I make my own margarita mix with six individual size packages of crystal lite lemonade mix, 2 cups of lemon juice, and the balance of a two liter bottle filled with water. Keep that in the frig for use as needed.
Sangria margaritas are basically frozen margaritas with wine blended in! Wine margaritas with the prettiest punch of color from sangria ice cubes! Whip up a basic sangria, freeze it, and then add it to the blender when you're making my regular frozen margaritas.
It's a damn shame, too, because I happen to make the best frozen margaritas. In college, I could keep a tiny apartment packed full of people slurping frozen margs on hot summer nights. Just give me a blender and a bottle of tequila, and I'm your bartender. Thank God we don't drink the cheap tequila anymore, though. The stuff in the plastic jug was brutal back then.
It's been a while since I've had the courage to make my famous frozen margaritas again. I'm so glad I could whip them up for this happiest of holidays: Cinco de Drinko! I mean, Mayo. Drinko de Mayo. No, it's Cinco de Mayo. I'm almost positive.
You know those cans of frozen limeade concentrate? Yeah. Grab one. After you empty it into the blender, fill up the empty can half way with tequila. Fill up the rest of the can with triple sec. THEN FILL UP THE CAN WITH ICE. I swear, don't forget the ice. Blend, blend, blend. Rim a glass with salt, and pour.
So, for these fancy pants sangria swirl frozen margaritas, I sacrified 1 cup of fruity red wine to make wine ice cubes. It's totally optional. But, wait, when in life are pink drinks optional? Never. Good answer.
Sangria margaritas are actually the same frozen margaritas recipe from above, but with the addition of frozen sangria cubes! It takes a bit of planning and prep work before the party, but during the party, it couldn't be easier!
The sangria ice cubes are super simple to make: just stir together a fruity red wine, the orange liquor, lime and orange juice. Pour this mixture into an ice tray and freeze! Yes, you can absolutely make this a few days ahead of time. Make sure your ice cube tray has a lid; you don't want the mixture to start picking up odd flavors from the freezer.
While you're blending up your frozen margaritas, drop in a few frozen cubes of sangria! Or, if you're desperate for the pretty swirl of the two mixtures in my photos, blend the margarita mixture separate from the sangria mixture. Layer the two in a glass and stir lightly with a straw just before serving.
I love to make these fruity sangria margaritas, because wine goes so well in a margarita! Speaking of these wine margaritas, have you seen my peach wine slushies? I also have a plain mixed berry wine slushy, too! One of the secret reasons I like to use wine in margaritas is because it has less alcohol than other liquors, and it's much more approachable.
Wine margaritas would be so fun for girls night! Next time I have my girlfriends over to watch a show that we will not name for you (cough, Bachelor, cough), I have a plan! I think it would be so fun to make white wine sangria ice cubes and the traditional red wine sangria ice cubes. The frozen margarita portion would stay the same, but my girlfriends could chose the type of wine margaritas.
Hi, I'm Christina! I'm the author of 4 cookbooks all about cooking and baking for two. I have scaled down hundreds of recipes into smaller servings so you can enjoy your favorite dishes without the leftovers! Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday.
Have you ever canned your bloody mary mix? My husband and I have a very large garden with a massive amount of fantastic tomatoes this season. We have already juiced 3 gallons and are ready to make the bloody mary mix, but would like can so we have enough through the winter (and entertaining through football Sundays and the holidays). Thanks!
Dude, when I found this recipe while grocery shopping, I got what I needed and made this for the misses. She absolutely loves it. Said it was the best bloody mary she ever had. Good job my friend with your winner.
Absolutely divine. I made this for a brunch I was having this weekend. I made the mix the night before and the next morning, I added it to some tomato puree that I had canned this past summer. It was indeed fantastic. I will certainly make this again. Everyone, including myself loved it!
This is an Awesome recipe! I googled because I was canning tomatoes and was trying to figure out something to do with all the extra tomato juice. So I made this recipe and canned it to go with my spicy pickles as a hostess gift or thank you gift. Thanks!
Im a big fan of micheladas (bloody Mary with beer) and have had many made at various bars and restaurants. I made a pitcher of this mix and it is by far the best I have tasted. I drink it with my beer and my wife drinks it without any alcohol and she loves it. Thank you for sharing.
Love this recipe and here are my tweaks.
I use the low sodium trader joes mix and do not add any extra salt.
I add a few tbsps lea and perrins (could use anything) of steak sauce.
Other than that I have stuck to the recipe and love it.
Thanks!
Thank you for the extra tip about the bloody margarita! I never buy prepackaged bloody mary mix anymore. I love playing with the ingredients to modify my mood as well as my guests. The bloody margarita is exceptionally tasty!
