Top 10 Southern Comfort Drinks With Recipes

What is Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages created in New Orleans by Martin Wilkes Heron, an American bartender, back in 1874. Abbreviated as ‘SoCo’, the main ingredients of this commercial drink are rectified spirit and the flavors of fruits, spices, and whiskey. The drink is not totally gluten-free but has relatively less amount of gluten.

Top 10 Southern Comfort Drinks With Recipes

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As always, we have come up with a list of exotic Southern Comfort drinks, all for you. Check them out:

Southern Comfort Cocktail Drink Recipes

Southern Comfort Drinks

Southern Comfort 100-proof nutrition breakdown:
95 calories, 0% fat, 100% carbs, 0% protein per serving

1. Southern Comfort Classic Fruity Punch

Considered as one of the best and most common SoCo cocktails, begin making by mixing 1½ oz of Southern Comfort with the same amount of Amaretto in a glass. Add a dash of grenadine, an oz of sloe gin, and 2 oz of orange juice. Serve with orange peels in an old-fashioned glass.

Classic Southern Comfort Fruity Drink

2. Simple SoCo Short Shooter

In a shot glass, rimmed with rock salt, combine carefully 1 oz Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper liqueur, ginger ale and Jack Daniel Whiskey, each, with ½ oz fresh tomato (or cranberry) juice, and a splash of Dr Pepper. Your shot is ready.

Short Shooter Drink with Southern Comfort Liqueur

3. Traditional Mardi Gras-Party Hurricane

In a pitcher, thoroughly mix 5 oz of sweet and sour mix, Southern Comfort, orange juice and pineapple juice, each. Strain over ice cubes in long drinking glasses, along with cherries, orange rind and a hint of grenadine.

Southern Comfort Mardi Gras Hurricane Recipe

4. Red Halloween Hot-Shot Drinks with Southern Comfort

Combine 1 oz Southern Comfort with ½ oz Tabasco pepper sauce and a dash of lime cordial. Gulp down.

Southern Comfort Halloween Hot Shots

5. Sweet-n-Sour SoCo Drink with Whiskey

Shake together ½ oz Southern Comfort, ¾ oz blended Scotch whiskey, ¼ oz Mandarin Orange Liqueur, 1 oz of sweet and sour mix and lemonade (or Coke/7 Up), each, and finally, a splash of grenadine. Fill a tall glass with this mix and serve with ice and lemon wedges.
(You can replace the lemonade/cola with plain club soda, if you don’t want it that sweet)

Southern Comfort Sweet-Sour Whiskey Cocktail Drink

6. Snake-Bite Manly Bar-Drink

1½ oz of each of Bourbon whiskey, tequila, and Southern Comfort need to be shaken vigorously in a shaker and strained over ice in a pre-frozen wide glass.

Southern Comfort Manly Cocktail Drinks

7. Southern Comfort-based Girly Long Breakfast-Drink

In a mixer, blend ½ oz each of Southern Comfort Gingerbread Spice, coconut rum (like Malibu), and Kahlua, with 1 tsp of Crème de Coconut and Southern Comfort premixed eggnog each, 1 large scoop of vanilla ice cream and a few splashes of milk. Float ice cubes and serve chilled.

Girly Drink with Southern Comfort

8. Choco-SoCo 2-ingredient Hot Holiday Drink

Fill a mug with hot or lukewarm chocolate (optionally, dark coffee liquor). To this, add 2 oz of Southern Comfort and stir lightly. Top with whipped cream and crushed caramel before you sip.
You might not want to choose coffee if you take this before bed.

SoCo Hot Chocolate Alcohol Drink

9. Southern Comfort Mixed Kamikaze Shots

Mix ½ oz Southern Comfort, triple sec and vodka, each, in a shot glass, along with a splash of lemon juice. That’s all.

Southern Comfort Kamikaze Cocktail Recipe

10. Manhattan Peach-&-Cherry Mix

In a mixing glass, pour 2 oz Southern Comfort peach liqueur, ½ oz sweet vermouth, 2-3 dashes of bitter spirit over ice cubes. Stir mix and serve with an orange slice and cherry.

Southern Comfort Fruit-mixed Manhattan Drink

In the above recipes, you can choose from the available 42-, 70- and 100-proof versions, though there are a few other newly-released variations, brands and types as well. Enjoy the refined taste and flavors of these SoCo cocktails and mixers at any time, but responsibly.