Boozy 4th of July Drinks

As some of you can tell, I really love margaritas! I wanted to checkout a few 4th of July/summery drinks to sip on over the extended weekend. Of course, I checked out my favorite place (Pinterest) for some ideas. I decided to make a Firecracker Margarita, Watermelon Prosecco Margarita, and a Watermelon Champagne Cocktail (to shake it up a little bit). All three drinks are delicious and refreshing!

Check out the recipes below and let me know what you think!

Firecracker Margarita

Ingredients:

1. 2oz. Tequila
2. 1oz Fresh Lime Juice
3. 1oz Blue Curacao
4. Simple Syrup or Corn Syrup
5. Red Poprocks

Optional:

1. Blue sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Place the pop rocks on a plate. Coat the rim of your margarita glass with the simple syrup or corn syrup. Dip the margarita glass into the pop rocks coating the edges.
2. In a shaker, shake the tequila, blue curacao, and fresh lime juice over ice.
3. Pour in your glass and enjoy!

Notes:

1. I could not find poprocks for the life of me! So, I decided to add blue sprinkles, one drop of red food coloring to sugar, and place it on a plate to mix together to get a red, white, and blue themed rim!
2. I added 1 1/2 tbsp of simple syrup.

Watermelon Prosecco Margarita

Ingredients:

Prosecco Syrup:

1. 1 cup Prosecco
2. 1 1/4 cups sugar

Watermelon Margarita:

1. Salt or Sugar, for rim
2. Ice
3. 2oz Tequila Silver
4. 1oz Fresh Lime Juice
5. 2oz Fresh Watermelon Juice
6. 2oz Presecco Syrup
7. Lime wedges, for serving and garnish

Instructions:

1. Combine prosecco and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
2. Bring to boil and whisk until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool down. 
3. Rim a glass with a lime wedge and dip in coarse salt or sugar to coat. Fill glass with ice. 
4. In a cocktail shaker, combine tequila, lime juice, prosecco syrup, and watermelon juice. Shake for 30 seconds. 
5. Pour drink mixture into glass and top off with prosecco. 
6. Add lime wedges for serving and Enjoy!

Note: This drink tastes like a watermelon Jolly Rancher! So delicious!

Watermelon Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients:

1. Watermelon
2. Mint leaves, for mixture and garnishing
3. Lemonade
4. Champagne

Instructions:

1. Chop watermelon and place 1/8 of the watermelon into a shaker.
2. Add a few mint leaves into the shaker.
3. Top off with lemonade up until half of the watermelon is covered.
4. Muddle everything together until the watermelon mixture turns into juice.
5. Strain the mixture into your glass and top with some champagne.
6. Top with a mint leaf and enjoy!

Salud!

Sincerely,

Britt 🌺