Champagne Cocktail Party

If your planning a cocktail party, try a champagne bar. It makes things fun for your guests and gives them a chance to be creative. It also gives you time to sit back and relax instead of playing bartender. Just provide your guests with several mix in options, garnishes, glasses and champagne.

You can use any ingredients you like for your set up. Different fruit purees, sorbet, an assortment of spirits, fruit juices, different garnishes, the possibilities are endless. For my champagne bar, I included the following:

Elderflower liqueur
Rum
Spiced pear puree*
Mixed berry puree*
Pink grapefruit juice
Candy cane pop rocks
Peppermint cotton candy
Blood orange and mango sorbet
Lemon Wedges
Mint

*Recipe Below

With the options above, I decided to make a peppermint champagne cocktail, a spiced pear bellini, a mixed berry mojito, and a champagne sorbet float.

Mixed Berry Puree

1 Bag frozen mixed berries
1/4 cup simple syrup

Thaw berries completely and strain through a sieve. Use the back of a spoon to release all the juice. Add simple syrup. You may also blend berries and then strain.

Spiced Pear Puree