#margaritavariations

Peach Margarita

More than a Margarita with peach schnapps, this variation on the classic has real peach syrup made from cooked down peach nectar. But this is a 90s recipe, so it is basically the familiar Margarita with Peachtree Schnapps. Nothing to get excited about--until you taste it.

Pinata

The idea behind this Mexican themed drink is to get a yellow and festive color from the tequila and banana flavor from creme de bananes. But creme de bananes is a really sugary and fake tasting liqueur when you buy the cheap stuff. I have so many of these banana drinks to do, though, so I didn't want to drink a lot of cheap sugary fake liqueur. I got Cruzan banana rum because I like the freshness of the flavors. They say it is natural banana flavor, and there's a little sweetness in the rum. It's only 21 percent alcohol, so there's that, but I think that a tropical cocktail needs other tropical spirits like rum. That said, you will need to add a tsp. of sugar or simple syrup to calm down all the lime juice in this drink. Even with creme de bananes, you might need more sugar.

Strawberry Margarita

This cocktail comes out of the dim 80's when strawberry was added to any tropical drink to make it "flavored" like something other than the cocktail it was supposed to be. This was done best with muddling strawberries, but more often it happened with a Strawberry Margarita mix. Like nearly fruity drinks back then, there was a bottled mix that wouldn't spoil that could be kept behind the bar, and would basically make any booze taste sweet and disgusting. This recipe calls for strawberry syrup, which is easy enough to make with this recipe. When you have this, make this drink like any other Margarita--with this one exception! Old school Margaritas didn't have ice cubes in them, they were not blended. So this drink is supposed to be served up.