It’s time to get out your Margarita making supplies as today February 22 is National Margarita Day! Some basic supplies you will want to have on hand include tequila and limes. Some of the recipes also ask for ingredients such as Cointreau, Jalapeño pepper, watermelon, pomegranate and Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime or Watermelon beverages. I am guessing that salt lovers must really love Margaritas as often the drink is served in a glass with a salted rim.

The recipe for Watermelon Ball Margaritas explains how to make watermelon shot glasses. What a great idea if you are seeking to impress someone!

Check out the recipes below for Margarita ideas.

Spicy Margarita

Spicy Sparkling Margarita 

Ingredients

2 parts Blanco Tequila
½ part Cointreau
3 slices of Jalapeño pepper
Juice of 1/8 lime
1 ½ parts Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime

Directions

Shake Tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and peppers with ice. Pour into rocks glass with salted rim and lime wedge. Top with Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime.

Watermelon Ball Margarita

Watermelon Ball Margarita

Ingredients

Watermelon
1.5 oz of tequila
1 lime (halved, one half cut in two wedges)
0.5 oz on Conintreau
1 oz of Sparking Ice Strawberry Watermelon

How to make watermelon shot glasses:

1.     Scoop our watermelon balls with ice cream scooper
2.     Cut slice on bottom to make flat.
3.     Use melon baller to scoop out insides.

Directions

Add one scoop of watermelon to shaker using melon baller. Add lime wedges and Conintreau. Muddle together. Add tequila, juice from one-half lime, and ice. Shake and strain into measuring cup. Add Sparking Ice Strawberry Watermelon and pour into Watermelon Shot glass.

Slim Margarita

Slim and Sparkling Margarita

Ingredients

3 oz Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime
1 ½ oz Tequila
Splash of fresh squeezed orange
Fresh squeezed lime

Directions

Shake and pour into a chilled rocks glass rimmed in salt. Garnish with a lime slice.

Pomegranate Margarita

Pomegranate Margarita

Ingredients

2 oz tequila
2 oz pomegranate juice
1 oz lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
Sparkling Ice Classic Lemonade
Vanilla flake salt rim, for garnish
Lime wedge, for garnish

Directions

Rim glass with a lime and dip into salt, fill glass with ice and set to the side. In an ice filled cocktail shaker, combine tequila, pomegranate juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and shake. Strain into glasses and top with Sparkling Ice Classic Lemonade, stir lightly to combine. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Cheers!
Kathy