Non-alcoholic, Festive Drinks for a Baby Shower

By Southern Living
Alison Miksch

Baby showers are a fun, feminine celebration that warrants an equally festive baby shower punch or drink. We love these non-alcoholic drink recipes and are sure you and your guest of honor will too. Ginger-Orange Mocktails are ideal for a midmorning shower and might just be our easiest shower punch recipe. No one will be missing the mimosas when this fresh sipper is served. Try Blackberry-Lime Agua Fresca if you’re looking for a hit of flavor berry flavor. We absolutely love the color of Iced Hibiscus Sweet Tea and the fizz from ginger ale makes it even more refreshing. Punch recipes like Lemon-Lime-Rosemary Punch and Cran-Raspberry-Vanilla Punch are Southern shower classics—you’ll recognize them once you see the mounds of floating sorbet or sherbet on top. Our Sparkling Cherry Limeade is just the fix the mama-to-be needs if she’s missing her favorite margarita on the rocks. Choose any of these recipes as a signature drink, but also have a batch of our Cucumber-Mint Water to offer guests as well.

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Ginger-Orange Mocktails

Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Ginger-Orange Mocktails

Mix together a container of orange juice, a bottle of chilled ginger ale, and a can of chilled pineapple juice and you’ll have a delicious mocktail ready for sipping in less than 5 minutes.

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Sparkling Cherry Limeade

Iain Bagwell; Prop Styling: Annette Joseph; Food Styling: Cynthia Groseclose

Recipe: Sparkling Cherry Limeade  

If your soon-to-be mama of honor is missing margs, she’s going to love this virgin drink. Limeade, sparkling water, lime, maraschino cherry juice, margarita salt, and limes create this fiesta-worthy number.

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Governor's Mansion Summer Peach Tea Punch

Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Governor's Mansion Summer Peach Tea Punch

This elegant punch is perfect for spring and summer baby showers. The recipe calls for family-size tea bags, fresh mint, a bottle of peach nectar, frozen lemonade concentrate, ginger ale, club soda, simple syrup, and fresh peach wedges.

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Classic Sweet Tea

Alison Miksch

Recipe: Classic Sweet Tea

You can’t go wrong with a classic.

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Iced Hibiscus Sweet Tea

Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Iced Hibiscus Sweet Tea

This stunning tea is made with hibiscus tea bags and chilled ginger ale—for a little fizz.

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Lemonade Iced Tea

Jennifer Davick / Styling Buffy Hargett / Food Styling Marian Cooper Cairns

Recipe: Lemonade Iced Tea

Think of this as a big-batch version of the Arnold Palmer.

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Cucumber-Mint Water

Southern Living

Recipe: Cucumber-Mint Water

It’s always nice to offer water to your baby shower guests in addition to any specialty drink you might have. This recipe takes it up a notch with cucumber, lime, and sprigs of mint.

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Berry Splash

Beth Dreiling Hontzas

Recipe: Berry Splash

We didn’t mention this in the recipe, but we love garnishing each glass with a few blueberries.

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Vanilla-Rosemary Lemonade

Ralph Anderson

Recipe: Vanilla-Rosemary Lemonade

It might take you a while to squeeze all those lemons but, trust us, it’s worth it.

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Blackberry-Lime Agua Fresca

Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Blackberry-Lime Agua Fresca

Make it bubbly by using club soda instead of water.

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Lemon-Lime-Rosemary Punch

Alison Miksch

Recipe: Lemon-Lime-Rosemary Punch

It’s not unusual to walk into a shower in the South and see a punch bowl with mounds of sherbet floating on top. Add this Southern classic to your baby shower menu.

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Lime Fizz

Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Lime Fizz

This fizzy and refreshing drink is a cool treat for warm days. Your favorite mom-to-be is going to love sipping on this as she opens all those adorable gifts.

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Lemon-Blueberry Sweet Tea

Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Lemon-Blueberry Sweet Tea

This bright and refreshing tea will be a beautiful addition to your baby shower menu.

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Lemon-Mint Sparklers

Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Lemon-Mint Sparklers

Save time on the day of the shower by making the syrup a week ahead and storing in your refrigerator. Chill the club soda so it doesn’t melt the ice cubes too quickly when added. Mix the ingredients together just before serving to ensure this refreshing sipper keeps its fizz.

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Cucumber-Ginger Limeade

Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Cucumber-Ginger Limeade

This is about as cool and refreshing as it gets. Make the Ginger-Lime Syrup ahead to save time on the day of the shower.

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Pineapple-Basil Tea

Iain Bagwell

Recipe: Pineapple-Basil Tea

Slightly tropical, and fully delicious, this Pineapple-Basil Tea is going to have guests going back for a second glass.

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Cran-Raspberry-Vanilla Punch

Alison Miksch

Recipe: Cran-Raspberry-Vanilla Punch

This punch can’t be beat for fall or winter baby showers. It calls for cranberry-raspberry juice, sparkling cranberry juice, vanilla extract, raspberry sorbet, and frozen whole cranberries.

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