10 Soju Cocktail Recipes To Upgrade Your K-Drama Binge Seshs

Soju cocktail recipes

There’s little we don’t love about soju. Readily available, sweet, refreshing, and especially potent for an affordable price, it’s little wonder the Korean spirit has become a Friday night staple for many. While soju is great on its own, or mixed with beer in a classic soju bomb, you could always do to level up your drink with any of these 10 super simple soju cocktail recipes.

1. Peach Soju Milkis Bomb

Image credit: @SeoulRed

Peach soju is a perennial favourite flavour, so level that up with a dose of Milkis, the Korean version of the fizzy, yoghurt soda that is Calpis. Having gin in the mix is optional, but does help to crank up the alcohol content a notch and add some floral notes to the overall beverage.

Yield: 1 drink

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

15ml gin
25ml peach soju
35ml Milkis or Calpis

Directions:

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake, and serve.

Recipe adapted from @SeoulRed.

2. Soju Fizz

Image credit: Noob Cook

Jazz up the elements of the previous recipe with this Soju Fizz mix. The base of peach or plain soju is sweetened with Calpis or Milkis, and then given a fruitier twist with the addition of strawberry jam, as well as orange or pineapple juice for a tropical kick.

Yield: 1 drink

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

25ml plain or peach soju
15ml Calpis or Milkis
1 tbsp strawberry jam
35ml orange or pineapple juice

Directions:

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake, and serve.

3. Soju Watermelon Fresca

Soju and watermelon make another unbeatable combo. While we have a recipe for a watermelon soju jelly that is bound to impress, that option takes a lot more time than this Soju Watermelon Fresca drink, so give this a shot!

Yield: 1 drink

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

¼ watermelon, deseeded
120ml soju
2-3 cucumber slices

Directions:

In a glass, muddle the watermelon. Add ice, and cucumbers.
Pour in soju. Mix and serve.

Recipe adapted from Drink Manila.

4. Soju Melona

Image credit: Booky

Soju Melona is a popular recipe around TikTok. If you didn’t know, Melona is a popular Korean ice cream bar snack that’s flavoured like honeydew melon milk. You can get your hands on the bar at most major local supermarkets, on Lazada, or at Korean specialty marts around the island.

While most people dunk the ice cream bar into the soju mix and enjoy it as is, we feel blending the bar with the spirit offers a creamier consistency, almost like a daiquiri.

Yield: 2 to 3 drinks

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1 bottle of soju
2 Melona ice cream bars, sticks removed
1 cup ice
1 can of Sprite or Chilsung cider

Directions:

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend till smooth. Serve.

Recipe adapted from @narttanicha

5. Soju Yakult Strawberry

Image credit: Teak & Thyme

A strawberry milkshake gets a boozy upgrade with this Soju Yakult Strawberry cocktail recipe. One recipe makes enough for two to four drinks, and we highly recommend adding strawberry ice cream to the mix to make the cocktail extra creamy.

Yield: 2 to 4 drinks

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1 bottle of soju
4 bottles of regular Yakult
2 cups frozen strawberries
2 scoops of strawberry ice cream (optional)

Directions:

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend till smooth. Serve.

Recipe adapted from @narttanicha

6. Peach Tea Soju

Image credit: Spice Paw

Mixing soju and green tea is a thing, but you can easily level up this combination by mixing peach tea with peach soju for this Peach Tea Soju. Topped with ice, it’s a fruity combination that makes a refreshing pick-me-up after a tiring day.

Yield: 1 drink

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

⅔ cup peach soju
⅓ cup peach tea

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a glass, add or pour over ice to serve.

Recipe adapted from Amy Holz.

7. Honey Lemon Soju

Image credit: Drink Manila

Shoutout to your friend who constantly chimes, “alcohol kills germs” when you say you’re too sick to have a drink. By combining the classic honey-lemon combo with plum soju, this Honey Lemon Soju is a throat-soothing combi for a rowdy evening.

Yield: 1 drink

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

60ml plum soju
60ml lemon juice
½ tbsp honey
1 tbsp hot water
1 wedge of lemon

Directions:

Mix the honey and hot water, and leave to cool.
In a glass, mix the soju, lemon juice, and honey mixture. Top up with ice, and garnish with lemon to serve.

Recipe adapted from Drink Manila.

8. Blue Spin

Blue Soju is a super IG-worthy combination of pineapple juice, blue Gatorade, and soju. It’s definitely one to impress your friends with!

Yield: 1 drink

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1 can pineapple juice
35ml blue Gatorade
25ml soju

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice.
Pour in the pineapple juice, then soju.
Add a shot of blue Gatorade and watch as the colour changes. Serve.

Recipe adapted from @ivanroycep.

9. Mogu Soju

Image credit: Explore with Chelo PH

Another childhood favourite, Mogu Mogu, gets an adult upgrade with the addition of soju. Use Milkis, strawberry milk, or Yakult to intensify the flavours of the drink. The presence of nata de coco in the Mogu Mogu drink also creates added texture in your Moju Soju with each sip!

Yield: 1 drink

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

½ bottle of Mogu Mogu in your flavour of choice
25ml fresh or strawberry soju
½ can strawberry Milkis or milk

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice. Pour in all the ingredients, and mix. Serve.

Recipe adapted from @ivanroycep.

10. Cojinganmek

Image credit: @s_ing_soo

You know of somaek, aka soju and beer, but here’s us introducing you to Cojinganmek, where Coca-Cola is introduced to somaek to make a merry trio.

Yield: 1 drink

Time needed: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

50ml plain soju
½ cup beer
½ cup coke
Ice

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice. Add soju, beer, then coke. Stir, and serve.

Easy soju cocktails to make at home

If you love soju, give any of our soju cocktail recipes a try! You can also accompany your soju with Korean fried chicken, so check out our Korean fried chicken delivery guide.