By definition the Mocktail is a non-alcoholic cocktail. Popular mocktail versions are the daiquiris. Frozen or liquid form, mocktails are popular for having a good night of fun without the alcohol.

Some schools will use mocktails as part of education programs about alcohol abuse. A new way of educating of the effects of alcohol is using the mocktails with a set of goggles that blur the view from them (known as beer goggles). These come in different levels of effect, showing what the vision is like at different levels of intoxication.