3 Easy Margarita Recipes for Cinco De Mayo!

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

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  • 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

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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!

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