When it comes to margarita recipes, I can’t help but be excited. My favorite, of course, is the lime margarita.

But there’s also the sweet surprise of the strawberry margarita. And flavors like mango and coconut add their own margarita magic.

My takes on the classic recipes are super simple and super refreshing. And in my world, the only thing better than a margarita is two margaritas, which is why I’ve doubled the recipes here.

The 14 Best margarita recipes

1. Classic Lime Margarita

A refreshing cocktail that emphasizes tequila, Cointreau or triple sec, and freshly squeezed lime juice is the Classic Lime Margarita. It is served over ice, and you can opt for a salted rim and a lime garnish.

Ingredients
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce Cointreau or triple sec
1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup (optional, to taste)
Ice cubes
Lime wheel or wedge for garnish
Coarse salt for rimming the glass (optional)

Instructions

1. If you like, you can chill the glass first. I don’t always have room in the freezer, so I often use a frosted glass instead. If you don’t have a way to chill the glass, just go ahead and make the drink. It’ll be delicious either way!

2. In a cocktail shaker, mix tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and simple syrup with ice.

3. Mix thoroughly and ensure the concoction is cold.

4. Pour the strained mixture into the prepared glass over fresh ice and garnish with a lime wheel or wedge.

2. Strawberry Margarita

A Margarita de Fresa mezcla fresas con tequila, licor de naranja (generalmente Cointreau o Grand Marnier), jugo de lima y jarabe simple. La bebida tiene un color rojo intenso, que se debe a la adición de fresas que se muelen o licúan.

Es una copa que se sirve en las rocas con una sal o azúcar en el borde como opción.

Ingredients

1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
2 oz tequila
1 oz triple sec
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon simple syrup
Ice cubes
Salt or sugar for rimming (optional)

Instructions

1. You can rim the edge of a glass with salt or sugar if you wish by taking a lime wedge and rubbing it on the rim of the glass and then dipping the glass into a small plate of salt or sugar.

2. Combine in a blender the strawberries, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice cubes.

3. Mix until not a single lump remains, then taste for sweetness. If it isn’t sweet enough for your liking, dollop in some simple syrup.

4. Immediately serve the mixed concoction in the prepared glasses and enjoy your fresh Strawberry Margarita!

3. Mango Margarita

A Mango Margarita is a sun-drenched cocktail that combines fresh mango, straight from the tropics, with the typical Margarita components of lime, tequila, and orange liqueur. What sets the Mango Margarita apart (and makes it so delicious!) is the use of fresh, ripe mango and blending it into the Margarita rather than just using mango juice or flavored syrup.

An added bonus is the purée brightens the drink even more.

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh mango chunks (or frozen mango, thawed)
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1/4 cup silver tequila
• 2 tablespoons triple sec or Cointreau
• 1 tablespoon agave syrup (or simple syrup)
• Ice cubes
• Salt or sugar for rimming the glass (optional)

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Instructions

1. Get your glasses ready by taking a lime wedge and rubbing it around the rim of each glass. If you want to get fancy, go ahead and dip the rims in either salt or sugar.

2. In a blender, combine the mango chunks, lime juice, tequila, triple sec, and agave syrup. Blend until smooth.

3. Put ice cubes in the blender and keep blending until the slush is smooth.

4. Transfer the completed mango margarita into the ready glasses and serve without delay. Savor the experience!

4. Frozen Margarita

A Frozen Margarita is a classic cocktail that is blended with tequila, fresh lime juice, triple sec, simple syrup, and ice. It is served with a salted rim and a lime wedge.

So why is the drink so good, and why do we make it the way we do?

Ingredients

2 oz tequila
1 oz lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 oz triple sec (such as Cointreau)
1 oz simple syrup
2 cups ice
Lime wedge (for garnish)
Coarse salt (for rimming the glass, optional)

Instructions

1. Create a salted rim for the glass by first rimming the edge with lime juice and then dipping the edge in coarse salt. Set aside.

2. In a blender, combine tequila, lime juice, triple sec, simple syrup, and ice. Blend until smooth.

3. Blend the mixture, then pour it into the prepared glass.

4. Garnish with a wedge of lime. Enjoy your frozen margarita, served at once and without delay!

5. Jalapeño Margarita

A Jalapeño Margarita places a spicy twist on the classic cocktail. It takes tequila, fresh lime juice, orange liqueur, and simple syrup, but then adds muddled jalapeño slices to the mix.

The result is a refreshing drink with a seriously spicy kick, made even more intense when it’s served in a glass rimmed with salt or chili powder.

Ingredients

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• 1 oz orange liqueur (such as Cointreau or Triple Sec)
• 1 oz simple syrup
• 2-3 jalapeño slices
• Lime wedge, for rim
• Salt or chili powder, for rim

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Instructions

1. Carry out the task of running a lime wedge around the rim of a glass. Then dip the glass in salt or chili powder, and let the glass be set aside. All this is to prepare the glass for whatever drink one is about to serve.

