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This easy-breezy Strawberry Margarita is made with just 5 ingredients and a blender. Add a salted rim and have it on the rocks or frozen. Either way, it’,s delicious!
In your question for the perfect Strawberry Margarita, never settle for frozen strawberries! I know they are “frozen at the peak of freshness” or whatever Big Frozen Produce says, but they taste bland and watery in this drink. As a classically-trained chef with plenty of cocktail-making experience, I won’t let you settle! Grab a pound of the freshest strawberries you can find and blend them up with tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and honey. This recipe has the perfect ratio of ingredients – not my words, just check the comments! Two hundred 5-star reviews can’t be wrong.
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At a Glance: Here is a quick snapshot of what ingredients are in this recipe.
Please see the recipe card below for specific quantities.
Strawberry Margarita Recipe ingredients
- Margarita salt: Homemade margarita salt is fun to make when you’re feeling extra. Or, use kosher salt or even sugar.
- Strawberries: We recommend fresh strawberries for this cocktail. Frozen strawberries lacked flavor and tasted “watery.”
- Tequila: For a similar, stronger flavor, substitute Mezcal.
- Honey: Or substitute simple syrup, agave nectar, or sugar to taste.
- Triple sec: Or substitute your favorite orange liqueur such as Grand Mariner, Cointreau, or Curacao.
What’s the best blender for frozen drinks?
You can easily make this strawberry margarita a frozen one by adding some ice to the mix. But you’ll want a good blender to do so. Otherwise you’ll be left with icy bits that makes sipping a little less smooth. I’ve relied on my trusty Vitamix Professional Series 750 Blender since Culinary School back in 2016, and I found that it’s the best blender for crushing ice without being too noisy—so it’s not a party crasher.
How to make Strawberry Margaritas
- In a shallow dish as wide as your serving glass, add Margarita salt (or kosher salt) to 1/4-inch deep. Run a lime wedge around the top of each glass, then dip the top of the glass upside-down into the salt and turn to coat.
- To a blender, add strawberries, tequila, lime juice, honey, and triple sec. Pulse until completely smooth.
- Let mixture rest for about 3 minutes, and skim off foam. Add more tequila or sweetener to taste.
- Fill each rimmed glass about half full with ice. Add margarita mixture, garnish with a lime wedge, and serve immediately.
It’s an investment that will last you for years (and for many, many frozen drinks), but I think it’s absolutely worth it. You can get it for around $600 at Amazon, and I also like using the Blendtec Classic blender for frozen drinks. It’s a little louder but also cheaper for just $380 at Amazon.
Best Strawberry Margarita Recipe tips and variations
- Frozen margarita: Add ice to your blender to taste and blend until slushy (I like about 5 cups of ice).
- Daiquiri: To make a strawberry daiquiri, substitute rum for tequila.
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Strawberry Margarita
Ingredients
- Margarita salt or kosher salt (see note 1)
- Lime wedges
- 1 pound fresh strawberries hulled (see note 2)
- 1 cup tequila (see note 3)
- 2/3 cup lime juice
- 1/3 cup honey (see note 4)
- 1/4 cup triple sec (see note 5)
Instructions
- In a shallow dish as wide as your serving glass, add Margarita salt (or kosher salt) to 1/4-inch deep. Run a lime wedge around the top of each glass, then dip the top of the glass upside-down into the salt and turn to coat.
- To a blender, add strawberries, tequila, lime juice, honey and triple sec. Pulse until completely smooth.
- Let mixture rest for about 3 minutes, and skim off foam. Add more tequila or sweetener to taste.
- Fill each rimmed glass about half full with ice. Add margarita mixture, garnish with a lime wedge, and serve immediately.
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Notes
- Margarita salt: Homemade margarita salt is fun to make when you’re feeling extra. Or, use kosher salt or even sugar.
- Strawberries: We recommend fresh strawberries for this cocktail. Frozen strawberries lacked flavor and tasted “watery.”
- Tequila: For a similar, stronger flavor, substitute Mezcal.
- Honey: Or substitute simple syrup, agave nectar, or sugar to taste.
- Triple sec: Or substitute your favorite orange liqueur such as Grand Mariner, Cointreau, or Curacao.
- Frozen margarita: Add ice to your blender to taste and blend until slushy (I like about 5 cups of ice).
- Daiquiri: To make a strawberry daiquiri, substitute rum for the tequila.
OMG! This is amazing! I’m gonna be alcoholic after this lol
Glad you love it Nina! – Meggan
These were awesome, will definitely keep this recipe handy!!
Hi! Was wondering if the strawberries blended up would clog up a drink dispenser. Thanks in advance to anyone who may know!
Hi Kelli, as long as it’s blended well to where there are no chunks you should be okay. However, if you are really concerned about it you can strain before pouring into the dispenser. Hope this helps! – Meggan
I have long suspected that in other areas of the country they have huge limes. In the Midwest our limes are small, about the size of a small egg. So, to get 1 cup of lime juice I needed about 15 limes. I was shooting for doubling the recipe but I would have needed 30, apparently! However, the recipe is great.
Thanks for posting this – signed the small lime lady
Hi J, I completely understand! Sometimes we get amazingly large limes, other times is small ones. – Meggan
Hi Meggan;
Thanks for posting the recipe for strawberry margaritas. Can you please let me know how many strawberries and how much tequila, lime juice and simple syrup to add for strawberry margaritas for two?
Thanks,
William Scarratt
Hi William, to have the recipe card show you the amounts for two servings, you can use the slide bar under servings and change it from 4 to 2. Here’s the amounts, hope this helps! – Meggan
Margarita salt or kosher salt
Lime wedges
0.5 pound fresh strawberries hulled
0.5 cup tequila
0.33 cup fresh lime juice (1/3 cup)
0.17 cup honey (about 2 tablespoons, plus 1 1/2 teaspoons)
0.13 cup triple sec (about 2 tablespoons)
Awesome drink made it for my mom and friends on her birthday everyone loved it.
Just googled a recipe and clicked on the link to here. Whipped up a batch in no time and this is literally one of the best strawberry margs I’ve ever had. I did sub strwaberry puree because that is what I had on hand when the craving struck me. This will be my go to recipe!
Hi Heather, sounds delicious, definitely going to have to try! – Meggan
This was the perfect recipe!
Really easy and so flavorful. This was a good use of all the strawberries I picked!
Love this recipe!! So fresh!
Delicious! Used patron and cointreau. Substituted with a little white sugar since I didn’t have honey on hand. My husband LOVED it!