail in their life – especially during the holidays. Herby, zingy rosemary-infused simple syrup, sweet tart pomegranate juice, bubbly fizz, and fresh lime squeezes. Holiday magic!
Ingredients
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Rosemary Simple Syrup
- 4 cups water
- 4 cups sugar
- (2) .5 oz packages fresh rosemary (basically, a nice big bunch of rosemary)
- optional: 4-5 whole cloves (a pinch of ground cloves works too)
Merry Mocktail
- 2–3 ounces rosemary simple syrup
- 2–3 ounces pomegranate juice (cranberry juice is a good sub)
- 2–3 ounces club soda (see note 1 for more ideas)
Instructions
- Heat the water, sugar, rosemary, and cloves in a saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to a low boil and let everything simmer for 5-10 minutes until the sugar has fully dissolved. Pour through a fine mesh strainer to remove the cloves and rogue rosemary leaves. Transfer to glass jars and store in the fridge for 2 weeks. (I often stick a sprig of rosemary in there so it keeps getting more intense.)
- Pour your desired ratios of rosemary syrup, pomegranate juice, and club soda over an ice ball into a glass. Stir gently, taste and adjust, and enjoy.
Notes
Alternatives to Club Soda: Other drinks that I’ve loved in this include ginger ale, grapefruit Spindrift, and Ghia Ginger! Keep in mind that with some of these, it will make it very sweet, so you may want to add extra ice to balance it all out.
Garnish with a rosemary sprig or some fresh cranberries if you want to be fancy!
The rosemary sprig in the simple syrup will drop its leaves – I usually just let them settle to the bottom and then pour slowly so I don’t get rosemary leaves in my drink. (A sprig is easy to drink around – but the single little needles / leaves tend to slip into your mouth more easily when you’re drinking which is not super pleasant.)
We LOVE these ice ball molds (affiliate link) and use them constantly, year-round.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: holiday mocktail, holiday cocktail, Christmas mocktail, Christmas drink, Christmas cocktail
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December 10, 2021
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This looks delicious! Thank you for the mock tail recipe; we definitely need more of these. I can’t wait to serve these to all my pregnant friends!
Question on the simple syrup, does the recipe note mean it will last for 2 weeks in the fridge?
Hi Lauren! Yes, the simple syrup should keep for 2 weeks in the fridge. Enjoy!
These were great! We served these up yesterday at a small gathering. They were so festive looking!
These mocktails are delicious! Thank you for this recipe. I can’t drink right now due to liver issues, which is a real bummer around the holidays. It is so nice to have something special to drink without the alcohol!
We’re so glad to hear you enjoyed the mocktail, Sarah! Thanks for the comment!
This drink is incredible! So festive, just the right amount of sweet and tart and the perfect way for me to feel like I’m having a “special” drink when I’m 7 months pregnant at Christmas – ha! Thanks for the awesome recipe!
Delicious! truly tastes like Christmas in a cup. I love having a non-alcoholic option for a drink around the holidays.
Loved this drink! The rosemary syrup gives a botanical flavor that makes it more interesting than other mocktails. Highly recommend!
Delicious mocktail! The squeeze of fresh lime really cuts the sweetness from the simple syrup and makes it more well balanced. Also good with gin or vodka too! Tis the season!!
I love a mocktail for those nights when I want a fun drink but don’t want to drink, ya know? This deliciously checked all of the boxes! The pomegranate really brought some sweetness to the earthiness of the rosemary. Most mocktails seem to lean just sweet, so it was nice to enjoy one that had a robust slate of flavors!
I used 3 oz. juice, 3 oz. lime bubble, 2 oz. syrup and a squeeze of fresh orange to cut it a little. It came out absolutely perfect, and I will be making this all holiday season! I will also be using some of that syrup in my coffee, because it was delish.
This was so interesting! I LOVE the smell of rosemary, and this was delightfully intriguing. My kids kept snitching tastes until I finally told them to get make own ☺️
So yummy! The rosemary is quite strong, it’s perfect if you don’t want an overly-sweet mocktail (or cocktail, I bet it’d be delicious with some bourbon). I added some bitters to mine and it was great!
Love this mock tail. It’s a staple in our home during the holidays, consumed weekends, week nights, fancy and non fancy times. Appreciate it even more this year pregnant. So yummy
So delicious! I had cranberry juice on hand so I subbed that and it came out great. I added a few cranberries and a very thin slice of lime as garnishes!
Found a cherry pomegranate juice and highly recommend trying this one! The rosemary and cloves simple syrup smells fantastic too!!
This is my first time making this drink! My husband loved it. I think we will make a big batch to share with everyone for Christmas this year!
My favorite festive holiday mocktail/cocktail! Depending on the occasion, I sometimes add a shot of J Carver Distillery (MN local!) Aquavit to heighten the herbaceous flavors already created by the rosemary syrup. I also like to switch up and use the Aldi Simply Nature Organic 7 Super Fruits juice as a substitution for the pomegranate juice.
Wow! I normally wouldn’t make something like this, but I’m so glad I did. It is delightful! I like a 1/2/2 ratio to simple syrup/Pom juice/lime bubbly.
Love a good mocktail and the rosemary smells and tastes so festive.
Is this what elves drink on the North Pole? It is so Christmassy and interesting, I kept going for more and more and more. I used honey in the sugar syrup instead it was just magical! Very very good!
Very Christmassy and an intrigue for the tastebuds. I used honey instead of sugar for the syrup and it turned out oh so wonderful!
So delicious and I love that it’s a mocktail! The rosemary syrup isn’t overpowering and really delicious.
So delicious! A refreshing balance between sweet and herbal. Perfect holiday mocktail!
Made this recipe for the first time and absolutely loved it, both as a mocktail and with a splash of gin!
We loved this mocktail! That rosemary simple syrup is so easy to make and very flavorful. I’ll be making this again to share with my family for Christmas!
Made this for a group of girlfriends on game night! It is easy and refreshing, def a big hit.
My daughter was so excited to make this and garnish it so she could have a fancy drink. She absolutely loved it.