15 Pineapple Juice Cocktails for a Tropical Escape

Pineapple juice adds a sweet-tart tropical flavor to mixed drinks. Try these tasty pineapple juice cocktails and mocktails for a tropical vacation in a glass.

Tropical Pineapple Juice Cocktails

Pineapple juice is the ultimate cocktail add-in for those who want to feel like they're sitting on a beach with their toes in the sand (even in the dead of winter). These pineapple juice cocktails are perfect for some tropical goodness.

Tropical Strawberry Pineapple Cocktail

Try this delicious blended drink. It makes 2 drinks.

Ingredients

• 1½ cups frozen strawberries
• ½ cup fresh pineapple
• ¼ cup coconut rum
• 1½ ounces banana liqueur
• Pineapple pieces for garnish

Instructions

1. In a blender, combine the strawberries, pineapple, coconut rum, and banana liqueur. Blend until slushy.
2. Pour into hurricane glasses and garnish with a slice of pineapple.

Pineapple Mango

There's a saying in the world of cuisine that if it grows together, it goes together. The same is true of cocktails. Pineapples and mangos both grow in the tropics, so the flavors combine beautifully in this delicious cocktail. It serves 2.

Ingredients

• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 2 ounces of mango-flavored vodka
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Soda water or club soda
• Ice
• ¼ cup fresh mango cubes
• 2 pineapple slices for garnish
• 2 cherries for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the pineapple juice, mango vodka, and lime juice. Add ice and shake to chill.
2. Add ice to two hurricane glasses and then add the mango cubes divided evenly among the glasses on top of the ice.
3. Strain the pineapple juice mixture over the top of the mangos.
4. Top off with soda water or club soda.
5. Garnish with a pineapple slice and a cherry.

Classic Cocktails With a Pineapple Juice Twist

You can make original cocktails or add pineapple juice to classic cocktails for an interesting spin on the original.

Pineapple Mojito

Make a to-die-for version of a mojito with sweet-tart pineapple juice. The combination of pineapple and mint is surprisingly tasty.

Ingredients

• 10 mint leaves
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 lime wedges
• 1½ ounces pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces white rum
• Ice
• Club soda
• Pineapple wedge and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the mint leaves with the sugar and lime wedges.
2. Add the pineapple juice and white rum.
3. Add the ice and shake to chill.
4. Strain into a collins glass filled with ice.
5. Top with the club soda and stir gently.
6. Garnish with the pineapple wedge and a mint sprig.

Pineapple-Banana Daiquiri

A daiquiri is a simple rum sour that's either served blended with ice (frozen) or on the rocks. While this version is on the rocks, you can also blend it with 1 cup of crushed ice and a half a sliced banana to make it a frozen cocktail.

Ingredients

• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ¾ ounce banana liqueur
• 1½ ounces pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces light rum
• Ice
• Pineapple wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice, banana liqueur, pineapple juice, and rum.
2. Add the ice and shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with the pineapple wedge.

Vodka-Soda-Pineapple

The vodka-soda is an easy classic cocktail. This version adds pineapple juice for a light, summery taste.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces vodka
• Ice
• Club soda
• Cherry for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the pineapple juice and vodka.
2. Add ice and shake to chill.
3. Strain into a collins glass filled with ice. Top with the club soda. Stir gently.
4. Garnish with a cherry.

Pineapple Gin and Tonic

Pineapple adds a delightful sweetness to the classic G&T.

Ingredients

• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ¾ ounce pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces London dry gin
• Ice
• Tonic water
• Lime wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice, pineapple juice, and gin.
2. Add ice and shake to chill.
3. Strain into a collins glass filled with ice. Top with the tonic water. Stir gently.
4. Garnish with the lime wedge.

Tropical French 75

The French 75 is a classic gin and Champagne cocktail; this version uses pineapple juice for a tropical twist.

Ingredients

• ¾ ounce pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces gin
• Ice
• Dry Champagne or sparkling white wine, chilled

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the pineapple juice and gin.
2. Add ice and shake to chill
3. Strain into a chilled Champagne glass. Top with the sparkling wine.

Pineapple Jalapeño Margarita

The heat from a jalapeño chili is cooled by the sweet and sour pineapple juice in this delicious spin on a classic cocktail.

