Looking to make a delicious cocktail to enjoy with the love of your life this Valentine's day in Texas? Or maybe a delicious option to serve up for your Galentine's party? Either way, one of these 10 recipes might be the perfect fit.

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Love Potion No. 9

  • 1 cup pomegranate juice
  • 3 ounces strawberry vodka (I love Strawberry Basil Vodka from Pearl
  • 3 ounces Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur
  • Shake with ice, strain into chilled glass, garnish with strawberry.

Strawberry Sangria

  • 3 Cups Strawberries – hulled and sliced
  • 1 1/2 Cups Raspberries
  • 3 large Oranges - DIVIDED (2 = juiced) (1 = thinly sliced)
  • 1 Lemon - thinly sliced
  • Handful Fresh Mint Leaves
  • 1/2 Cup Liqueur - Orange, Blood Orange or Strawberry Liqueur
  • 1/4 Cup Pomegranate Juice
  • 1 750-ml Bottle Brut Champagne, Sparkling Wine or Rose, chilled
  • Combine ingredients in a pitcher, chill in fridge, serve.

Kir Royal 

  • 3 to 4 tablespoons Crème de Cassis
  • 1 (750 ml) bottle dry sparkling wine or Champagne, chilled
  • Add Crème de Cassis to a glass flute, top with champagne, garnish with raspberries.
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Chocolate Martini

  • 4 oz Baileys Irish Cream
  • 4 oz Chocolate Liqueur
  • 8 oz Vodka
  • Shake with ice, strain into chilled glass rimmed with chocolate syrup.

Pink Squirrel 

  • 1/3 cup crème de almond
  • 1/3 cup white crème de cacao
  • 2/3 cup vanilla ice cream
  • Blend ingredients, pour into glass rimmed with sprinkles.

Mudslide 

  • 1 ounce vodka
  • 1 ounce coffee liqueur
  • 1 ounce Baileys Irish cream
  • 1 1/2 ounces heavy cream
  • Shake with ice, strain into chilled glass, garnish with chocolate shavings.
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Raspberry Martini

  • 1 ½ oz vodka
  • 1 ½ oz raspberry simple syrup*
  • 1 ½ oz lemon juice
  • Shake with ice, strain into chilled glass, garnish with fresh strawberries and a lemon wheel.

Strawberry Margarita (serves 4)

  • 1 pound fresh strawberries hulled (see note 2)
  • 1 cup tequila
  • 2/3 cup fresh lime juice (from 5 to 6 limes)
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup triple sec
  • Blend ingredients until smooth, let sit for three minutes, skim foam off top, serve over ice in a glass with a salted rim.

Clover Club 

  • 2 ounces gin
  • 1/2 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1/2 ounce raspberry syrup
  • 1 egg white
  • Shake with ice, strain into chilled glass, garnish with fresh raspberries.

Blood Orange Margarita 

  • 2 ounces silver/blanco tequila
  • 2 ounces fresh blood orange juice (about 1 large blood orange, juiced)
  • 1 ounce fresh lime juice (about 1 lime, juiced)
  • 1 teaspoon light agave nectar or simple syrup, to taste
  • 1 tiny drop pure vanilla extract
  • Shake with ice, strain over ice in glass rimmed with salt, garnish with blood orange wheel.

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