22 Cocktails Made With 3 or Fewer Ingredients

By Spoon University

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These easy, three ingredient cocktails will keep you toasting all year round.

1. Adult Root Beer Float

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Beer. Ice Cream. Yes.

Total Time: 3 minutes

Servings: 1 generous serving or 2 modest ones

Ingredients:

1 pint vanilla bean ice cream, such as Häagen-Dazs
1 bottle good quality stout beer (such as New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk)

Directions:

1. Place one or two scoops of ice cream in a large glass (or two glasses, if sharing).

2. Pour stout over top and serve.

3. Repeat as necessary.

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2. Piña Colada

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♫ If you like dancing in the rain ♫ Here’s how.

3. Blended Sangria

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Perfect for a summer brunch. Here’s how.

4. Mason Jar Moscow Mule

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Mix and match. Recipe here.

5. Salty Pickle

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Yes, those are Riffles on the rim. Here’s how.

6. Hot Mint Chocolate Toddy

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Okay, it’s getting warm but this is so good. Recipe here.

7. Drunken Snow Cones

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Just throw some booze in your snow cone and you’re good to go. More here.

8. Grapefruit Mimosas

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Believe in brunch again.

Total Time: 4 minutes

Servings: 1

Ingredients:

2-oz. André Blush California Pink Champagne
2-oz. grapefruit juice
Pink Grapefruit ICE
Splenda (optional)

Directions:

1. Fill Champagne flute halfway with juice.

2. Add Champagne.

3. Sweeten with ICE and Splenda to taste (if using).

4. Toast with friends.

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9. Orange & Ginger Infused Wine

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Boost your immune system while you drank. Here’s how.

10. Vodka Sunrise Shot

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Like the tequila, only it doesn’t remind you of spring break. Here’s how.

11. College Beer Cocktail

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Looks janky, but tastes better than your frat party beer. Here’s how.

12. Salty Dog

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Shake it up with these cocktails.

13. Tea-Infused Beer

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Upgrade on a classic. The hipsters approve. More combos here.

14. Dirty Shirley

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Not what you drank as a kid. Here’s how.

15. Irish Coffee

Wake up right. Here’s how.

16. Jello Shots

Party up in here with these.

17. Double Layered Shots

Insta or it didn’t happen. Shoot ‘em like this.

18. Aperol Champagne Cocktail

Such a classy drink. Here’s how.

19. Kahlua Gun Shot

Ice cream in your alcohol - win win for everyone. Here’s how.

20. Floral Champagne

Elderflower, anyone? Recipe here.

21. Moscato & Sprite Sipper

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Sweet. Steps here.

22. Raspberri-tini

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Can you say summer? Here’s how.

Photos by Keni Lin, Amanda Gajdosik, Megan Prendergast, Justin Swan, Dan Dao, Kelly Logan, Savannah Carter, Natalie Van Brunt, Stephanie DeVaux, Marissa Arnett, Phoebe Melnick, Margaret Weinberg, Tarika Narain, Katya Simkhovich, Tarika Narain, Adam Weiss and Bailey Culpepper.

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