Tequila is synonymous with Cinco de Mayo. Celebrate May 5th by mixing up a classic margarita or something wild! We also have Cinco de Mayo recipes with sake, soju, Hpnotiq and more for the non-tequila drinker.

Triple Berry Margarita on the Rocks

(Makes 4 servings)
Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. (6 oz.) Driscoll’s Blackberries
  • 1 pkg. (6 oz.) Driscoll’s Raspberries
  • 1 pkg. (16 oz.) Driscoll’s Strawberries, hulled and sliced
  • 1/4 cup sugar or to taste
  • 6 oz. Casa Noble tequila
  • 2 oz. Triple sec
  • 4 oz. fresh lime juice
  • Wedge of lime

(Pictured above) Purée berries in blender until smooth. Strain puréed berries through sieve into pitcher to remove seeds. A Chinois or a Colander may also be used. Add sugar to taste into pitcher. Add tequila, triple sec and lime juice into pitcher and stir. Prepare four glasses by rubbing rims with a wedge of lime and dip in salt. Add ice to glasses. Pour margarita mixture into four glasses and garnish with berries.

Mexican Summer

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. TY KU Liqueur
  • 1 oz. Silver tequila
  • Squeeze of lemon

Mix and serve over ice.

Camarena Margarita

Ingredients

In a cocktail shaker, combine all of the ingredients and add ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass over ice. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Cabana Boy

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. TY KU Liqueur
  • 2 slices of jalapeno without seeds
  • 2 slices of ginger

Mix and serve over ice.

Gerber Group’s Lavender Margarita

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 oz. Don Julio Silver
  • 1 oz. Parfait Amour orange liqueur
  • 1/4 oz. fresh lime juice
  • 1/4 oz. simple syrup
  • Lime garnish

Served up or over ice. Garnish with a lime.

Chambord Margarita Royale

Ingredients

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into margarita or martini glass. Garnish with raspberries.

Spanish TY-tini

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. TY KU Soju
  • 1 oz. orange juice
  • 1/4 oz. tequila

Mix and serve in a martini glass.

Hpno-rita

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Hpnotiq
  • 1 oz. White tequila
  • Splash of lime or pineapple juice
  • Lime wheel for garnish

In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a margarita glass. Add salt or sugar to the rim. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Silver Paloma

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Familia Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 3 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
  • 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar
  • Splash of soda water

In a cocktail shaker, combine all of the ingredients, except for the soda water, and add ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a high ball glass over ice. Top with soda water and garnish with a lime wheel.

Sake Sangria

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. TY KU Sake
  • Fresh seasonal fruits (Apple and berries work)
  • Splash of agave nectar

Mix ingredients  and pour over a high ball glass with ice.

Camarena Santa Maria

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 oz. Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1 oz. white Port
  • 1/2 oz. Velvet Falernum
  • 1/2 oz. simple syrup
  • 1 oz. fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz. ginger beer

In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients except ginger beer. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a high ball glass over ice, adding ginger beer as you pour. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Siesta Bomb

Ingredients

Fill shot glass with sake and a pint glass with beer. Leave enough room in the glass so that your sake-filled shot glass can be submerged in the beer without spilling any. Place 2 chopsticks (approximately a half an inch apart) over the larger glass. Put the shot glass on top of the chopsticks. Pound the table next to the glass with your fists until the chopsticks move apart and the shot glass falls into the beer.

TUACA Tropical Margarita

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. TUACA Vanilla Citrus Liqueur
  • 4 one-inch squares fresh pineapple, muddled
  • 1 oz. Tequila Herradura Reposado
  • 1/2 oz. simple syrup
  • 1/4 oz. fresh lemon juice

Muddle pineapple squares in a cocktail shaker and then add remaining ingredients with ice. Shake and strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.