Sweet cocktails foreground sugar, liqueurs, fruit or cream, with the base spirit in a supporting role. They span dessert-style creamy drinks and fruit-forward, candy-bright mixes. Crowd-pleasers like the Cosmopolitan headline the sweeter end.

Almond Old Fashioned
Bourbon

Amaretto Sour
Amaretto liqueur

Bobby Burns
Blended Scotch whisky

Bobby Burns (Craddocks recipe)
Blended Scotch whisky, Rosso vermouth

Boulevardier
Bourbon

Brandy Alexander
Cognac

Breakfast Martini
London dry gin

Cachaça Piña Colada
White rum, Cachaça

El Presidente
Light gold rum

El Presidente (Dry Vermouth)
Light gold rum

Espresso Martini
Vodka

Espresso Martini (low-calorie)
Vodka

Godfather
Blended Scotch whisky

Irish Coffee
Irish whiskey

Irish Espresso Martini
Irish cream liqueur

Manhattan (1886 recipe)
Bourbon, Rosso vermouth

Manhattan (1903 recipe)
Bourbon

Manhattan Island
Cognac

Maple Old Fashioned
Bourbon

Martinez (gin version)
London dry gin

Oaxaca Old Fashioned
Tequila reposado, Mezcal

Old Fashioned
Bourbon

Piña Colada
White rum

Piña Colada (Cuban Style)
Caribbean aged rum