Mother’s Day Mimosa Bar

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Celebrate mom with a sparkly, bubbly, and festive Mother’s Day mimosa bar! Gather up your favorite juices, slice the garnishes, and pop the cork for the special moms in your life.

May means celebrating Mom and what better way than bubbles and brunch featuring a Mother’s Day mimosa bar!

If you’re hosting brunch, do yourself a favor and set up a mimosa bar, complete with pretty sugar-rimmed flutes, decorative bottles of juice, pretty garnishes and, of course, bubbles!

It not only makes an attractive display, it allows your guests to serve themselves while you’re busy in the kitchen.

I love to serve a mix of juices and pretty garnishes. My favorite juices are orange, blood orange, grapefruit, and pomegranate but the options are endless. Pineapple, peach (for a bellini), mango or passionfruit are all delicious choices.

Citrus fruit wedges and berries are classic garnishes and I love to decorate the flute rims with festive and bright sanding sugars. Simply rub the rim with a citrus wedge and dip the rim into the the sanding sugar.

While champagne is the traditional bubbly accompaniment, cava or Prosecco make excellent substitutions and are more wallet-friendly.

Let’s make a Mother’s Day Mimosa Bar

• First things first! Make your labels and cut your ribbons. I make my labels on the computer and use a decorative hole punch to cut them out. You can also use mini chalkboard labels and chalk markers, or buy pre-made labels and use a marker to inscribe them.
• Now decorate your bottles with the ribbons and labels.
• Create your arrangement with empty bottles, glasses, ice buckets, and dishes well in advance of your party. Once this is set, you can use post-it notes to create place holders.
• Fill the glass bottles with juice, small bowls with garnishes, and decorate the bar or table with flowers, leaves or fruit “flowers”.
• Just before your guests arrive, set up the bar with all of the components including filling the ice buckets with ice and placing the champagne in to chill.
• Use a wedge of fruit to wet the edges of the flutes and dip in colorful sanding sugar if desired.

Tips for success

• The most important consideration is the flow for your guests when creating a self-serve station. Arrange the bar in the order that your guests will make their cocktail: juice, bubbles, then garnishes.
• If you’re hosting a large amount of guests, consider having two stations or the same set up at two ends of a large table or bar.
• Have back up bottles of juice and prepped garnishes in the refrigerator so it’s easy to replenish the bar.
• If you’re planning to decorate your glasses or flutes with sanding sugar, consider doing them yourself before your guest arrive. It not only looks pretty, it will keep the line moving and will limit the mess.

More Mother’s Day Recipes

• Crab Eggs Benedict
• Mushroom Goat Cheese Frittata
• Raspberry and Cheese Salad
• Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
• Strawberry and Whipped Cream Cake

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Mother’s Day Mimosa Bar

Prep Time

20 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

Celebrate mom with a sparkly, bubbly, and festive Mother’s Day mimosa bar! Gather up your favorite juices, slice the garnishes, and pop the cork for the special moms in your life.

Course: Cocktails

Cuisine: American

Keyword: mimosa bar, mother’s day

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 225 kcal

Author: Cathy Roma | What Should I Make For…

Ingredients

• 4 liters Juices, Orange, Blood Orange, Grapefruit, Pomegranate
• 2 bottles Champagne (prosecco or cava can be substituted)
• Garnishes, Raspberries, Strawberries, Orange slices, and Grapefruit wedges
• Colored sanding sugar for champagne flute rims
• Glass bottles with labels for juices
• Pretty champagne flutes

Instructions

1. Tape a pretty ribbon and label around the 4-5 decorative glass bottles. Pour juices into the bottles.
2. Rub an orange wedge along the rims of the flutes and dip into colored sanding sugar. A mix of colors makes for an attractive display.
3. Arrange garnishes in bowls near the flutes.

4. Decorate the bar with fresh flowers or fruit “flowers”. (An orange peel can be twirled around itself to resemble a rose.)

Recipe Notes

• The most important consideration is the flow for your guests when creating a self-serve station. Arrange the bar in the order that your guests will make their cocktail: juice, bubbles, then garnishes.
• If you’re hosting a large amount of guests, consider having two stations or the same set up at two ends of a large table or bar.
• Have back up bottles of juice and prepped garnishes in the refrigerator so it’s easy to replenish the bar.
• If you’re planning to decorate your glasses or flutes with sanding sugar, consider doing them yourself before your guest arrive. It not only looks pretty, it will keep the line moving and will limit the mess.

Nutrition Facts

Mother's Day Mimosa Bar

Amount Per Serving

Calories 225 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Fat 1g2%

Sodium 5mg0%

Potassium 1000mg29%

Carbohydrates 52g17%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 42g47%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 1000IU20%

Vitamin C 250mg303%

Calcium 55mg6%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Update Notes: This post was originally published in May 2017 but was republished with tips in April 2023.