Nothing reminds me of vacation more than enjoying the sunshine with a mojito in hand. This light, refreshing mojito cocktail is the perfect compliment to any summer meal!
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Lime and mint are the perfect, fresh combination for this cocktail and the club soda keeps it light.
There are so many variations of this cocktail! Just add your favorite soft, easy to muddle fruit. Some of the best fruits to use are strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, watermelon, passion fruit or even kiwi!
Although some people like to use simple syrup when making a mojito, I prefer sugar. The coarseness of the sugar helps break down the lime and mint to release more flavor into the cocktail.
8 mint leaves
1/2 of a lime, cut into wedges
1 tsp. sugar
2 ounces white rum
club soda
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In a cocktail shaker or sturdy glass, add lime wedges, mint leaves and sugar. Muddle the ingredients together until most of the juice has been released from the lime wedges. Add rum.
Fill your serving glass with ice. Pour your muddled ingredients over the ice.
Top with club soda.
Garnish with lime wedges, mint leaves or fruit.
Enjoy!
See below for how to make a few of my favorite variations!
Instead of plain rum, substitute coconut rum such as Parrot Bay or Malibu. I also like to garnish the cocktail with pieces of fresh coconut.
If you love coconut, try out my Pina Colada Spritzer Cocktail Recipe.
Add 4-5 blackberries into your cocktail shaker when muddling your lime and mint leaves.
This drink brings me right back to my trip to Panama. I absolutely love passion fruit and, lucky for me, so does Panama. I had it in some way, shape or form every breakfast, lunch and dinner (and happy hour)!
After muddling your lime and mint together, add 1-2 tablespoons of passion fruit pulp into the mixture. I like to use the Goya Passion Fruit Pulp (found in the freezer section). It is unsweetened and is quite tart so I normally add an additional 1/2 tsp. of sugar when making this version. Garnish with fresh or dried passion fruit!
Click here to read about my trip to Panama, Experience the Rainforest and Culture in Panama!
When muddling your lime and mint leaves, add 1/4 of a peeled kiwi or 4-5 mini whole kiwi. Garnish with a slice of kiwi.
Mojitos will always be one of my favorite drinks and I hope you love my variations of this light, refreshing mojito cocktail too!
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