Mardi Gras begins next week, and you can join the fun with these fun and refreshing cocktail recipes from SPARKLING ICE – a great tasting, lightly carbonated, zero-calorie beverage which combines sparkling water, fruit juice, vitamins, antioxidants, and BOLD natural flavors.

Here are some Bourbon-Street-inspired cocktail recipes to enjoy while celebrating the colorful festivities.

Bourbon Street Black Raspberry Brut

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Silver Tequila
• 2 oz. brut Champagne
• 7 large black raspberries
• 2 oz. Sparkling Ice Black Raspberry
• ¼ oz. lemon juice

Instructions

1.Muddle black raspberries, Sparkling Ice Black Raspberry and lemon juice in a glass.

2.Pour ingredients into a glass filled with ice.

3.Add tequila, stir, and strain into a large rocks glass filled with ice.

4.Top with brut Champagne and garnish with a skewered black raspberries.

Lemonade Hurricane 

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Sparkling Ice Strawberry Lemonade
• 1 oz. light rum
• 1 oz. dark rum
• ½ oz. passion fruit juice
• 1 oz. orange juice
• Strawberry and Lime for garnish

Instructions:

• Stir all ingredients together with ice.
• Pour into a tall glass over ice.

Sparkling Whiskey Sour

Ingredients

• .5 oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 1.75 oz Sparkling Ice Lemon Tea
• 1.25 oz Bourbon
• .25 oz simple syrup*

*Low calorie option: Omit .25 oz simple syrup, add one packet of Splenda.

Instructions:

1. In mixing cup add ice, lemon, bourbon and Sparkling Ice.

2. Stir and strain over rocks.

3. Garnish with a cherry