Carnival Cruise Drink Recipes you can make at home!

There is nothing quite like sipping your favorite tropical cocktail on a Carnival Cruise Vacation! But what happens when you get home and want to replicate your favorite drinks? Don’t worry today we are sharing a ton of delicious Carnival Cruise Drink Recipes!

These are our favorite drinks from many cruises on Carnival Cruise Line. From the Alchemy Bar to the pool bar we have you covered!

Carnival Cruise Drink Recipes

We have broken down these delicious Carnival Cruise Cocktail Recipes by venue or type of drink to make it easier to find your favorites. We are constantly adding to this list as we recreate the recipes and make sure we have the recipes done.

Many of these easy recipes can easily be made at home. You may need some bartending equipment that is listed at the bottom of this post.

Please let us know if there is a Carnival drink recipe you are hoping to make at home and we will work on making it happen.

Alchemy Bar Drink Recipes

The Alchemy Bar is one of our favorite places on a Carnival Cruise. There is just something so fun about watching these master mixologists create amazing cocktails.

I love that you can order off the Alchemy Bar Menu or ask the bartender to create a custom cocktail based on your favorite flavors.

Caribbean Manhattan Cocktail Recipe

The Caribbean Manhattan is sadly not on the current Alchemy Bar menu which means you definitely need to enjoy it at home. It is the perfect combination of Makers Mark Bourbon and Spiced Brown Sugar Syrup with a few other ingredients.

Cucumber Sunrise

The Cucumber Sunrise is the most popular drink at the Alchemy Bar. It is the perfect refreshing combination of Vodka, watermelon, muddled cucumber and lime. This drink tastes amazing on a hot day or really any day.

Spicy Chipotle Pineapple Martini Recipe

This martini has a bit of a kick balanced with the tart pineapple flavor. Made with Vodka, Chipotle pineapple syrup and more you will want to make a few of these.

Quick Fix

The Quick Fix glows green and packs a punch! This drink is perfect if you love Absinthe. If you are not a fan of absinthe you can always use a little less to make it a lighter flavor.

Restorative Basil Drop

Super refreshing! This cocktail is a great mix of vodka, basil, and lime juice. Perfect for a hot summer day!

The Deal Closer

The Deal Closer tastes like adult chocolate milk. The perfect combination of amaretto, chocolate, Irish cream, and Vanilla rum. So delicious!

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm is a great combination of strawberry and rum flavors. Don’t let the name fool you this drink is the perfect drink!

Carnival Cruise Pool/Tropical Cocktails

When you think of a cruise vacation do you think about lounging by the pool and soaking in all the sunshine? I know I do!

There is just something so perfect about sipping on a fruity cocktail while soaking in as much warm weather as you can. I love all of the ports you can visit on a cruise but I also really like sea days. I used to dread them when we first started cruising but now I try to find cruises with multiple sea days.

Spending the day with no agenda other than relaxing and enjoying great drinks and food is just perfect!

Blue Margarita

The perfect blend of citrus flavors in a gorgeous blue margarita! This Blue Margarita recipe is perfect for pool parties and holiday fun!

Caribbean Breeze

This fruity cocktail tastes amazing! It is a great summer drink or party drink because you can double/triple the recipe in a pitcher.

Caribbean Colada

This blended cocktail is a fun twist on a classic Pina Colada.

Cruiser Cocktail

This fruity cocktail tastes like a vacation! Fruity, easy to make with peach schnapps and looks amazing.

Dirty Banana

Blended, fruity, goodness in a glass! If you like the banana flavor you are going to love his drink

Fun Ship Cocktail

This is one of the drinks you see during embarkation! Perfect for kicking off a cruise or party! So easy to mix in a Cocktail Glass, a bit of orange juice and a few other ingredients!

Kiss on the Lips

The Kiss on the Lips is the perfect blended fruity cocktail! It tastes so good and cools you off in the hot sun. Plus it just looks really cool.

Mango Magic

Mango goodness blended in a glass…yes please!

Miami Vice

If you can’t decide between a strawberry daiquiri or a Pina Colada why not have a mix of both!

 

 

Carnival Cruise Martini Recipes

On a couple of Carnival Cruise ships, we found bartenders that whipped up delicious martini recipes. These are a few of our favorite flavored martini recipes that we tried.

Caribbean Sunset

This delicious martini is a mix of raspberry and coconut flavors with a bit of lime juice that tastes amazing.

Melon Crush Martini

This martini tastes like a boozy melon in a martini glass. How can you go wrong!

Pomegranate Breeze Martini

I don’t see many pomegranate drinks so I was so excited to try this one.

Sea Blue Martini

I love that this martini is blue and tastes great! So perfect for parties or fun nights at home.

 

Pig and Anchor Cocktails

Guy Fieri’s Pig & Anchor Smokehouse/Brewhouse can be found on the Carnival Horizon, Carnival Panorama and soon on the Carnival Mardi Gras. The restaurant/brewery includes a great Flavortown Bar that has its own cocktail and drink menu.

You can enjoy microbrews that are brewed right on board within the brewhouse. If you are on a Carnival Cruise Ship that does not have the brewery on board don’t worry you can now enjoy ParchedPig® West Coast IPA and ParchedPig® Toasted Amber Ale across the Carnival fleet in cans!

Bacon Manhattan

Bacon and booze….do I need to say more?

Pig & Anchor Bloody Mary

Veggie infused Tito’s Vodka, bacon, and tomato sauce how can you go wrong!

Carnival Shake Spot Recipes

The Carnival Shake Spot is paired with the Java Blue Cafe which is the onboard coffee shop. They make a combination of amazing coffee drinks and milkshakes. Plus the desserts are pretty darn amazing.

You can even get boozy milkshakes at some locations.

Spirit of Kentucky Milkshake

Yes, this is a boozy milkshake you want to make asap! Makers Mark, Ice Cream, and caramel plus more! This milkshake packs a punch.

Bonus Carnival Food Recipes

We would be remiss if we didn’t share some of our favorite Carnival Food Recipes to balance out all of the booze in this list of recipes. LOL!

Carnival Chocolate Melting Cake

Guy’s Burger

Tiramisu

 

Tools needed to make Carnival Drink Recipes

10-Piece Bar Tool Set with Stylish Bamboo Stand – If you want to have all of your bar tools together on one stand this one is great.

Double Jigger – Easily measure out liquid ingredients for your cocktail

Glass Rimming Set – Easily rim your glasses with either salt or sugar

Long cocktail muddler – Perfect for muddling cucumbers and berries for Alchemy Bar drinks.

Stainless Steel Stir Stick – Great for combing cocktails that do not need to be shaken

Copper Bartending Kit – I love the look of this copper set. It would look gorgeous on a home bar.

Crystal Cocktail Mixing Glass – Very similar to the ones you see in the Alchemy Bar. 

Cocktail Shaker – Perfect for mixing the perfect martini

Stemless Martini Glasses – These are super similar to what you get at the Alchemy Bar

Tropical Hurricane Glasses – Perfect for Pina Coladas and blended tropical drinks

Old Fashion/Whiskey Glasses – These rocks glasses are perfect for the Caribbean Manhatten and Whiskey Cocktails

Champagne Flutes – Because we all need killer champagne flutes.