5 Easy Cinco De Mayo Alcoholic Drinks

Cinco De Mayo Party Drinks to Make at Home

Original Margarita

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ oz. white tequila
• ½ oz. lime juice
• 1 oz. triple sec
• Coarse salt

Directions:
Rim a 6 oz. margarita glass with a lime wedge and the dip it in coarse salt. Pour the tequila, lime juice, and triple sec in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and then pour and strain into the glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
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Easy Grapefruit Sangria
Ingredients:

• 4 cups grapefruit juice
• 3 cups Riesling wine
• 1 ½ cups ginger ale
• Sliced fruit

Directions: 
Combine all of the liquid ingredients in a large pitcher and stir. Add in the fruit to the pitcher and serve over ice.
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La Paloma Suprema
Ingredients:

• 2 oz. tequila
• ½ oz. lime juice
• 4 oz. grapefruit soda
• Pinch of salt

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Pour into a tall glass filled with ice and then garnish with a lime wedge.
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Cranberry Mojito
Ingredients:

• 4 brown sugar cubes
  
• 10 mint leaves
• ¼ oz. dried cranberries
• 2 tbs. lime juice
• 6 oz. cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 ½ oz. rum
• 2 cups ice
• Garnish: 1 lime wedge, 1 mint sprig, 1 sugar cane swizzle stick

Directions: 
Place the sugar, mint, cranberries, and lime juice into a large glass. Stir until the cranberries and mint are minced and the sugar has dissolved. Add the cranberry juice, rum, and ice to the glass. Garnish with lime, mint, and sugar cane stick and serve.
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Frozen Strawberry Margarita
Ingredients:

• 6 oz. tequila
  
• 2 oz. triple sec
• 8 oz. frozen strawberries in syrup
• 4 oz. frozen limeade concentrate

Directions: 
Fill a blender with ice and crush. Pour in the four drink ingredients and blend for 30 seconds or until smooth. Rim a 6 oz. margarita glass with a lime wedge and the dip it in sugar. Pour the drink into the margarita glass, garnish with a lime, and serve.
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Pomegranate Margarita Martini
Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
• 2 oz lemon flavored vodka
• 1 oz. tequila
• ½ tsp. lime juice
• 1 cup ice

Directions:
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and mix. Rim a cocktail glass with a lime wedge and the dip it in sugar. Pour drink into glass and garnish with a lime.