Cinco de Mayo is this week so what better way to kick off the holiday than with a few easy margarita recipes! Impress your crew with these tasty libations we have curated for you:
White Peach Margarita
- 1.5 oz tequila blanco
- 1 oz margarita mix
- 1 oz white peach puree
- Peach slices for garnish
- Ice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Shake for 20 seconds. Pour over ice. Garnish with peach slice.
Watermelon Margarita
- 2 cups tequila repasado
- 4 cups fresh watermelon
- .5 cup of Cointreau orange liqueur
- 1 oz lime juice
- Margarita salt
- Mint for garnish
- Ice
Cut up watermelon into cubes. Combine in a blender with tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into salted rim glass. Garnish with a triangle shaped watermelon slice. Enjoy!
Blood Orange Margarita
- 4 oz tequila blanco
- 2 oz blood orange juice
- 1 oz Cointreau
- ¾ oz agave nectar or simple syrup
- Sugar for the rim of glass
- Blood orange, mint and limes for garnish (wheels or wedges)
- Ice
Fill a cocktail shaker with ingredients and shake for 20 seconds. Run a lime wedge around the rim of the glass and dip into a small plate of sugar. Fill cup with ice. Pour the margarita into the glass. Garnish with a blood orange wheel on top!
We hope you enjoy these easy margarita recipes with your friends and family this Cinco De Mayo.
3 Cinco de Mayo Fun Facts
While this holiday is a day of fun, let’s not forget it’s significance to the Mexican community. Here are a few things you may not have known about about Cinco de Mayo!
- Cinco de Mayo is celebrated to mark the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France.
- Other countries like Canada, The Cayman Islands and Australia celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
- Los Angeles has the biggest Cinco de Mayo celebrations – even larger than the festivals in the city of Puebla in Mexico.
Have a great Cinco de Mayo everyone!
