Buying drinks at the bars every weekend can add up. Although you might not be able to get the atmosphere in the comfort of your home, you can mix up the ingredients for some exciting new drinks, while keeping some extra cash in your pockets.

These festive cocktails will mix up your usual drink of choice and add a kick to your night in.

Mojito

• 2 teaspoon sugar
• 6 to 8 mint leaves
• Club soda
• 1 lime, halved
• 2 ounce light rum 

Place the sugar, mint leaves and a little club soda into a glass. Muddle to dissolve the sugar and extract the mint flavor. Squeeze the lime juice into the glass and drop one of the lime halves in. Add the rum. Stir. Fill the glass with ice and top it off with club soda.

Lemon Drop

• 1 1/2 ounce vodka
• 3/4 ounce lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar syrup (2 parts sugar, 1 part water. Bring to a boil)

Pour the vodka, lemon juice and sugar syrup into a shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a chilled glass.

Sangria

• 1 bottle red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Rioja, Zinfandel,   
•      Shiraz) — You can substitute white wine if you prefer.
• 1 lemon cut into wedges
• 1 orange cut into wedges
• 1 lime cut into wedges
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• Splash orange juice or lemonade
• 2 shots gin or triple sec (optional)
• 1 cup raspberries or strawberries (may use thawed or frozen)
• 1 small can of diced pineapples (with juice)
• 4 cups ginger ale

Pour wine into a large pitcher and squeeze the wedges from the lemon, orange and lime into the wine. 

Toss in the fruit wedges (leaving out seeds if possible) and pineapple then add sugar, orange juice and gin. Chill overnight. Add ginger ale, berries and ice right before serving. 

If you would like to serve this right away, use chilled red wine and serve over ice.