Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with a romantic interest, friends or family, make the occasion special with a Valentine cocktail.

What makes a “Valentine” cocktail? Color—a shade of pink, rose or red. If you want a Champagne cocktail, garnish it with “Champagne grapes” (they’re actually Zante currants), a red berry or an edible flower. And of course, it’s got to be a sweet cocktail.

Chocolate cocktails are also options.

We’ve listed some of our favorite recipes at the end, but here’s a new idea from Tequila Herradura.

This sweet cocktail from is almost a good-for-you tonic, mixing the spirit with a serving of fresh fruit, plus fruit juice and low glycemic agave nectar instead of sugar- or corn syrup-filled cocktail mixer.

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Ingredients For One Drink

1. PLACE the grapes into the base of a cocktail shaker and crush with a muddler. Add the remaining ingredients including ice. Shake hard and strain over ice into an old fashioned glass.

2. GARNISH with a fan of red apple. (Here’s a video that shows how.)
 
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Or, since you’ve got time, start thinking about making your own signature cocktail. Hint: There’s nothing easier than