10 Margarita Recipes To Try For Cinco De Mayo

Get yourself a big bowl of guacamole or queso – or both! Tomorrow is Cinco De Mayo!

What goes best with your favorite tacos? Margaritas of course!

You can’t celebrate Cinco De Mayo without a refreshing margarita.

Mitch and I will be celebrating with guacamole, fish tacos, and MARGS of course! It is a bold statement, but margaritas are on my top 5 favorite drinks. They are just so stinking good, and there are so many different varieties and types. You can rarely catch me ordering a normal lime margarita. I like to mix it up and try different flavors.

I thought I would round up 10 different margarita recipes to try. I can’t even narrow it down to see which one I will try tomorrow, I might just have to make them all!

Spicy Margarita

My go to margarita during quarantine has been a spicy marg. Now I am such a baby when it comes to spicy food, so the fact that I have been making spicy margs on the regular is not my norm. You can always feel free to add more jalapeño for spice, so I call this my semi-spicy margarita.

2 shots tequila
Juice from one lime
Splash of orange juice
1 Tbsp honey
Ice
Shake, garnish with jalapeño, and serve (makes 2).

Strawberry Basil Margarita

Muddle in shaker:
6 basil leaves
2 large strawberries
Add to shaker and shake:
2 shots tequila
Juice from one lime
1 Tbsp honey
Ice
Stir in a splash of club soda/sparkling water, garnish with strawberry and basil leave & serve (makes 2).

Watermelon Margarita

2 cups cubed seedless watermelon
1/2 cup ice, plus more for serving
2 ounces lime juice
2 shots tequila
salt/sugar
lime for garnish
Place watermelon and ice in a blender and blend.
Pour watermelon juice, lime and tequila in a pitcher or large glass and stir together.
Rub a lime wedge around the edge of a glass, dip cup in salt or sugar to coat the rim.
Put ice in the cup and pour watermelon margarita over the top. Garnish with lime and serve. (makes 2)

Pineapple Chili Margarita

2 lime wedges
2 shots Tequila
1 shot Cointreau or triple sec
Juice from 1 lime
1/2 cup (4 fl oz.) Pineapple juice
1/4 cup chopped pineapple, fresh
1 tsp. + 1/4 cup Tajín chile powder
Ice
Place the ¼ of a cup of Tajín chile powder on a small flat plate.
Take one quarter of a lime and rub it along the edges of two glasses. Immediately place the rims of the glasses on the plate with the chile and twist to coat.
Combine the tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, pineapple juice, chopped pineapple, 1 tsp. of Tajín chile powder, and 1 cup of ice.
Stir to blend well.
Garnish with a wedge of pineapple dipped in chile powder. (makes 2)

Prickly Pear Margarita

2 shots of tequila
1 shot Cointreau or triple sec
Juice from 1 lime
2 ounces (1 shot) prickly pear cactus syrup – try this one
Splash of orange juice
Ice
Slice and squeeze limes. Use one lime to rim glasses with salt.
Mix ingredients in cocktail shaker and pour over ice.
Garnish each glass with a lime wedge and serve. (makes 2)

Triple Berry Margarita

FOR THE TRIPLE BERRY SYRUP:

1 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup blackberries
1/3 cup sliced strawberries
1/3 cup blueberries

FOR THE COCKTAILS:

Sugar or salt (for glass rims)
1/2 cup triple berry simple syrup
Juice from 1 lime
2 shots tequila
Optional Garnishes: Lime slices, fresh berries
Ice

Combine berries, sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook 4-5 minutes until berries have softened and sugar has dissolved.
Remove syrup from heat and let it cool completely.
Combine triple berry simple syrup, lime juice, tequila and ice in shaker.
salt or sugar rim of glasses and garnish with berries and/or lime. Serve. (makes 2)

Avocado Margarita

1 ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
2 shots tequila
1 shot Cointreau or triple sec
Juice from 1 lime
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, optional
pinch of salt
1–3 teaspoons honey, optional
1–3 slices fresh jalapeno, optional
optional garnishes: fresh lime wedges, extra fresh cilantro, extra avocado slices
Add avocado, ice, tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, cilantro, and salt to a blender. Pulse until smooth.
Taste and add honey to sweeten, and/or extra jalapeño. Pulse until smooth.
Serve immediately in glasses that have been rimmed with salt. Top with optional garnishes, if desired. (makes 2)

Blueberry Lavender Margarita

2 shots Tequila
1/2 shot Triple Sec
Juice from 1 lime
Splash of lemon
5-6 Fresh Blueberries, slightly crushed
1/2 shot Lavender Syrup
Lime wedge for garnish
Sugar for rim
Fill a shaker with ice.
Add tequila, triple sec, lime juice, lemonade, blueberries and lavender syrup to the shaker.
Shake, garnish with Lime wedge, sugar rim of glasses and serve. (makes 2)

Blood Orange Margarita

2 shots Tequila
1 shot Triple Sec
6 oz fresh blood orange juice
Juice of two limes
Pinch Sugar
Salt, for rimming edge of glass
Lime wedges, for garnish
Rub rims of two glasses with lime wedge. Pour salt onto a plate and spread out evenly. Dip rims of glasses into salt until evenly coated.
Add all ingredients to a shaker, and shake well to mix well.
Garnish with lime wedges and serve. (makes 2).

Spicy Blackberry Margarita

2 shots of tequila
Juice from 1 lime
5 blackberries plus more for garnish
3-4 slice of fresh jalapeño
1 tbsp honey
Ice
Garnish: salted rim and blackberries
Fill shaker with all ingredients, shake, garnish, and serve. (makes 2)

Mango Margarita

2 shots tequila
1 shot Cointreau or Triple Sec
2 shots Mango nectar
Juice from 1 lime
1 tbsp honey
Fill shaker with all ingredients, shake, garnish with salt rim and lime, and serve. (makes 2)

Which one are you most excited to try? Happy Cinco De Mayo!