The ultimate cocktail for all your desired cravings is here! Mojitos, originated in Cuba, is a classic cocktail consisting of Rum, Lime, Mint, Sugar and Sparkling Water. It has a perfect balance of sweet and tart and is all around one of the most refreshing cocktails you may ever have! This cocktail goes down very easily and sometimes within seconds so be careful not to drink too many! This Blackberry Mojito recipe is definitely one for the books and something you will want to save for the future!
What Is A Mojito?
A Mojito is a cuban classic cocktail that consists of the perfect blend of Rum, Lime, Sugar, Mint and topped of with Sparkling Water. Sometimes, if you want to get daring and have a little fun, you can swap out the Sparkling Water for Prosecco. Just to give your cocktail that much more of a twist and spunk! Mojitos are as quick and simple to make as a normal cocktail. However, they do not require true bartending skills as anyone can make this right at home! It requires muddling your mint, sugar and any fruit you may use. So make sure to get yourself a Muddler in order to truly enjoy the real flavors of this cocktail! You can use any fruit in any mojito you’d like. This specific Blackberry Mojito recipe contains fresh blackberries. However, if you are not a fan of blackberries, then feel free to switch it up and use a different fruit and follow the same recipe!
Classic Mojito Ingredients
RUM
Always make sure to use a high quality white rum when making Mojitos. White Rum is the best rum to use, as any dark or spiced rum will take away from the smoothness that mojitos possess.
LIME
Make sure to ALWAYS use freshly squeezed lime juice in any cocktail you make, but ESPECIALLY in mojitos. As the lime is one of its key ingredients that makes this drink as refreshing as it is.
MINT
You can typically find Mint Leaves at any local grocery store. Make sure they are fresh and green and have no black ends to them, as that is a key indicator they are old and will not have as strong of a spearimint flavor as they usually do.
SUGAR
You can always use regular granulated sugar (about a teaspoon) to make a classic mojito or for this blackberry mojito recipe. If you don’t have Simple Syrup. However Simple Syrup is the best ingredient to use in a cocktail like this. Simple Syrup is easy and quick to make right at home. Just combine equal amounts of water and equal amounts of sugar. Bring to a boil until all the sugar is dissolved. Take off the heat, let cool down and bottle in a glass container. Keep contents in the refrigerator!
SPARKLING WATER
The sparkling water is whats going to give this cocktail the ultimate balance and refreshing taste that it needs!
What You Will Need For The Blackberry Mojito Recipe
- Do yourself a favor and get a good Cocktail Set as you will need most of these items.
- Muddler
- Cocktail Glass
- White Rum
- Mint Leaves
- Fresh Limes
- Fresh Blackberries
- Simple Syrup
- Sparkling Water
Blackberry Mojito Recipe
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servingsBlackberry Mojito is one of the most refreshing cocktails you will have. Inspired by the classic cuban cocktail, this is a twist on the classic Mojito.
Ingredients
2 oz White Rum
1 oz Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
7-8 Fresh Blackberries
4-5 Mint Leaves and one Mint Leaf batch for garnishing
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
Sparkling Water
Directions
- In a cocktail shaker, add 4-5 Blackberries, your 4-5 Mint Leaves and your simple syrup.
- Muddle those together with your muddler
- Once all blackberries are mushed add in your lime juice and rum.
- Fill cocktail shaker with ice and shake for at least 15 seconds.
- Grab your cocktail glass and fill to the top with ice.
- Strain all your contents into the glass from your cocktail shaker.
- **optional** Take a spoon and spoon out some of the muddled blackberries and mint and add to your cocktail glass.
- Top off with your Sparkling Water.
- Garnish with 2-3 fresh blackberries and your mint leave sprig.
- Enjoy!
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Would this recipe be able to be made as a large batch for a party of 100?
Hi! You can certainly try it. I’ve never made a large batch of mojitos, but I’d say if you use a rum such as Bacardi, theres about 25 oz or so in a regular size bottle. So I’d times the recipe by about 12 to match what the ingredients should be! I would also maybe blend the blackberries with a little water in a blender and strain them. This way you don’t have a ton of chunks and seeds in your punch bowl. You can even make a blackberry simple syrup and use that as a replacement of the regular simple syrup and the fresh blackberries! With something that large I always say do a little at a time and taste test. Then a little more and taste test!