Take a break from your finals study session and relax with one of these summer cocktails. From martinis to daiquiris, a toast to your pending freedom from classes and tests is definitely in order. These easy recipes can be made in 10 minutes or less and are provided courtesy of www.foodnetwork.com.

Gin and Tonic Jellies

Yield: 4 Servings

1 teaspoon gelatin

5 ounces tonic water

1 1/2 ounces gin

2 teaspoons lime juice

Small wedges lime, key lime or other small citrus

Pour about half the tonic into a bowl. Scatter the gelatin over the surface – do not stir – and set aside until the gelatin blooms, or softens. Meanwhile, warm the rest of the tonic over very low heat until it begins to simmer. Whisk hot tonic and then gin into the gelatin. Pour jelly into 4, 2-ounce shot glasses and garnish with lime wedges or your citrus of choice. Place in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or overnight, until set.

Caipirinha

Yield: 1 Serving

1/8 wedge lime

1 tablespoon sugar, or more to taste

1 1/2 ounces light rum

Ice

Place the lime and sugar in the bottom of a glass. Using the handle of a heavy wooden spoon, crush and mash the lime into the sugar. Add the rum and stir. Add ice as desired; stir and serve.

Mint Julep Martini

Yield: 4 Servings

24 to 32 fresh mint leaves

4 tablespoons simple syrup – equal amounts of sugar and water heated until sugar dissolves

Crushed ice

8 ounces vodka

4 sprigs mint, for garnish

4 martini glasses, cold

For one drink: Put 6 to 8 mint leaves, 1 tablespoon simple syrup and crushed ice in the bottom of a tall glass.

With the handle of a wooden spoon, crush and mash the leaves to extract the flavor. Add 2 ounces vodka and shake several times.

Strain into a chilled martini glasses and garnish with a small mint sprig.

Orange Creamezcal

Yield: 1 Serving

4 small scoops vanilla ice cream, about 2/3 cup

1 ounce mezcal

6 ounces orange soda, chilled

Drop the ice cream scoop into a chilled soda glass. Pour the mescal over the ice cream and then the orange soda. Serve.

Golden Daiquiri

Yield: 1 Serving

6 fresh raspberries

1 packed tablespoon dark brown sugar

Ice cubes

2 ounces golden rum

Juice of 1/2 lime – about 1 tablespoon

Muddle raspberries with sugar in a rocks glass.

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the rum and lime juice; shake until chilled.

Generally, the drink is ready by the time the shaker mists up.

Pour drink with some ice over the berries in the glass.

Hurricane

Yield: 1 Serving

2 ounces amber rum

1/4 cup passion fruit syrup, or 1 tablespoon passion fruit syrup

1 teaspoon superfine sugar

1/2 teaspoon grenadine

Juice of 1/2 lime

Cherries and orange slice to garnish

Ice Cubes

In a cocktail shaker, mix the rum, passion fruit juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add the grenadine and lemon juice and stir to combine.

Add the ice cubes and shake. Strain Hurricane into a cocktail glass. Garnish with orange and cherries.