Blood Orange Mocktail: Refreshing and Delicious

By Lauren Rose Correa, January 30, 2025

I’ve been enjoying my blood orange margaritas lately, but I also made a recent resolution to skip the alcohol. I still had a stash of blood oranges on hand, so I decided to get creative and come up with a tasty blood orange mocktail.

Blood Orange Mocktail: The Secret Ingredients

The ingredient that really makes the drink come to life is vanilla extract. It adds a level of complexity that makes this taste less like juice and more like a cocktail. You only need a quarter teaspoon to get just the right amount of flavor!

Another ingredient that I included in this drink is aquafaba – the juice leftover in a can of chickpeas. You don’t want to add too much, because you’re not adding it for flavor. The real reason I included this ingredient is to give the beverage a nice layer of foam on top. This is the kind of foam you would find on something like a whiskey sour, and it helps the drink feel more substantial.

Blood Orange Mocktail

Whether you’re pregnant or just looking to enjoy a tasty nonalcoholic drink, this mocktail tastes absolutely delicious. I found it so refreshing – and my 18-month old daughter liked it so much that she finished my drink for me. She’s always begging to try my cocktails, and this time I made something she was actually allowed to have.

So without further ado, let’s make this mocktail!

Ingredients

3 oz blood orange juice (3 blood oranges)
2 oz lemon juice (2 lemons)
1 oz simple syrup (follow this simple syrup recipe)
1/2 oz aquafaba
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Juice the blood oranges and lemons.
Pour juice, simple syrup, aquafaba, and vanilla extract into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well.
Fill a glass with fresh ice and strain your beverage into the glass.
Garnish with orange or lemon slices and enjoy!