3 Easy Margarita Recipes for Cinco De Mayo!

Cinco de Mayo is this week so what better way to kick off the holiday than with a few easy margarita recipes! Impress your crew with these tasty libations we have curated for you:

White Peach Margarita

1.5 oz tequila blanco
1 oz margarita mix
1 oz white peach puree
Peach slices for garnish
Ice

Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Shake for 20 seconds. Pour over ice. Garnish with peach slice.

Watermelon Margarita

2 cups tequila repasado
4 cups fresh watermelon
.5 cup of Cointreau orange liqueur
1 oz lime juice
Margarita salt
Mint for garnish
Ice

Cut up watermelon into cubes. Combine in a blender with tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into salted rim glass. Garnish with a triangle shaped watermelon slice. Enjoy!

Blood Orange Margarita

4 oz tequila blanco
2 oz blood orange juice
1 oz Cointreau
¾ oz agave nectar or simple syrup
Sugar for the rim of glass
Blood orange, mint and limes for garnish (wheels or wedges)
Ice

Fill a cocktail shaker with ingredients and shake for 20 seconds. Run a lime wedge around the rim of the glass and dip into a small plate of sugar. Fill cup with ice. Pour the margarita into the glass. Garnish with a blood orange wheel on top!

We hope you enjoy these easy margarita recipes with your friends and family this Cinco De Mayo.

3 Cinco de Mayo Fun Facts

While this holiday is a day of fun, let’s not forget it’s significance to the Mexican community. Here are a few things you may not have known about about Cinco de Mayo!

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated to mark the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France.
Other countries like Canada, The Cayman Islands and Australia celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
Los Angeles has the biggest Cinco de Mayo celebrations – even larger than the festivals in the city of Puebla in Mexico.

Have a great Cinco de Mayo everyone!

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