Cocktails With Sprite: Lemon-Lime Goodness

Sprite Mixed Drinks are popular because they have a tangy, fizzy and often times refreshing flavor. The lemon-lime bubbles of the Sprite mix well with a variety of different liquors. There are many options from two ingredient drinks to shots and cocktails.

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The Best Cocktails With Sprite

Making cocktails with Sprite is popular because it is an easy mixer that goes well with many different flavor options. The resulting drinks have a variety of different colors and flavors.

When looking at the options, we selected drinks on this list based on the following criteria: overall flavor, ease of making, fun/festive appearance.

Additionally, we’ve split our picks into three categories: two ingredient drinks, full cocktails and shots. With over 15 delicious options, we are positive you will find more than a few to your liking.

Two Ingredient Sprite Cocktails

These two ingredient drinks are so easy to make. They all have a nice lemon-lime bite that is combined with your choice of liquor. We have highlighted some of our favorites below, but you can certainly use other liquors also such as: Jager and Sprite, Cognac and Sprite or Amaretto and Sprite.

Whiskey and Sprite

It’s hard to get any easier than a good old Whiskey and Sprite. It has the citrus tang of the soda mingled with the lightly sweet, caramel flavors of whiskey.

Why its good: it’s super fast to make – you can have it stirred up in about 2 minutes. You can use any type of whiskey you like – we usually use a bourbon. Or, you can make it spicy and make a Fireball and Sprite.

Tequila and Sprite

Tequila and Sprite together catches the essence of a Margarita with a whole lot less work! Sprite is a great soda to mix with tequila. This lightly sweet and sour citrus flavored drink is delicious.

Why it’s good: the fizzy of the soda is refreshing. Plus, this is super easy to make with just two ingredients, it only takes a few minutes to stir up.

Vodka and Sprite

Keeping with the clear liquors, a Vodka and Sprite is another light and refreshing drinks. This two ingredient vodka drink mostly tastes like sprite, with just a little alcohol bite on the back end.

Why it’s good: you can easily customize the flavor by switching out different flavored vodkas. We like to use fruity ones like: cherry, citron and strawberry.

Rum and Sprite

Bring out your inner pirate with a tasty Rum and Sprite. This easy drink is lightly sweet, bubbly and refreshing.

Why it’s good: You can customize it by using different rums. White rum is usually the go to, but try it out with Coconut, Dark, and even Spiced Rum.

Gin and Sprite

If you’re a fan of a Gin Rickey, a Gin and Sprite is a sweeter, bubblier version of that. With citrus, fizz and light botanical flavors this one is refreshing.

Why it’s good: it is a refreshing sipper that is great for warm months. Also, it’s so easy to stir up.

Cocktails

Looking for a drink that’s a little more complex, but still easy and delicious? Try out one of these more elaborate cocktails.

Whiskey Crush

This whiskey crush cocktail is a super yummy four ingredient cocktail. It is made of Sprite, whiskey, triple sec and orange juice.

Why its good: The resulting cocktail has a sweet, fizzy citrus taste with a smooth caramel flavor as it goes down from the whiskey. This one is perfect for summer and spring get togethers, afternoon sipping or brunch drinks.

Drunk Witch Drink

This fun and festive drunk witch drink is a very sweet cherry and citrus flavored concoction. It is a dark pretty purple color with a green sugar rim for extra color.

Why it’s good: it is great for serving at Halloween parties, but also fun for other bright colored festive occasions. It’s fast to make with only four ingredients.

Electric Lemonade

This stunning bright blue electric lemonade is a refreshing sipper. Not surprisingly, this one has a tangy and sweet lemon flavor.

Why it’s good: it’s bright color makes it a great centerpiece drink especially for spring and summer months. You can stir this up in about 5 minutes.

Dirty Shirley Cocktail

An alcoholic spin on the Shirley Temple Drink, this dirty shirley cocktail tastes almost exactly like a cherry soda. It is fizzy and sweet with a little vodka bite.

Why it’s good: It has a pretty and festive red color. With just three ingredients, this one is ready for sipping in a few minutes.

Tokyo Tea

Looking for a load of alcohol in your glass? Look no further than this green colored Tokyo Tea. This is a spin on the classic Long Island Iced Tea.

Why it’s good: it has a sweet melon flavor and a bright green color to go with it.

Grinch Punch

This bright green alcoholic grinch punch is great for serving during the winter holidays. It has a fruity citrus and tropical flavor you are sure to love.

Why it’s good: it’s super festive with it’s bright green color and red sugar rim. You can make a non-alcoholic version by simply leaving out the vodka.

Hunch Punch

This hunch punch is fizzy and fruity. It has a nice combination of citrus, pineapple and fruit punch flavors.

Why it’s good: it is a sweet and refreshing drink. It’s super easy to make as a big batch for large gatherings.

Shots with Sprite

Looking for a shot sized drink? We have you covered here with several to choose from.

White Gummy Bear Shot

This sweet and easy white gummy bear shot is a combination of sprite, raspberry vodka, sour mix and peach schnapps.

Why it’s good: It is super fast to make, just toss the ingredients into the shaker and shake them up. You can have this one ready in under 5 minutes.

White Tea Shot

Try out the white tea shot which is a mixture of vodka, sour mix, peach schnapps and sprite. It is a clear colored shot that is light and refreshing in flavor.

Why it’s good: you can also make a version of this called the green tea shot if you want to mix up the flavors a little.

Pixie Stix Shot

This Pixie Stix shot is a fun and sweet candy inspired drink. It is bright blue and tastes like blue raspberry pixie stix.

Why it’s good: it’s easy to make and you can make other flavor variations like orange, for example. Or with a few tweaks make a whole pixie stix martini.

Fun Dip Shot

Yet another candy inspired shot, this fun dip shot is sweet and fruity. This one is made to taste like cherry fun dip.

Why it’s good: easily customize the flavor for other fun dip flavors like watermelon or grape. You can make several shots at once in your shaker.

Sprite Mixed Drinks FAQs

What alcohol mixes well with Sprite?

There are several different alcohols that mix well with sprite. Some popular ones include tequila and vodka. However a nice rum, amaretto or other alcohol works well too.

Is dark liquor good with Sprite?

Yes, dark liquor can be good with Sprite (for example spiced rum). However, it is more typical to go with light or clear liquors like white rum or tequila.

Wrap Up!

Sprite is a great mixer for various alcoholic drinks from easy two ingredient classics to more elaborate shots and cocktails. They all tend to have a fizzy and lightly refreshing flavor.