Juicy blood orange, a soft floral kiss of elderflower and a bright squeeze of lemon, all bubbling up in a chilled flute. The Blood Orange Sunrise is a blood orange mimosa mocktail made for New Year’s Day brunch, and it comes together with two ingredients in about a minute.

If your idea of January 1st is pajamas, cinnamon rolls and a pretty glass in your hand, this is your toast. It looks like a sunrise, tastes like a celebration and lets you start the year clear-headed — minus the next-day regrets.

Why You’ll Love This Blood Orange Mimosa Mocktail

• Two ingredients, zero fuss. No juicing, no simple syrup, no shaker.
• A real brunch moment. Sparkling, fruity and served in a flute, it feels every bit as special as the original.
• Gorgeous color. That coral-to-ruby glow is made for the brunch table and your camera roll.
• Totally alcohol-free. Mingle’s mimosa is 0.0% ABV, so everyone at the table can raise a glass.
• Dry January friendly. It’s the perfect way to kick off an alcohol-free month without feeling like you’re missing out.

What You Need for the Blood Orange Sunrise

Ingredients (makes one 4 oz pour)

• 1 oz Wood Stove Kitchen Lemon Drop Mocktail Mixer
• 3 oz Mingle Blood Orange Elderflower Mimosa sparkling mocktail, well chilled

Garnish

• 1 dried lemon wheel (or a dried blood orange slice)

How to Make the Blood Orange Sunrise

1. Chill a champagne flute in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes so the bubbles stay lively.
2. Pour the Lemon Drop mixer into the bottom of the flute.
3. Tilt the glass and slowly top with the Mingle Blood Orange Elderflower Mimosa. Pouring down the side keeps the fizz and creates a pretty sunrise fade.
4. Float a dried lemon wheel on top and serve right away.

How to Make a Mimosa Mocktail Bar for Brunch

Hosting New Year’s Day brunch? Set out a tray of chilled flutes, a small carafe of Lemon Drop with a 1 oz jigger, a bucket of iced Mingle cans and a bowl of dried citrus wheels. Guests pour 1 oz of Lemon Drop, top with 3 oz of the mimosa and garnish their own. One 16 oz bottle of Lemon Drop covers 16 drinks, so you can toast all morning.

Pro Tips and Easy Variations

Make It More Orange-Forward

Add a splash of fresh blood orange or Cara Cara orange juice. Both are at their juiciest in January, and they deepen the sunrise color.

Make It Lighter

Swap the Lemon Drop down to ½ oz for a less sweet, more sparkling sip.

Dress Up the Rim

Dip the rim in a little sugar for sparkle, or check out our favorite mocktail garnish ideas for more inspiration.

When to Serve This Sparkling Brunch Mocktail

• New Year’s Day brunch and New Year’s Eve countdowns
• Baby showers, bridal showers and birthday brunches
• Galentine’s mornings and girls’ weekends
• The first toast of Dry January

Where to Find the Ingredients

Every ingredient in the Blood Orange Sunrise comes in our January Salt & Sunshine Mocktail Box, along with the BlueHenry Lemon & Thyme rimmer, dried lemon wheels and three more recipes. Subscribers get it automatically with the Seasonal Stir mocktail box, or you can grab the Wood Stove Kitchen Lemon Drop Mocktail Mixer on its own from the Bottleshop. Curious about the sparkling base? Mingle shares how it crafts its 0.0% sparkling mocktails on the Mingle Mocktails website.

A Sunny Toast to a Brand New Year

This blood orange mimosa mocktail is proof that the brunch toast never needed the champagne. Chill your flutes, pour one up and say cheers to a fresh start. If you love a bubbly citrus sip, try our Salted Lemon Fizz next — and tag us with #MocktailFantasia so we can raise a glass with you.

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