Hey there. Cinco de Mayo is drifting in on us, and you know what it means, another occasion to party and celebrate the victory at the Battle of Puebla. As the Cinco de Mayo holiday is all about fun and breezy cocktails, one of the ways to get you in the holiday mood is with some Cinco de Mayo inspired cocktails.
Cocktails with their colorful mixtures, add zing to Cinco de Mayo celebrations. This article will get you through some of the striking cocktail drinks you can try out to revive your holiday spirit. And yes, they are all Cinco de mayo inspired. So why don’t you join me, let’s have a cocktail happy hour?
#1. Mexican Sunset
One colorful cocktail for a holiday is Mexican Sunset. With about 6 oz of pineapple juice base, laced with 3 oz of silver tequila, this trendy drink is sufficient to fire up your Cinco de Mayo holiday.
Other ingredients in a Mexican sunset are 1 oz amaretto, 1 oz peach schnapps, 1/2 oz grenadine, lime slices, maraschino cherries, and of course, ice cubes, all of which combine to produce a serving of the vibrant taste called Mexican sunset.
Preparations (1 serving)
- Pour some ice into a shaker, add the amaretto, peach schnapps, silver tequila, and pineapple juice
- Screw on the lid and shake
- Get a tumbler filled with ice and pour the mixture over the ice
- Slowly pour in the grenadine down the side of the tumbler so that it drops to the bottom of the tumbler
- Adorn the glass with some cherries, and a slice of lime
#2. Strawberry Champagne Margarita
Want some sparkles and bubbles for your holiday? This strawberry champagne margarita is perhaps the ideal cocktail for you.
In addition to the apparent ingredients of strawberries (8 – 10 pieces) and champagne (3/4 cup), 1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lime juice, 1/4 cup of triple sec, salt or sugar, ice cubes and of course 3/4 cup of tequila, gives you a large serving of strawberry champagne margarita. And cheers to you too.
Preparations (1 Serving)
- Crush 4 or 5 fresh (hulled) strawberries in a large tumbler
- Squeeze some lime, and add an ounce on the juice to the tumbler
- Add an ounce of triple sec. and tequila, and stir gently
- Mix some salt with a zest of lime on a flat plate.
- Wet the edges of your margarita glass with a lime wedge
- Rim the edges of the tumbler with a mixture of salt-lime zest. You could also use lime and sugar zest instead.
- Add a half cup or ¾ of crushed ice. Then strain the strawberry margarita juice into the cup of crushed ice.
- To crown it all, add an ounce or more of champagne.
- You can garnish the tumbler with mint and a small strawberry and enjoy it.
#3. Coconut Margarita
Bring in the tropicals to your Cinco de Mayo celebrations. A cocktail mixture of 3 oz of lite coconut milk, 3 oz of tequila Blanco, 1 ½ oz of triple sec, 8 oz of coconut water, and fresh lime wedge creates a serving of creamy, coconut flavored classic drink.
An attractive trait of Coconut margarita is that using the lite version of coconut milk reduces the number of calories involved. Now you get to indulge in the celebration cocktails without being overly worried about gaining extra calories.
Preparations (1 serving)
- In a shaker, mix the lite coconut milk, tequila Blanco, triple sec, and coconut water.
- Shake until blended.
- Pour into cocktail glasses with ice.
- Serve with a lime wedge garnishing.
#4. Pink Senõrita
Celebrate the warmth and fun of Cinco de Mayo with a cocktail that parks a savory sweet and sour punch. Pink Senõrita is a refreshing, fresh, fruity, and tart treat. It is easy to make and is ready within ten minutes.
The pink color comes from the fresh pink grapefruit juice (4 ounces). Other components include 2 ounces of tequila, 1 ounce of simple syrup, 2 splashes of cranberry juice, fresh mint, and ice cubes, you a serving of this classic margarita.
One interesting quirk about pink senõrita is the availability of another variety. Don’t you love it when you can experiment with your drink?
Using 1 cup of raspberry pink lemonade instead, lemon wedge and, coarse salt, for rimming glasses, ice cubes, 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice, 1/8 cup of triple sec, 1/3 cup of tequila, with mint and lemon slices, for garnish, you can also achieve a distinct variety of pink senõrita. Now, what is your flavor?
Preparations (1 serving of grapefruit juice pink senõrita)
- Fill a shaker with ice cubes.
- Add tequila, grapefruit juice, and simple syrup.
- Shake and put a chilled rocks glass filled with ice cubes.
- Pour a little cranberry juice over the glass.
- Garnish with fresh mint.
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Preparations (1 serving of pink raspberry lemonade)
- Rub a lemon wedge around the rim a tumbler, then dip rim into salt.
- Add some ice, lemon juice, tequila, pink lemonade, and triple sec.
- Stir to blend.
- Then, garnish the glass with a lemon slice and serve immediately
#5. Blood Orange Thyme Paloma Cocktail
Add a bit of flash and fancy to your holiday mood, and you have a Blood orange thyme Paloma cocktail.
For a serving, use 2 oz silver tequila, 4 oz all-natural blood orange soda, half an ounce of fresh lime juice leaves of 3 sprigs of fresh thyme, 1 blood orange (slices for garnish), roughly chopped thyme sprig for garnish, and sea salt.
Blood orange thyme Paloma cocktail is easy to make, yet when served, it gives the vibe of being sophisticated and artisanal.
Preparations (1 serving)
- Mix the salt and thyme on a small plate.
- Squeeze the ingredients together with your fingers.
- Touch some like at the rim of a glass and cover with the thyme salt.
- Next, add a few ice cubes, and then top with the lime juice, tequila, soda, and stir.
- Then garnish the cocktail with a thyme sprig and blood orange slice.
Conclusion
I hope you’ve had a happy hour reading some of our Cinco de mayo inspired cocktails. Tons of cocktails are associated with the Cinco de Mayo holiday, no doubt. Nevertheless, these five are guaranteed to revive your holiday spirit.
