Add a Little Buzz to Your Dry January!

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With 2025 in full buzz, now is the perfect time to reflect on health goals and habits for the year ahead. Many people start the year by putting down the cocktails and picking up the mocktails for Dry January! This month-long break from alcohol offers a chance to reset, refresh, and focus on overall well-being. Since alcohol is linked to various health ailments from headaches and nausea to more serious effects, taking a break can allow for a wellness and lifestyle reset.

But just because you’re taking a pause on alcohol doesn't mean you have to give up delicious drinks! Mocktails can just be as satisfying and feature a variety of natural and fresh ingredients with positive impacts for your health. One standout addition to a mocktail? Honey! Its natural sweetness elevates any recipe, whether you're following a mocktail recipe or creating something new from scratch.

A recent study funded by the National Honey Board found that choosing honey instead of table sugar can help reduce added sugar intake and lower calories while achieving the same sweetness. The research shows that 0.6 Tbsp of honey provides the same sweetness as 1 Tbsp of table sugar – meaning you can use less honey without sacrificing the sweetness or taste of your mocktails!

This January, the National Honey Board is teaming up with some mocktail mixology experts to provide you with inspiration for your Dry January sips – and non-alcoholic beverages all year long! Follow along at @nationalhoneyboard on Instagram.


Mixing it Up: Meet the Mocktail Masters

Registered dietitian Andrea Mathis, the creator of Beautiful Eats & Things—a platform dedicated to viewing nutrition through a realistic approach through recipes, wellness, and lifestyle will be celebrating Dry January with us. She will share with her followers how to incorporate honey into mocktails. As an avid cook, Andrea believes in approaching nutrition realistically and aims to teach others that achieving optimal health while enjoying food is possible. Honey is her go-to sweetener for recipes, as it is a simple addition that enhances sweetness without compromising flavor.

Tori Stobinski, also known as Mocktail Girlie, will also be celebrating Dry January with us and sharing how she incorporates honey into her mocktails. Tori’s journey into creating mocktails started with her desire to enjoy more drinks without alcohol. She started experimenting with simple and healthy ingredients, and what began as a hobby has blossomed into a community of over 100k. Honey has always been a staple ingredient in Tori’s kitchen; from her honey apple crisp mocktail to her non-alcoholic hot toddy, she elevates each drink with honey as honey complements and enhances the various flavors she loves to explore, making it the perfect secret ingredient in her mocktails.

Whether you want to reset your wellness goals for 2025 or try some new delicious alcohol-free drinks, honey is the perfect ingredient to turn up the notch on all your mocktail recipes. You can find other mocktail recipe inspiration and purchase honey to make your own via Instacart!