Maraschino cherry — other used in cocktails

Quick Facts

Type Other
ABV 0.00%
Alcoholic No
Used in 14 cocktails
Calories/100ml 165.00 kcal

Maraschino cherry

A preserved, sweet cocktail cherry soaked in sugar syrup or a maraschino solution, with a bright red color and intensely sweet, almond-tinged cherry flavor. The classic cocktail garnish, it tops Old Fashioneds, Manhattans, and Shirley Temples, adding a pop of color and sweetness.

Flavor Profile

Sweet, candy-like cherry nose with almond and preserved fruit. Palate delivers sugary cherry sweetness with faint bitterness from the pit. Adds garnish sweetness and visual appeal.

Sweet
9/10

Common Substitutes

Cherry Cherries
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Cocktails using Maraschino cherry

Apello cocktail in a collins glass — made with Orange juice, Grapefruit Juice, and Apple Juice

Apello

Other / Unknown

 Bluebird cocktail in a cocktail glass — made with Gin, Triple sec, and Blue Curacao

Bluebird

Ordinary Drink

 Boomerang cocktail in a cocktail glass — made with Gin, Dry Vermouth, and Bitters

Boomerang

Ordinary Drink

 Brooklyn cocktail in a cocktail glass — made with Rye Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, and maraschino liqueur

Brooklyn

Cocktail

 French 75 cocktail in a collins glass — made with Gin, Sugar, and Lemon Juice

French 75

Ordinary Drink

 Gin Daisy cocktail in a old-fashioned glass — made with Gin, Lemon Juice, and Sugar

Gin Daisy

Ordinary Drink

 Gin Sour cocktail in a whiskey sour glass — made with Gin, Lemon Juice, and Sugar

Gin Sour

Ordinary Drink

 Hunter's Moon cocktail in a balloon glass — made with Vermouth, Maraschino cherry, and Sugar syrup

Hunter's Moon

Cocktail

 John Collins cocktail in a collins glass — made with Bourbon, Lemon Juice, and Sugar

John Collins

Ordinary Drink

 Manhattan cocktail in a cocktail glass — made with Sweet Vermouth, Bourbon, and Angostura Bitters

Manhattan

Cocktail

 Mary Pickford cocktail in a cocktail glass — made with Light rum, Pineapple juice, and maraschino liqueur

Mary Pickford

Cocktail

 Rum Cobbler cocktail in a old-fashioned glass — made with Sugar, Club soda, and Lemon

Rum Cobbler

Ordinary Drink

 Rum Sour cocktail in a whiskey sour glass — made with Light rum, Lemon Juice, and Sugar

Rum Sour

Ordinary Drink

 Tom Collins cocktail in a collins glass — made with Gin, Lemon Juice, and Sugar

Tom Collins

Ordinary Drink