Dollar Tree's $1.50 Cocktail Glasses Look As Classy As Real Crystal

As the holidays draw closer, many of us are busily prepping for a season of hosting gatherings and celebrations with friends and family. From exchanging coolers full of ice and bottles of craft beer to serving up spirited mixed drinks sipped from fancy glasses, there's a lot to consider when stocking a home bar setup. Though we all know fancy glassware can be quite expensive, especially if you're hosting a crowd, you can save money and add elegance to your celebrations by purchasing your cocktail glasses from a potentially unexpected source — Dollar Tree.

At just $1.50 per glass, Dollar Tree's Greenbrier International faceted bourbon rocks glasses are almost literally a steal, and a beautiful one, at that. They feel solid in the hand due to a lovely, geometric, heavy-bottomed design, yet have a circular rim for easy sipping or for rimming your cocktail glasses with unique flavorings like freeze-dried fruit as the finishing touch to a tangy, chilled batch cocktail.

Each glass holds 12 ounces of liquid, making them perfect for sipping your favorite bourbon neat, or for pouring just a few ounces of vodka over ice. They're also great for serving vanilla-infused iced tea or lemonade with a sprig of thyme for the zero-proof crowd. Additionally, Greenbrier International's glassware is dishwasher safe and fairly sturdy, considering the low price — which is also an incentive to stock up on extra, just in case one or two end up broken in the course of your guests having a good time.

Even if you typically host smaller gatherings, having plenty of these budget-friendly rocks glasses stashed away can come in handy when putting together hors d'oeuvres or trying to come up with an interesting dessert for a dinner party. Placed near cheese trays or antipasto offerings, they can become vessels to hold miniature tongs or toothpicks and cocktail forks. In terms of desserts, nothing's more impressive than a brightly colored fruity serving of flummery, mini trifles, or pumpkin custard served in a pretty little glass. They're also perfect for showcasing the beautiful striations of the layered Jell-O desserts that everyone's been loving lately.

Though these Dollar Tree rocks glasses are incredibly versatile, they're not good for everything. After all, fizzy drinks are better suited to taller highball glasses, and it's awkward trying to sip a chardonnay or stout from one. Fortunately, in addition to these rocks glasses, Dollar Tree also carries Greenbrier International's 19-ounce pilsner glasses and 20-ounce stemless wine glasses. The tall, fluted pub glasses are perfect vessels for elevating your guests' favorite bottled beers, while the stemless wine glasses are just as versatile as their rocks-style counterparts.

It might be a mild faux pas to drink anything other than wine from a wine glass, but it's not a hard and fast rule, especially at a more casual gathering. Greenbrier's stemless glassware not only lets your merlot breathe, each cup is also large enough to easily contain the carbonation from your favorite mixed drinks.