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Now that you're done figuring, er, freaking out over your menu, there's one more little (but very important) detail to iron out: What's everyone going to drink? Before you start crying over muddled mint, we've got the solution: batchable cocktails.

And to make your party a little bit better, we have a slew of recipes that make all of your guests happy, from sangrias to tiki cocktails.

① Sparkling Cynar Cocktail

This bright and refreshing recipe combines Cynar with grapefruit juice, rum and seltzer for an effervescent you won't be able to put down. 

② Coffee Liqueur Tiki Cocktail

This cocktail combines three types of rum with Madeira and coffee liqueur for a hint of bitterness and sweetness.

③ Spiked Sun Tea

Sure, a little time in sunshine is what makes sun tea, well, sun tea, but the thing that makes this version of the Southern staple special is a slosh of gin and lemongrass-scented simple syrup.

④ Spiked Pink Lemonade

This recipe takes a simple syrup and infuses it with raspberries, lemon zest and mint for a just-right hit of sweetness.

⑤ Peach Jalapeño Sangria

Beat the heat with this spicy number: one big pitcher of sweet peach nectar and white wine spiked with searing jalapeños.

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⑥ Green Tea Punch

Get your caffeine levels up for all-night partying—or lounging—with this green tea-infused punch swirled with white rum and fresh lime juice. Four Loko, who?

⑦ Pineapple Rum Daiquiri

Shake tropical pineapple rum with fresh squeezed lime juice, simple syrup and maraschino cherry liqueur for a fruity spin on the classic daiquiri.

⑧ Fish House Punch

For friends who never stray outside their old-fashioned orders, go classic with a rum- and peach brandy-spiked punch that's nearly 300 years old.

⑨ Bourbon Slush

Indulge your inner kid with this lemon-orange slushy drink, but give it a very adult spin with a hefty pour of bourbon.

⑩ Watermelon-Chamomile Mocktail

In this recipe, a floral chamomile syrup is shaken with fresh watermelon and lime juices for a bright and seasonal mocktail that tastes like summer.

⑪ Dark and Stormy Floats

This twist on the classic tiki drink doubles as dessert. Bonus: There's rum in the ice cream, too.

This article was originally published on 9/3/15 and was updated by Delia Mooney with additional recipes and photography on 5/24/17.

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