Ingredients

• 1 lime wedge
• Coarse salt
• 2 jalapeño slices plus additional for garnish
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ¾ ounce pineapple juice
• ¾ ounce agave nectar
• 1½ ounces tequila
• Ice

Instructions

1. Chill a margarita glass. Spread the salt in a thin layer on a plate. Run a lime wedge around the rim of the chilled glass and dip the rim in the salt.
2. In a cocktail shaker, lightly muddle 2 jalapeño slices.
3. Add the lime juice, pineapple juice, agave nectar, and tequila.
4. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into the prepared margarita glass.
5. Garnish with an additional jalapeño slice.

Pineapple Cosmopolitan

Love cosmopolitan cocktails? Try this pineapple twist on the classic.

Ingredients

• ¾ ounce pineapple juice
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• 1½ ounces citrus-flavored vodka
• Splash of unsweetened cranberry juice
• Ice
• Lemon peel for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a martini glass.
2. In a cocktail shaker, combine the pineapple juice, lime juice, simple syrup, vodka, and cranberry juice.
3. Add ice and shake to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the lemon peel.

Pineapple Mule

Moscow mule fans, never fear. There's a pineapple cocktail for you, too!

Ingredients

• ¾ ounce pineapple juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• 1½ ounces vodka
• Ice
• Ginger beer
• Lime wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the pineapple juice, simple syrup, and vodka.
2. Add the ice and shake to chill.
3. Strain into a mule cup filled with ice. Top with the ginger beer. Stir gently. Garnish with the lime.

Easy Pineapple Cocktails

Looking for easy cocktails with just a few simple ingredients? Try these tasty pineapple treats.

Pineapple and Rum

Two ingredients plus ice and stir - easy as can be. You can also shake this up in a cocktail shaker and add a garnish if you like.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 4 ounces pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces coconut rum

Instructions

1. Fill a collins glass with ice.
2. Add the pineapple juice and rum. Stir.

Pineapple Coffee Cocoa Smoothie

No special techniques here - just a blender is required.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 2 ounces full fat coconut milk
• 1½ ounces coffee-flavored liqueur
• 1 cup crushed ice

Instructions

1. In a blender, combine all ingredients.
2. Blend until smooth. Serve in a hurricane glass.

Pineapple Spritzer

You can use any hard seltzer for this - so feel free to play with flavors.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 6 ounces mango flavored hard seltzer (or flavor of your choice)
• 2 ounces pineapple juice

Instructions

1. Fill a collins glass with ice.
2. Add the seltzer and pineapple juice. Stir.

Nonalcoholic Pineapple Juice Cocktails

Want a cocktail without the alcohol? Try these easy mocktails.

Pineapple Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmers make a refreshing mocktail, and this pineapple version offers a delicious alternative to the standard.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 6 ounces unsweetened iced tea
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• Lemon wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. Fill a collins glass with ice.
2. Add the tea and pineapple juice. Stir.
3. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Virgin Pineapple Sunrise

With the pretty colors of sunrise, this is a beautiful virgin cocktail to taste and to look at.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 4 ounces pineapple juice
• ¾ ounce grenadine
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Cherry for garnish

Instructions

1. Fill a collins glass with ice.
2. Add the pineapple juice.
3. In a cocktail shaker, combine the grenadine and lime juice. Add ice and shake to chill.
4. Strain over the top of the pineapple juice. Don't stir.
5. Garnish with a cherry.

What to Mix With Pineapple Juice

Pineapple juice is surprisingly versatile, and it mixes with a number of ingredients to make cocktails and mocktails.

• Champagne or sparkling white wine
• Dark, light, or spiced rum
• Coconut rum
• Gin
• Vodka
• Coconut cream, coconut milk, or coconut water
• Tropical fruit juices
• Banana liqueur
• Orange juice
• Lemon-lime soda
• Seltzer
• Citrus juices
• Melon liqueur
• Coffee-flavored liqueur
• Iced tea
• Lemonade or limeaid
• Ginger beer
• Ginger ale
• Cola

Pineapple Juice in Mixed Drinks

Pineapple and pineapple juice is a versatile mixer for cocktails, so it's always good to have some on hand for cocktail parties. With a handful of great drink recipes featuring pineapple, you'll be able to offer your guests a taste of the tropics.