Super Easy Raspberry Vodka Mojito

Try out this raspberry vodka mojito next time you’re looking for a refreshing sipping cocktail. This drink is super easy to make with only a few ingredients and is full of light fruity flavor.

What is a Raspberry Vodka Mojito?

A raspberry vodka mojito is a combination of raspberry vodka, mint leaves, lime juice, simple syrup and club soda. This cocktail is full of light refreshing and fizzy flavor with a twist of raspberry and mint.

This drink is a flavored twist on the classic mojito with includes all the above ingredients except uses white rum instead of raspberry vodka. A few other fruit flavored mojitos include passion fruit mojito and the watermelon mojito.

When choosing mint leaves make sure to pick fresh leaves. You can use more or less to amp up or ramp down and then flavor.

You can either make your own simple syrup or buy it from the store. It is simply a combination of granulated sugar and water.

The lime juice can be fresh squeezed or store-bought. Home squeezed lime juice tends to have a fresher more tart flavor.

All of the alcohol content in this drink comes from the raspberry vodka. Raspberry vodka has a light, sweet and raspberry flavor.

When to Make This Drink:

This refreshing and easy to make drink is perfectly suited for the following occasions:

• poolside sipping
• afternoon drinks
• brunch
• barbecues

Variations:

If you would like to change the string up a little, but make sure that you keep the same flavor give a few of these ideas a try:

• Muddle fresh raspberries. Add a fresh raspberry flavor by muddling raspberries in with the mint.
• Use raspberry simple syrup. Ramp up these sweet raspberry flavor by using raspberry simple syrup instead of plain simple syrup.
• Use plain vodka. If you do the raspberry muddling or the raspberry simple syrup you can skip the raspberry vodka if wanted.
• Use flavored sparkling water. Instead of playing club soda use a raspberry or lime flavored water.

Like raspberry vodka? Try out a raspberry vodka soda or a raspberry vodka sour.

How to make this drink:

Although this drink is fairly easy to make, it does take around 8 minutes since you have to add several ingredients and muddle the mint.

Equipment:

• highball glass
• jigger
• cocktail shaker
• Hawthorne strainer
• Muddler

Ingredients:

• 5 -10 Mint leaves
• 2.5 oz Raspberry vodka
• 1 oz Lime Juice
• .5 oz Simple syrup
• Top with Club soda
• Ice

Instructions:

Step one

Go ahead and grab everything necessary for this cocktail including raspberry vodka, club soda, cocktail shaker, Hawthorne strainer, muddler, highball glass, ice, lime juice, simple syrup, mint leaves and jigger.

Step two

Dump ice into both the shaker and the highball glass. They should both be filled about the top.

Step three

Top 5 to 10 mint leaves into the shaker. Then, measure 0.5 oz of simple syrup and add it to the shaker as well.

Step four

Use a muddler to carefully muddle the mint and simple syrup together. You want to gently break the leaves up without completely decimating them.

Step Five

Use a jigger to measure out 1 oz of lime juice. Then dump it into the shaker.

Step Six

Use a jigger and measure up 1.5 oz of raspberry vodka. Then, dump it into the shaker.

Step Seven

Put the shaker light on. Then, shake it well for around 15 to 20 seconds or until it becomes cold.

Step Eight

Take off the shaker lid and put the Hawthorne strainer over top of the shaker. Then, strain your drink from the shaker into the highball glass.

Step Nine

Pick up the club soda. Pour it directly into the glass topping it off. Then, if desired you can give it a few stirs of the bar spoon.

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