These three formulas come from the linked healthcare or brand publishers. They offer an alcohol-free evening ritual; none is a treatment for insomnia. Follow the label for any magnesium-containing product. For a separate single-glass tart-cherry drink, see this sleepy-time mocktail , which also makes no sleep-treatment claim.

1. Tart Cherry Spritz

Original formula: Cleveland Clinic.

  • 1/2 cup pure tart cherry juice
  • Optional: magnesium powder measured by your product label, if appropriate for you
  • A splash of sparkling water or prebiotic soda
  • Ice

Stir the juice and optional measured powder until dissolved. Add ice and a splash of the fizzy mixer. Cleveland Clinic says mixer ratios vary. See the full tart cherry page for supplement safety details.

2. Lavender Chamomile Nightcap

Original brand recipe: Grüvi. Makes one drink, with extra syrup.

  • 8 ounces hot water
  • 1 chamomile tea bag
  • 2 ounces Grüvi Dry Secco alcohol-free sparkling wine
  • 1 ounce lavender syrup
  • 1/2 ounce lemon juice
  • For the syrup: 3 tablespoons dried culinary lavender, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water

Warm the syrup ingredients together to a gentle boil, then remove from heat, strain, and cool. Steep the chamomile tea bag in the hot water for a few minutes. Remove the bag, add one ounce of syrup, lemon juice and Dry Secco, and serve warm. The syrup batch makes more than one drink. See the standalone nightcap .

3. MoonBrew Hot Cocoa

Original brand preparation: MoonBrew Homestyle Hot Cocoa.

  • MoonBrew Homestyle Hot Cocoa powder, one serving measured by the current package label
  • 4 to 5 ounces hot milk or water

Froth or stir the measured product into hot milk or water until dissolved. MoonBrew says its scoop count varies by flavor, so check the container. This is a branded prepared mix containing magnesium, rather than a universal homemade magnesium dose.

Magnesium note

Count elemental magnesium from any supplements and medicines you take. The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements gives 350 mg per day as the adult upper limit from supplements and medications unless your clinician advises otherwise.