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Calling all berry lovers! This blueberry margarita recipe combines fresh berries with classic margarita ingredients for a refreshingly sweet and tart cocktail bursting with flavor. Impress your guests with this unique twist!
Want a berry-based spin on your favorite drink? Try the blueberry margarita! As two cocktail experts we’ve made margarita recipes of every color of the rainbow, and one is solidly a favorite.
What we love about this recipe: This blueberry margarita has a beautifully sweet tart flavor and a fluorescent pink-purple hue. It’s great for impressing friends for a summer party or barbecue, or for mixing up a single drink to sip on the patio. Alex and I make a lot of margaritas, and outside of the classic margarita recipe this is one of our favorite fruity spins!
Ingredients in a blueberry margarita
The margarita is one of the most popular classic cocktails of all time, invented in Mexico in the 1930’s. The standard recipe is just 3 ingredients: tequila, orange liqueur (Triple Sec or Cointreau), and lime juice. For a blueberry margarita, all you need to do is muddle some fresh blueberries before shaking up the drink! To offset the tartness of the berries, you’ll need a hint of simple syrup. Here are the ingredients you’ll need:
- Tequila
- Cointreau or Triple Sec
- Lime juice
- Fresh blueberries
- Simple syrup
Can you use frozen blueberries?
This blueberry margarita works with either fresh or frozen blueberries. But we recommend thawing the berries first! This isn’t a frozen margarita, so it’s not blended in a blender. Instead, it’s shaken in a cocktail shaker with ice. The flavor is slightly fresher with fresh berries, but the difference is slight.
For the orange liqueur: Cointreau vs Triple Sec
What’s the best orange liqueur for a blueberry margarita: Cointreau or Triple Sec? You can use either, but we’ve got a favorite. Here’s what we recommend:
- Top choice: Cointreau. Cointreau is a premium orange liqueur with a developed-orange perfume flavor. It has notes of oak and vanilla, which make it taste more sophisticated than Triple Sec.
- Next choice: Triple Sec. Triple Sec is slightly less refined in flavor than Cointreau: it has a very straightforward orange essence (almost like orange vodka). But either work in a blueberry margarita.
How to make a blueberry margarita: step by step
Here are the basic steps for how to make a blueberry margarita! This margarita is muddled in a cocktail shaker: it’s not made in a blender like our strawberry margarita or raspberry margarita. Here are the basic steps (or jump to the full recipe):
- Step 1: Cut a notch in a lime wedge, then run the lime around the rim of a glass. Dip the edge of the rim into a plate of salt (or for a festive look, use Margarita Salt).
- Step 2: Place ¼ cup blueberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker, and muddle them until fully mashed. Add the 1 ½ oz tequila, 1 oz Cointreau, ½ oz lime juice, and ½ oz simple syrup to a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake until cold.
- Step 3: Strain the margarita into the glass with the salted rim. Fill the glass with ice and garnish with a lime wedge and extra blueberries.
Make a blueberry margarita pitcher (8 servings)
Mixing up drinks for a crowd? You can easily make a blueberry margarita pitcher: just multiply this recipe times 4! You can make the recipe right in the pitcher; there’s no need to shake and strain. Here’s what to do:
- Mash 2 cups blueberries and strain them into a pitcher.
- Add 1 ½ cups tequila, 1 cup Triple Sec, ½ cup lime juice. and ½ ounce simple syrup.
- Add 3 handfuls of ice and stir until cold. Pour into glasses and serve!
More margarita recipes
There are so many fruity ways to make a margarita! Here are some of our top margarita recipes:
- Go classic with a Basic Margarita.
- Try berry-based spins on the drink like a Strawberry Margarita, Raspberry Margarita or Blackberry Margarita.
- Go tropical with a Mango Margarita, Pineapple Margarita, Spicy Pineapple Margarita,
Passion Fruit Margarita, or Coconut Margarita. - Opt for unique spins like Mezcal Margarita, Blue Margarita, Beet Margarita, Espresso Margarita, or Hibiscus Margarita.
Frequently asked questions
Fresh blueberries are ideal for the best flavor and texture. However, frozen blueberries can work in a pinch, but they will need to be thawed and may dilute the drink slightly.
Yes, muddling the blueberries releases their juices and intensifies the flavor.
A silver or blanco tequila is the most common choice for margaritas, including the blueberry version. It offers a clean and crisp base that allows the blueberry flavor to shine.
Yes! Simple syrup, agave nectar, or even honey can be used to sweeten your margarita to taste.
A splash of fresh lime juice will add a classic margarita element alongside the blueberry sweetness. You can also use a lime wedge for rimming the glass.
For a unique touch, rim the glass with a sugar rim. For a festive twist, use a Tajin rim (chili-lime powder blend) for a sweet and spicy contrast.
Fresh blueberries make a perfect and thematic garnish! A sprig of mint or a lime wedge also add a refreshing touch.
Fresh Blueberry Margarita
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 drink 1x
Description
Calling all berry lovers! This blueberry margarita recipe combines fresh berries with classic margarita ingredients for a refreshingly sweet and tart cocktail bursting with flavor. Impress your guests with this unique twist!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup fresh blueberries, plus more for the garnish
- 1 ½ ounces* tequila blanco or reposado
- 1 ounce Cointreau (or Triple Sec)
- ½ ounce lime juice
- ½ ounce simple syrup or agave syrup**
- Kosher salt, for the rim (optional)
- Ice, for serving (try clear ice)
Instructions
- Cut a notch in a lime wedge, then run the lime around the rim of a glass. Dip the edge of the rim into a plate of salt (or for a festive look, use Margarita Salt).
- Place the blueberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker, and muddle them until fully mashed. Add the tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake until cold.
- Strain the margarita into the glass with the salted rim. Fill the glass with ice and garnish with a lime wedge and extra blueberries.
- Margarita pitcher variation: Mash 2 cups blueberries, then strain the juice into a pitcher. Add 1 ½ cups tequila, 1 cup Triple Sec, ½ cup lime juice. and ½ ounce simple syrup. Add 3 handfuls of ice and stir until cold. Pour into glasses and serve.
Notes
*To convert to tablespoons, 1 ounce = 2 tablespoons
**Maple syrup also works as a natural sweetener for margaritas; it adds a nuanced sweetness without tasting like maple.
- Category: Drink
- Method: Shaken
- Cuisine: Cocktails
- Diet: Vegan
Came home from a trip to Maine looking to recreate the blueberry margarita – this one is fresh and delicious!
Let us know if you have any questions!