Best Lemon Drop Champagne Recipes

Lemon Drop Champagne Punch image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 lemons, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 bottle (750 milliliters) Champagne, chilled
3/4 cup best-quality vodka, chilled
4 ounces candied lemon peels

Steps:

With a vegetable peeler, remove zest from each lemon in a long, continuous spiral. Juice lemons, and strain pulp (you should have 3/4 cup juice). Set aside.
Heat sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add zest. Let syrup cool completely, about 2 hours.
Pour Champagne, vodka, lemon juice, and syrup into a punch bowl; stir. Serve glasses of punch with candied peels.

Lemon Drop Champagne image

Provided by Sandra Lee

Time 5m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 (12-ounce) can lemonade frozen concentrate, thawed
1 bottle extra-dry Champagne
1 1/2 cups sparkling water
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1/3 cup lemon drop candies, crushed

Steps:

In a pitcher, stir to combine lemonade concentrate, Champagne, and sparkling water. Using a slice of lemon, moisten the rim of each glass. Dip rim into crushed lemon drop candies. Pour in the Champagne mixture and garnish with sliced lemons.