Wildly Delicious Blueberry Margarita

Published December 7, 2021
Blueberry Mojito with white rum, lime, mint and crushed ice

Ingredients

  • Lime wedge plus coarse salt for garnish
  • 1 pint fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1 ounce triple sec
  • 2 ounces blanco tequila
  • ½ cup crushed ice
  • Fresh blueberries for garnish

Instructions

  1. Run the lime wedge around the rim of a rocks glass and dip the glass in the salt to rim. Reserve the lime wedge for garnish if desired.
  2. In a blender, combine the blueberries, lime juice, triple sec, tequila
  3. Pour into the prepared rocks glass filled with fresh ice.
  4. Skewer three to four fresh blueberries on a cocktail pick and garnish.

Variations and Substitutions

This blueberry margarita is sweet, tart, and totally tasty. However, you can mix it up a little with some simple substitutions:

  • Replace the blueberries with mixed berries.
  • Replace ½ an ounce of the triple sec with ½ ounce of ginger simple syrup.
  • Replace the triple sec with agave syrup.
  • Replace ½ pint of the blueberries with cubed mango.
  • Replace the blanco tequila with cinnamon flavored tequila.

Garnishes

Three blueberries on a skewer along with a salted rim makes a lovely and simple garnish. You can also garnish with the lime wedge you ran around the rim.

About the Blueberry Margarita

The blueberry margarita is a frozen, blended drink because when you muddle blueberries, you aren't going to get enough flavor or color from them once the drink is strained. However, you can make a blueberry margarita on the rocks by omitting the fresh or frozen blueberries and adding ½ ounce of blueberry liqueur and an additional ½ ounce of freshly squeezed lime juice. Shake it in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain over fresh ice. It's an equally delicious margarita that you can sip without a freeze headache if you drink it quickly.

A Pick-Me-Up When You're Feeling Blue

Feeling sad? Or just a little blue? It's pretty hard to be down with a blueberry margarita in your hand. With the mellow, sweet flavor of blueberries, you'll get an instant mood boost.

Wildly Delicious Blueberry Margarita