The winter blues can really knock you down, but sometimes it just takes a well-indulged daydream (with the help of a tropical cocktail) to inspire a fresh perspective. So for all of those who miss sun kissed skin, bare feet, and mini umbrellas in your drink, here are a few recipes to heat things up by cooling them down:
Frozen Pineapple Margarita
Ingredients
4 cups pineapple chunks, frozen
½ cup fresh lime juice (2-3 limes)
¼ cup triple sec
3-4 tablespoons sugar
1 cup ice
Extra lime and coarse kosher salt for garnish
Instructions
- Put fist 6 ingredients into blender and blend until smooth
- Cut the lime into thin rounds for garnish. To rim the glasses with salt, run a slice of lime around edges of the glass and then dip the edges in kosher salk. Fill the glass with frozen margarita and enjoy!
Tropical Sunset
Ingredients
2 oz. grapefruit juice
4 oz. pineapple juice
2 oz. passion fruit vodka
4 oz. silver rum
Splash of 7 up
A spoonful of maraschino cherry juice
Maraschino cherries for garnish
Orange slice for garnish
Instructions
- Combine the grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, passion fruit vodka and rum in an ice filled shaker
- Pour into two ice filled glasses
- Top off with a splash of 7 up
- Pour spoonful of cherry juice into glass and allow it to settle at the bottom of the glass
- Garnish with orange slice and cherries
Blue Hawaiian
Ingredients
1 oz. Blue Curacao
1 oz. white rum
3 oz. pineapple juice
1 oz. sweetened coconut cream
1 cup of ice
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into blend
- Blend until smooth
- Pour and enjoy!