Hard Seltzers are all the rage right now! I personally love them as a base for some really lovely cocktails! I recently picked up The Hard Seltzer Cocktail Book by Casie Vogel and it is full of amazing recipes that use spiked seltzer drinks as cocktail bases. This recipe is one of my faves for the patio this season!

Recipe: Feelin’ Bubbly Aperol Raspberry Float

This combines so many delicious things: Aperol, ice cream, hard seltzer, and even fresh fruit (look, it’s healthy!). Great as a dessert cocktail—but honestly, don’t be held back by time of day.

Ingredients:

1 cup fresh raspberries

4 ounces Aperol

2 cups vanilla or raspberry ice cream

2 (12-ounce) cans raspberry hard seltzer

How To Mix:

✦ Divide the raspberries evenly among four large glasses. Add 1 ounce of Aperol to each glass. Muddle.

✦ Divide the ice cream evenly among the glasses (½ cup each). Top each glass with half a can (6 ounces) of seltzer.

✦ Serve immediately. MAKES 4 DRINKS

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Recipe Excerpted from The Hard Seltzer Cocktail Book by Casie Vogel. Copyright © 2021 Ulysses Press. Reprinted with permission from Ulysses Press. New York, NY. All rights reserved. Photos: Courtesy of Ulysses Press/Michael Calcagno