Fizzy Drinks

• Chilled or on the rocks, orange-flavored seltzer water is fine on its own; it also blends well with a number of non-alcoholic drinks. Mix equal parts orange seltzer water with your favorite juice or juice-based beverage, such as pineapple juice, apple juice, lemonade or limeade. Blend orange seltzer water with flavored sodas like ginger ale, lemon-lime or cream soda both to cut down on the sugar and to add complex flavors. If the seltzer water is too sweet for you, tamp down the sweetness by adding club soda or regular tap water.

For Mature Audiences

• Orange-flavored seltzer water can also replace its more straight-laced sibling, regular seltzer water, in a number of mixed drinks and cocktails. For a simple cocktail, pour a shot of flavored vodka -- either fruit-flavored like lemon or sweet like vanilla vodka -- on the rocks, then top with orange seltzer. Also, top off drinks that call for either a seltzer water or club soda with orange seltzer water. For example, instead of topping off a mojito or a vodka collins with club soda, pour orange seltzer water instead.

Punch and Juicy

• Many punches, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, list something fizzy as an ingredient, such as ginger ale or sparkling wine. Substitute orange seltzer water in punches with complementary flavors, such as those with a cranberry juice or a tropical rum base. For a simple non-alcoholic punch, mix four parts each cranberry juice, orange seltzer water and either ginger ale or club soda, and to make the punch a little more adult, add one part regular or flavored vodka, like key lime or green tea. Orange-flavored seltzer water also substitutes for club soda in sangria, especially if the sangria is made with oranges or orange liqueur.

Tasty Treats

• Orange seltzer works well in a some desserts. One simple idea is the orange vanilla cream float, which blends orange seltzer water with vanilla ice cream, vanilla extract and orange juice. A slight variation on this dessert is the fizzy orange sherbet cooler, which substitutes orange sherbet for the vanilla ice cream, as well as adding orange and lemon juice, sugar, salt, heavy cream and orange zests. Another dessert that bridges the gap between those two is the orange Boston cooler, which combines vanilla ice cream, orange sherbet, ginger syrup and orange-flavored seltzer water. Feel free to substitute the orange sherbet in the last two desserts with other flavors like lime or pineapple for more complex flavors.