This Honey Muscadine Martini is the best at-home date night cocktail

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Cocktails can be pretty boozy, and that's a problem when you want to drink more than one. Nobody wants to start nodding off just as the night gets interesting. Mocktails are a tasty alternative, but, let's face it, they can't match the delightful kick of a nice drink, especially for date night, Valentine's Day or a Galentine's party. The Duplin Honey Muscadine Martini is the perfect compromise.

Duplin non-alcoholic Muscadine Cider's inspired this uptown drink that feels like a night on the town even when you're stuck at home. The cider is made with sweet, spicy red Noble grapes that are processed just like apple cider. That gives Muscadine Cider an extra-fruity flavor and pure sweetness that tastes close to grapes fresh off the vine.

For the Honey Muscadine Martini, we shook up Muscadine Cider with ice, low-alcohol botanical vodka -- we used grapefruit and rose-flavored vodka -- and a little ginger liqueur. Stained into a honey-rimmed glass and garnished with a couple of deep-red rose petals, this one sexy drink that won't knock you out.