A frozen virgin strawberry margarita is a delicious way to cool down on hot summer days. This margarita mocktail has only five ingredients which also uses a simple syrup to sweeten it up.
It’s already getting hot here and I am ready for summer drinks to cool off with like this Frozen Strawberry Margarita Mocktail or a Blood Orange Strawberry Papaya Daiquiri. If you ask me, summer fruit always seems to make the best drinks and smoothies. I love to freeze the fresh fruit to have in the freezer all year long to make drinks anytime I want.
This recipe for virgin strawberry margaritas is one of those recipes where freezing fresh strawberries is perfect. When the fruit is in season, we head to the strawberry patches to pick our own or buy the ones already picked and waiting. I’m not sure how many we eat along the way, but it’s always a good time.
Easy tip: To flash freeze strawberries – rinse and dry the fruit. Slice off the tops, and cut in half the larger strawberries. Place fruit on a parchment paper ( or wax paper) line tray and place in freezer until the fruit is frozen. Then store strawberries in a freezer safe container until needed.
Ingredients for Non-Alcoholic Margaritas
- frozen strawberries
- orange juice
- fresh lime juice
- simple syrup
Easy Instructions
To make the simple syrup: dissolve 1 cup sugar with 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Heat to a boil, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Allow to cool. Store in refrigerator up to a week.
Place half the frozen strawberries into a high-powered blender. Add lime juice, orange juice, and water. Cover and blend on highest setting until smooth, approximately 1-2 minutes.
Remove vent cap on blender lid and add the remaining frozen strawberries one at a time while the blender is still running. Continue blending until all strawberries have been added and the mixture is completely smooth.
Taste, and if you would like the drinks a little sweeter, add 1 – 2 tablespoons of the cooled simple syrup. Blend once again to mix. For thicker margaritas, add some ice until desired consistency is reached. For thinner consistency, add a little water.
Pour into serving glasses and garnish with lime slices and/or fresh strawberries right before serving. Method to make these summer drinks with alcohol are in the recipe direction notes.
Frozen Strawberry Margarita Mocktail
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
Non-alcoholic version
- 1 16 ounce bag frozen strawberries
- 1/3 cup fresh orange juice (1 – 2 large oranges)
- 1/3 cup fresh lime juice (3 large limes)
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 – 2 tablespoons simple syrup * (optional)
- ice, optional
- lime slices and fresh strawberries for garnish, optional
Alcohol version
- 1 16 ounce bag frozen strawberries
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (2 large limes)
- 4 ounces white tequila
- 2 ounces orange-flavored liqueur
Instructions
Making the simple syrup *
- Dissolve 1 cup sugar with 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Heat to a boil, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Allow to cool. Store in refrigerator up to a week.
To make non-alcoholic version
- Place half the frozen strawberries into a high-powered blender. Add lime juice, orange juice, and water. Cover and blend on highest setting until smooth, approximately 1-2 minutes.
- Remove vent cap on blender lid and add the remaining frozen strawberries one at a time while the blender is still running. Continue blending until all strawberries have been added and the mixture is completely smooth.
- Taste, and if you would like the drinks a little sweeter, add 1 – 2 tablespoons of the cooled simple syrup. Blend once again to mix. For thicker margaritas, add some ice until desired consistency is reached. For thinner consistency, add a little water.
- Pour into serving glasses and garnish with lime slices and/or fresh strawberries right before serving.
With alcohol verison
- Use the ingredients for the alcohol version, and follow the blender instructions above.
Other Summer Drinks You May Enjoy
- Sparkling Hibiscus Iced Tea – a hint of tartness from the hibiscus tea and a little sweetness from honey, this drink will become a favorite.
- Homemade Cherry Limeade (with and without alcohol) – the perfect summer drink for kids of all ages
- Passion Tea Lemonade – enjoy the copycat recipe at home
- Kiwano and Blood Orange Smoothies – serve them in the kiwano fruit shells!
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Good recipe. Fresh OJ definitely makes a difference.
I sub’d sparkling water for plain just to add a little bite. And I used agave syrup instead of simple syrup. Improved margarita flavor and slightly improved glycemic effect.