These sweet-tart frozen blood orange margaritas are perfectly balanced and ideal for entertaining.
As we head into the busy entertaining season, I can’t think of anything more celebratory than a thick and frosty frozen margarita.
Sweet, tart and perfectly tangy, these blood orange margaritas are made with white tequila and the perfect amount of fresh lime juice.
If you can’t get your hands on blood oranges, use any orange variety you can find. Or, get crazy and swap out blood oranges with a couple scoops of fresh or frozen mango. As always, this recipe is more of a loose guideline than a strict rule book.
Whatever you do, just call your friends and invite them over. They will love this fruity, not-too-sweet margarita that puts the happy in happy hour.
Your straw is waiting.
- 2 blood oranges juiced
- 1 lime juiced
- 1 cup white tequila
- 3/4 cup triple sec
- 3-4 cups ice
- sugar to rim glass - optional
- slices blood orange and lime optional garnish
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To rim the glasses, place 1/4 cup of sugar on a plate and moisten the top of each glass with a lime wedge. Run wet rim over the sugar until evenly coated.
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Place all ingredients in a high speed blender (blood orange juice through ice) and puree until smooth. Pour into sugar-rimmed glasses to serve and garnish with blood orange and lime slices.
Photography by Alejandro Photography // Recipe by The Lemon Bowl
More happy hour essential drinks can be found on Pinterest!
Rami @ Tasteaholics
I love anything blood orange so this is calling my name!! Beautiful photos by the way :)
Liz DellaCroce
I am such a blood orange fan too!! Thank you so much!
Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy
First of all, you KNOW how much Trevor and I love a good margarita… so I’m thinking this is on the menu for tomorrow’s Cinco de Mayo :) Also, I love that Asher thought this was a smoothie! So sweet :)
Liz DellaCroce
hahah Oh Asher… poor kid!!! :) Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Kate
Yum!! These looks so refreshing!
Liz DellaCroce
Cheers to margarita week!!
Alexa [fooduzzi.com]
Oh this is just glorious! I don’t think there’s a fruit more beautiful than blood oranges – especially when they’re spiked with tequila ;) Loving this for Cinco!
Liz DellaCroce
I totally agree with you!! They are so beautiful!
Marina @ A Dancer's Live-It
Perfect for my 21st birthday on Thursday!! What excellent timing. ;) You’re a genius Liz, thanks for sharing! :)
Liz DellaCroce
Awww happy almost birthday!!!