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This banana margarita is a super delicious tropical twist on an old classic. This cocktail is perfect whether you’re lounging at the beach or hosting a summer soiree. It is a vibrant and tasty tropical delight that will whisk you away to beautiful sunshine and water.
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🍹 What is a Banana Margarita?
A banana margarita is a combination of tequila, lime juice, triple sec, simple syrup and banana liqueur. This cocktail has a light and sweet banana flavor that quickly transitions and combines with the familiar citrus tang of a margarita.
This cocktail can be served on the rocks (over ice) or with a sugar or salt rim. Whichever way you decide, it’s sure to be delicious.
This drink is a fruity flavor twist on the classic margarita. There are a lot of other flavor variations you can try as well including the watermelon margarita, the blueberry margarita and the passion fruit margarita.
If you are looking for a wild frozen margarita experience, try out this CoronaRita.
If you aren’t quite ready yet to make this tropical cocktail, consider these reasons why you should choose this for your next cocktail experience:
- Tropical twist. Everyone loves a classic margarita. But, this takes that classic up an extra notch with the addition of the banana liqueur to add in a fruity, tropical element. You’ll quickly be whisked away to the beach.
- Light, but sweet. This cocktail is the perfect combination and balance of sweetness and tangy commas zesty citrus. It is sweet without being heavy.
- Easy and customizable. Not only is this drink super easy to make. You only need five ingredients and can have it shaken up in about 5 minutes. But, it’s also easy to customize to make it exactly what you want.
⭐ When to Make This Drink
This tasty tropical delight is perfect for a wide variety of different occasions from formal to casual. Here are a few instances where you might choose to serve it up:
- Beach days
- Birthday parties
- Barbecues and picnics
- Pool parties
📖 Variations
One of the fun things about this drink is that it is easily customizable. Try out a few of these substitutions for ingredients and flavor variations if you’re looking to change things up a little.
- Make it frozen. Add half a cup of banana slices and a little ice. Then, add all your ingredients to the blender and blend it up. Making this a frozen drink is perfect for hot weather.
- Substitute the simple syrup. Instead of using plain simple syrup, whip up a batch of banana simple syrup. This really helps to capitalize on the banana flavor of this drink.
- Give it a rim. Use a little lime wedge and run it around the rim of your glass. Then, choose either sugar or salt to add to the rim.
- Make it large batch. Multiply everything by five times and serve this in a picture if you are serving for a large crowd.
- Make it a mocktail. Leave out the tequila and instead add in an equal amount of club soda. This makes a nice fizzy non-alcoholic version of the drink
🥄 Equipment
📋 Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Tequila
- 1 oz Banana liqueur
- 1 oz Lime Juice
- .5 oz Triple sec
- .5 oz Simple syrup
- Ice
👩🏻🍳 Instructions
Step one
Get everything together so you can whip this margarita up. This should include margarita glass, cocktail shaker, Hawthorne strainer, jigger, tequila, triple sec, simple syrup, lime juice, banana liqueur, and ice.
Step two
Go ahead and toss some ice into both the cocktail shaker as well as the margarita glass.
Step three
Take the tequila and measure 1.5 oz with a jigger. Pour that into the shaker.
Step four
Take the banana liqueur and measure 1 oz with a jigger. Pour that into the shaker.
Step Five
Take the lime juice and measure 1 oz with a jigger. Pour that into the shaker.
Step Six
Take these simple syrup and measure .5 oz. Pour that into the shaker.
Step Seven
Take the triple sec and measure 0.5 oz with a jigger. Pour that into shaker.
Step Eight
Place the top on the cocktail shaker. Shake for around 15 or 20 seconds so that everything is mixed well.
Take the top off the shaker and place the Hawthorne strainer over the top of the shaker. Then, pour the drink into your margarita glass.
Recipe
Banana Margarita
Equipment
- jigger
- Hawthorne strainer
- cocktail shaker
- Margarita glass
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Tequila
- 1 oz Banana Liqueur
- 1 oz Lime Juice
- .5 oz Triple sec
- .5 `oz Simple Syrup
- Ice
Instructions
- Start out by filling up both the margarita glass and the cocktail shaker with ice.
- Use the jigger to measure 1.5 oz of tequila. Pour the tequila into the shaker. 1 banana liqueur; .5 cup banana; 1 oz lime; .5 triple sec and simple syrup
- Use the jigger to measure 1 oz of banana liqueur. Pour the banana liqueur into the shaker.
- Use the jigger to measure 1 oz of lime juice. Pour the lime juice into the shaker.
- Use the jigger to measure .5 oz of triple sec. Pour the triple sec into the shaker.
- Use the jigger to measure .5 oz of simple syrup. Pour the simple syrup into the shaker.
- Take the shaker lid and cover up the shaker with it.
- Shake well until the cocktail shaker gets cold to touch. This usually takes around 15 – 20 seconds.
- Take the shaker lid off and then take the hawthorne strainer and put over the top of the shaker.
- Strain the drink into the margarita glass.
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