After a spicy Caesar Cocktail, a Sparkling Brunch Mimosa is my go-to brunch cocktail, especially if I’m celebrating! Today, I’m sharing with you a simple recipe for sparkling mimosas along with tips for how to pick the best champagne for mimosas.

I first shared this recipe for Mimosas on my friend’s blog, Amanda’s Cookin’.

Sparkling Mimosa Recipe

A mimosa is the fancy older sister to the screwdriver. Consisting of just orange juice and sparkling wine, it is an incredibly simple recipe (making it perfect for brunch) but there are some little tips and tricks that can put your mimosa over the top.

(And similarly, there are little things that you can do wrong that will make a mess of your mimosas.)

For example, while adding the orange juice first and then topping up the glass with champagne or sparkling wine may be more theatrical, it also leads to a poorly mixed cocktail and a sticky mess along the rim of the glass.

Tips for Perfect Mimosas:

Make sure your sparkling wine and orange juice are super cold
Serve mimosas in narrow glasses to keep the cocktail bubbly (wider-mouthed glasses allow the carbonation to escape faster)
Do not stir your mimosa – add the wine, then the orange juice, and the cocktail will do your mixing for you
Swap out pomegranate or cranberry juice if you can’t get fresh orange juice (don’t go for the concentrate) – or go for peach juice and have a Bellini!
Use a good quality sparkling wine – cheap champagne is never worth the savings!

Best Champagne for Mimosas

While champagne may seem like the obvious choice for a mimosa, that is actually not the case.

Cava (a Spanish sparkling wine made in the same way as champagne) and Prosecco (Italian sparkling wine made in a more modern way than traditional champagne) can actually be better choices for your brunch mimosas.

Why? Because a good dry champagne can get expensive, while a good quality Cava or Prosecco are comparatively more affordable, and they tend to run on the drier side. (In comparison, a similarly priced champagne is often too sweet.) Not to mention, cheap champagne is notorious for causing the infamous champagne headaches.

You want a brisk, dry sparkling wine for mimosas, especially since you will be mixing it with sweet orange juice.

If opting for a true champagne, a Brut or dry champagne are your best options. (I found this list of 10 Inexpensive Champagnes for you to check out.)

Tip: I often order my liquor from Drizly because they have a quick delivery time (sometimes within 40 minutes) and no expensive mark-ups. Purchasing from them supports local retailers, too. You can order the Champagne needed for this recipe from them.

Ingredients for Mimosas

Scroll down to the printable recipe card for full measurements.

Makes 2.

Tip: this is one cocktail that you don’t want to prepare in advance. You can however, prepare your orange twists in advance and store in the freezer until serving.

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I really loved using my gorgeous Omishome Bartending Kit to make this recipe. The pretty bamboo holder contains all of the tools you need to make perfect cocktails, and those pretty gold tools add a touch of class to your home bar set-up.

How to Make Mimosas

To make your orange twists, peel an orange with a vegetable peeler. Gently twist the peel around a chopstick and place in the freezer as you prepare the rest of the recipe. (Let set for at least 2 minutes.)

Fill your champagne flutes halfway full with champagne or sparkling wine. It’s best to do this at an angle to preserve carbonation.

Remove the orange twists from the freezer and carefully place on the rims of the flutes.

Fill flutes with rest of the way with orange juice.

Enjoy immediately.

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Yield: 2 cocktails

Sparkling Mimosas

Name: Sparkling Mimosas
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Cocktail recipe
Ingredients: 6 oz orange juice; 6 oz champagne or sparkling wine; Orange peel twist

A delicious brunch cocktail, sparkling brunch mimosas are a classic and in this post, I share all the best tips for making amazing mimosas, including the best champagnes to make mimosas

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

6 oz orange juice
6 oz champagne or sparkling wine
Orange peel twist

Instructions

To make your orange twists, peel an orange with a vegetable peeler. Gently twist the peel around a chopstick and place in the freezer as you prepare the rest of the recipe. (Let set for at least 2 minutes.)
Fill your champagne flutes halfway full with champagne or sparkling wine. It's best to do this at an angle to preserve carbonation.
Remove the orange twists from the freezer and carefully place on the rims of the flutes.
Fill flutes with orange juice.
Enjoy immediately.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 177Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 9mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 1gSugar: 9gProtein: 1g

Sugar, Spice and Glitter uses an auto-generate nutrition calculator. Nutrition information isn’t always accurate unless analyzed in a scientific lab, so these should be considered more of a guideline than medical information.

Our easy recipe for how to make mimosas is super simple (and you probably won’t even need to print it out) but I guarantee if you follow our tips, you will be in for a treat!

For more delicious brunch recipes, check out our Poached Eggs in Italian-style Tomato Sauce or our Lemon Sticky Rolls.

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Sparkling Mimosas