There are plenty of reasons to enjoy an interesting and delicious non-alcoholic drink. You can be the designated driver for the night and still join in the fun. Maybe you just want to look like you're drinking and avoid having a hangover the next day while your friends suffer.

And of course, you can mix and enjoy these fun drinks with your younger family members–without breaking the law.

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'10) The Designated Driver'

Perfectly named, delicious, and guaranteed to earn extra points with your drinking friends, since they now know they can have a ride home with you.

• 2 ounces cranberry juice
• 2 ounces orange juice
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 2 ounces grapefruit juice

Combine in a tall glass with ice. Garnish with optional cherry or orange wedge.

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'9) The Rail Splitter'

A drink that contains no alcohol, but it sounds like it should. Not to be confused with the Third Rail, a cocktail made with rum and either orange or apple brandy.

• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons sugar or sugar syrup, to taste
• Ginger ale

Combine lemon juice and sugar in a tall glass, fill with ginger ale.

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'8) Tomato Cooler'

Both tangy and tart, this drink could also make a great base for a savory vegetable smoothie.

• 8 ounces tomato juice
• 2 teaspoons lemon or lime juice

Combine in a tall glass filled with ice and top off with tonic water. Garnish with a wedge of lime and an optional dill sprig.

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'7) Lime Cooler'

The extra advantage of this simple and refreshing drink is that it looks just like a gin and tonic. If you're holding one of these in your hand, no one will be the wiser!

• 1-2 Tablespoons lime juice
• Tonic water

Add lime juice to a tall glass filled with ice. Fill with tonic water and garnish with a lime wedge.

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'6) The Virgin Mary'

A non-alcoholic take on the Bloody Mary, and known in England, amusingly, as The Bloody Shame. This drink can be made most easily by using store-bought Bloody Mary mix, but for the purists out there, here is a more traditional recipe:

• Tomato juice
• 1 dash lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• Tabasco sauce, to taste
• Black pepper, to taste
• optional 1/4 teaspoon horseradish

Fill a glass with ice and tomato juice. Add all other ingredients. Garnish with a stalk of celery. Optional: garnish the rim of the glass with kosher salt.

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'5) The Pac Man'

Not to be confused with the energy drink of the same name. A fun drink and a likely bartender-stumper.

• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon grenadine
• 1 dash bitters
• Ginger ale

Combine grenadine, lemon juice and bitters to a mid-sized glass filled with ice. Top off with a generous few splashes of ginger ale. Garnish with a cherry.

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'4) The Unfuzzy Navel'

More colorful and more flavorful than the alcohol-based version.

• 3 ounces peach juice or peach nectar
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• 3 ounces orange juice
• 1 dash grenadine

Combine with ice and strain into a wine glass. Garnish with optional cherry or orange slice.

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'3) Safe Sex on the Beach'

An alcohol-free version of the well-known beach drink. You'll look like you're drinking just like everyone else when you're holding one of these, only this drink will never give you a hangover.

• 2 parts cranberry juice
• 2 parts orange or grapefruit juice
• 1 part peach juice or peach nectar

Combine in a tall glass filled with ice.

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'2) The Arnold Palmer'

There are two stories about the birth of this drink: one says that it became famous in the 1960s when the golfing legend said it was his favorite; the other says that Palmer got angry at a clubhouse bartender for refusing to mix lemonade into his iced tea and browbeat him into relenting. Either way, there are few drinks more refreshing on a hot day.

• 4 ounces Lemonade
• 4 ounces Ice tea (sweetened or unsweetened)

Combine lemonade and iced tea into a tall glass with ice.

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'1) The Shirley Temple'

Is there any drink that reminds you of childhood more than this one? Named after the adorable child star-turned diplomat, this perfect concoction isn't just for kids. It's for anyone who wants to be happily reminded of their childhood.

• Ginger ale
• Splash of grenadine, or juice from a jar of maraschino cherries

Add grenadine or cherry juice to a glass filled with ice. Fill with ginger ale. Garnish with optional cherry or orange slice.

source: casualkitchen.blogspot.com