4 Summer Cocktails to Soak Up the Sun!

By Renee Castro
summer cocktails

Summer will officially be here this Saturday on June 20! Get ready for a sunny weekend by learning how to make these four summer cocktails. Perfect for a relaxing day by the pool!

Frozen Mojito

Ingredients:

1โ„2 cup white rum
1โ„4 cup lime juice
10 mint leaves
1โ„4 cup club soda
1โ„2 tablespoons simple syrup
5 tablespoons of sugar 2 1โ„2 cups of ice

Directions:

  1. Put all ingredients into your blender.
  2. Pulse for 1 minute and then blend until slush consistency forms.
  3. Sugar the rims of your desired glass.
  4. Pour and enjoy responsibly!

 

Frozen Ombre Sangria Margarita

Ingredients:ย Margarita

Frozen lime concentrate
1โ„2 cup tequila
1โ„4 cup triple sec

Ingredients: Sangria

1 cup red wine of your choice
1โ„4 cup triple sec
1โ„4 cup orange juice

Directions:

  1. Pour red wine into ice cube tray and freeze overnight (or until frozen), to make red wine ice cubes.
  2. Put 1 cup ice, frozen lime concentrate, tequila and triple sec into blender.
  3. Pulse for 1 minute and then blend until slush consistency forms. Pour into glass.
  4. Follow Step 2 with ingredients of Sangria.
  5. Pour and enjoy responsibly!

 

Frozen Roseฬ Prosecco

Ingredients:

1 750ml bottle of roseฬ prosecco
1 bottle of light pink lemonade
5 tablespoons of sugar
2 cups of ice

Directions:

  1. Put all ingredients into your blender.
  2. Pulse for 1 minute and then blend until slush consistency forms.
  3. Sugar the rims of your desired glass.
  4. Pour and enjoy responsibly!

 

Red, White & Blue Pinฬƒa Colada

piรฑa colada summer cocktail

Ingredients:

1/3 cup white rum
1โ„2 cup pineapple juice
1โ„4 cup blue curacao
1โ„4 cup cream of coconut
1โ„2 cup frozen strawberries 2 cups ice

Directions:

  1. Build a base pinฬƒa colada by pouring pineapple juice, rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice and ice in blender.
  2. Pulse for 1 minute and then blend until slush consistency forms.
  3. Separate mix into 3 cups. Keep them in the freezer to prevent melting!
  4. Take one pinฬƒa colada mix and pour it back in the blender. Add the frozen strawberries and blend until it turns red.
  5. Pour the red mix into your desired glass and then pour the white mix on top of the red. Put it back in the freezer.
  6. Take the final pinฬƒa colada mix and put it in the blender with the blue curacao. Pulse for 1 minute and then blend until it turns blue.
  7. Pour blue mix into the prepared glass, and enjoy responsibly!

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