I modified the recipe a bit and used chipotle Tabasco sauce and I added 1 tsp of chili powder which added a nice smokey flavor. Being from Texas, we tend to like things a little more spicy so I added a little more Tobasco, horseradish, and worchestershire. My friends and family loved it. What a fabulous recipe, thanks for sharing!
I make it in double recipes. I use less salt. I put it in squeeze ketchup type bottles and keep it in the bar. 4 squirts in a tall glass with 2 oz vodka. Shelf life is not an issue due to total salt content. This is the kickass sauce to Demetries. Much more cost effective. Thanks f0r sharing.
To a cocktail shaker add watermelon, sugar, and basil leaves. Muddle thoroughly. Add two generous handfuls of ice, a big pinch of Hawaiian black sea salt, Aperol, and bourbon. Shake, shake, shake it like a Polaroid picture. Strain into a rocks glass filled with cracked ice. Garnish with a basil leaf and a watermelon wedge sprinkled with more black sea salt.
To a tall glass add lime juice, hulls, and 2-3 basil leaves. Muddle until basil is a bit bruised but not black and in a million pieces. Add all remaining ingredients except club soda. Stir with a long spoon to combine. Fill glass with ice, add club soda to rim of glass. Garnish with basil leaves and more lime wedges.
*to make basil simple syrup: to a pint mason jar, add 1 cup sugar, and pour over with just less than 1 cup boiling water. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Add 4-5 large basil leaves, and stir again. Add enough ice cubes to almost fill jar. Let sit at room temperature until cool to touch (about 3-4 hours). Remove basil leaves, seal with lid. Will keep in the refrigerator up to 1 week.
To a Collins glass or tall Mason jar, add peanut-infused whiskey and hot sauce. Stir with a long-handled spoon to combine well. Fill the glass with ice cubes, top to rim with Coke. Squeeze lemon wedge over top and garnish with a few more roasted salted peanuts. Sip with a straw.
*Peanut-infused whiskey: To a lidded glass jar, add 1/3 cup salted roasted peanuts and 1 cup bourbon or Tennessee Whiskey (I used Jack Daniels). Let sit at room temperature for about an hour, gently shaking contents whenever you think of it passing by. Any longer than two hours and beware: the whiskey starts to pick up too many peanut oils and gets a slick, oily finish. Strain whiskey through a fine mesh strainer into a clean jar. Discard peanuts, or use them as a yummy topping for fudge sundaes. Makes enough peanut-infused whiskey for four drinks.
For the red layer: combine red Jell-O with 1 cup boiling water; stir until completely dissolved. Let cool slightly. Add the liquor, and pour equally into small cups. Add fruit to top at this point, if desired. Refrigerate for about 2 hours, or until set. For the PopRocks Firecracker finale! As you are serving the Jell-O shots, have guest sprinkle about tsp. Rop Rocks on their Jell-O shot.
To a pint glass add rhubarb smash (including fruit pulp) and bitters. Smash with a muddler or the back of a spoon to further break up the fruit. Add remaining ingredients, plenty of cracked ice, then stir, stir, stir with a bar spoon for about a minute. Strain into a rocks glass filled with cracked ice. Serve with a straw and strawberry garnish, if so desired.
*Rhubarb smash: combine 2/3 c. rough chopped rhubarb, 1/3 c. chopped strawberries, and 1 cup sugar in a large non-reactive bowl or quart jar. Rest in the warmest part of your fridge (or in the cellar) for at least 24 hours and up to 2 days, until fruit has released all its juices. Stir to re-incorporate sugar and evenly distribute fruit before using. Smash syrup will keep refrigerated up to 3 weeks.
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake like crazy. Rub the rim of a highball glass with charred lemon, and dip half the rim into coarse salt (I used Utah-sourced RealSalt). Fill glass with fresh ice, strain drink into glass over ice. Pop a little club soda floater on top, if desired. Garnish with thyme and a slice of charred lemon.
This week I was thrilled to hear that my friends over at Sugar House Distilling got the go-ahead for sales of their latest release, a molasses distilled silver rum. Rum gets me all excited for spring imbibing: tiki drinks, mojitos, anything umbrella embellished and slurped through a straw. Slings are usually short cocktails made with liquor, citrus, sugar, and water, so this is a riff on that theme but using a honey-thyme syrup, instead of sugar.
*To make honey-thyme syrup: in Mason jar mix cup honey with cup water just off the boil; stir until honey is dissolved. Drop in a generous sprig of fresh thyme. Cool to room temp, remove thyme. This syrup will keep in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks.
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