Healthy Food Recipeub November 11, 2026 0 Comments

Pomegranate Gin Fizz Cocktail

This pomegranate gin cocktail is a delicious spin on the gin fizz, with sweet-tart pomegranate juice, bright lemon, and a frothy egg white topping.

Here’s an impressive cocktail that’s pretty darn perfect, in my opinion: this Pomegranate Gin Fizz! The Gin Fizz is one of my favorite classic cocktails: sweet tart and refreshing, with a festive egg white foam. Take it over the top with this pomegranate spin: it elevates the sweet tart flavor and gives the drink a brilliant jewel-toned color!

Here I used 100% Pomegranate Juice to make this deliciously festive cocktail. It will impress absolutely everyone (we promise!): for the holidays or in any season.

5 Star Reader Review

“Love this recipe! It’s the perfect balance of sweet and tart. It’s festive and perfect for the holidays!” -Kara

Ingredients In This Pomegranate Gin Cocktail

This pomegranate gin cocktail takes the classic Gin Fizz and steps it up a notch! The bold flavor of the pomegranate juice brings just the right compliment to the gin and lemon. Even better, it infuses the most beautiful ruby red color to the drink. Here’s what you’ll need for this pomegranate cocktail:

Gin: A classic dry style gin works well here — I like Malfy Gin.
Pomegranate juice: I always use 100% pomegranate juice with no added sugar (my go-to brand is POM Wonderful). Bottled juice is perfect here, but you can also make Pomegranate Juice from the fresh fruit.
Lemon juice: Always use fresh squeeze citrus juice for cocktails.
Simple syrup: Here’s How to Make Simple Syrup: it takes 5 minutes and keeps for weeks.
Egg white: This makes a thick foam on top of the drink, just like classic egg white cocktails. Want a vegan substitute? You can use aquafaba, the liquid from a can of chickpeas! Just substitute 2 tablespoons aquafaba for the egg white.
Soda water: A small splash adds effervescent bubbles.

Using Pomegranate Juice In Cocktails

As much as I love whipping up classic cocktails, I also love making fun spins on the originals! Pomegranate is ideal for making fruity riffs on the classics. My favorite juice on the market is POM Wonderful. Here’s why it’s great for drinks and cocktails:

It’s 100% juice. 100% Pomegranate Juice contains only the juice of whole-pressed pomegranates and no added sugar, fillers or preservatives.
The flavor is ideal for elevating cocktails. It’s a little sweet and a little tart: perfect for melding with other flavors.
The color is brilliant. The deep ruby red color makes the perfect elevated cocktails for entertaining friends and family.

How To Make An Egg White Foam

Adding egg whites in cocktails might seem retro, and it is: it’s a tradition that dates back to the 1860’s! The foam adds a frothy texture to the top of the drink and a creamy rich flavor to each sip. Classic drinks like the Gin Fizz, Ramos Gin Fizz and Whiskey Sour are traditionally served with this frothy topping. The key to an egg white foam is a special technique called a dry shake. Here’s how it works:

Shake the drink ingredients without ice first. This lets the protein in the egg begin to form the foam, instead of being diluted by the ice.
Then add ice and shake again. This cools the drink and strengthens the foam. Strain it into the glass and you’ll get a thick, white frothy layer. (As a note: citrus is required for the foam formation: so you’ll need the lemon in combination with the pomegranate.)

Variations and Ways to Serve It

Pomegranate gin sour: Omit the soda water.
Make it a mocktail: Try it as my Pomegranate Lime Mocktail.
Add pomegranate seeds: A few arils dropped on the foam look festive. Here’s How to Cut a Pomegranate.

More Pomegranate Cocktails To Try

Pomegranate juice is ideal for creating jewel-toned drinks for winter and fall entertaining! Whether it’s holiday party drinks or Christmas Eve cocktails, this pomegranate gin cocktail is perfect. But if you’re looking for more ideas, here are some more festive pomegranate cocktails that fit the bill:

Try this vibrant Pomegranate Punch
Opt for a Pomegranate Margarita or Pomegranate Cosmo
Go for the classic Pomegranate Martini or bubbly Pomegranate Mimosa
Make a Pomegranate Mojito

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