2. In a cocktail shaker, crush the jalapeño slices to release their flavor.

3. Combine tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, and simple syrup in the shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously until thoroughly chilled.

4. Pour into the ready glass over newly set ice and adorn, if so inclined, with a slice of jalapeño or a wedge of lime. Serve instantly.

6. Coconut Margarita

The Coconut Margarita is a classic cocktail with a tropical twist. It is made with coconut tequila, triple sec, cream of coconut, and fresh lime juice.

These ingredients combine effortlessly to deliver a drink that is so much more than the sum of its parts. The margarita’s flawless balance of flavor, sweetness, and tartness is one of the main reasons it’s such a beloved libation.

Ingredients

• 2 oz coconut tequila
• 1 oz triple sec
• 1 oz cream of coconut
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• Ice
• Toasted coconut flakes (for garnish)

Instructions

1. Take a glass and create a rim by first applying lime juice to the edge of the glass. Then, take toasted coconut flakes and use them to coat the edge of the glass.

2. In a shaker, mix together coconut tequila, triple sec, coconut cream, fresh lime juice, and simple syrup.

3. Put ice in the shaker, then shake hard until the contents are very cold.

4. Pour the mixture into the prepared glass filled with ice and finish with a lime wedge or toasted coconut. Coconut cream, or coconut milk, will give your drink an altogether different appearance, as this version uses water instead.

7. Blueberry Margarita

The vibrant cocktail known as the Blueberry Margarita stars silver tequila, triple sec, freshly squeezed lime juice, and blueberry syrup. It is fresh blueberries that take this drink to the next level, though—when it comes to both flavor and appearance.

And if you happen to have any edible flowers lying around, pop one in as a garnish and really mesmerize the folks you’re serving with the Margarita de los Borrachos.

Ingredients

2 oz silver tequila
1 oz triple sec
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz blueberry syrup
1/2 cup fresh blueberries
1 tsp sugar (optional, for rimming)
Ice cubes

Instructions

1. If you want, you can rim the edge of the glass with sugar. To do so, rub a lime wedge around the rim of the glass and dip it in sugar.

2. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the fresh blueberries until their juice is released.

3. Add the tequila, triple sec, lime juice, blueberry syrup, and a handful of ice cubes to the shaker.

4. Combine well and chill the ingredients; then strain into a glass over ice.

8. Cucumber Mint Margarita

Cucumber Mint Margarita is a light and invigorating cocktail that partners the fresh flavors of cucumber and mint with silver tequila, fresh lime juice, and simple syrup. It is ideal for a refreshing cocktail experience.

Ingredients

2 oz silver tequila
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
5 slices cucumber
5 fresh mint leaves
Salt for rimming glass (optional)
Ice cubes

Instructions

1. Smash the cucumber slices and mint leaves in a cocktail shaker to get their flavors out.

2. Include the tequila, lime juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice cubes in the shaker.

3. Vigorously mix for approximately 15 seconds until the concoction reaches a satisfactory temperature.

4. If you want, you can salt the rim of the glass. Fill it with ice, and then strain the cocktail into the glass. If you want, garnish the drink with a slice of cucumber and a sprig of mint.

9. Blood Orange Margarita

A Margarita made with blood orange juice is a brilliant version of the classic cocktail, made with tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice, and agave nectar. This totally refreshing drink is served in a glass with a salted rim and is garnished with a piece of orange.

Ingredients

2 oz tequila
1 oz blood orange juice
1 oz lime juice
0.5 oz agave nectar
Salt for rimming the glass
Blood orange slice, for garnish
Lime wedge, for garnish

Instructions

1. To salt the glass, take a lime wedge and run it around the rim of the glass. Then, dip the wet rim into salt.

2. In a shaker, combine the following ingredients:Tequila

1.5 oz.Blood orange juice 2 oz.Lime juice 0.5 oz.Agave nectar 0.5 oz.Add ice, and shake well.

3. Pour the mixture into the prepared glass filled with ice and strain.

4. Adorn with a slice of blood orange and a lime wedge. Savor!

10. Pineapple Cilantro Margarita

Discover the Pineapple Cilantro Margarita, a refreshing cocktail blending tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and pineapple juice. This tropical drink, brimming with citrusy goodness, takes on a fragrant new dimension when you add fresh cilantro.

Ingredients
2 oz tequila
1 oz triple sec
1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
2 oz pineapple juice
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, tightly packed
1-2 tsp agave nectar (optional, to taste)
Salt, for rimming the glass (optional)

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, mash the cilantro leaves to let their flavor out.

2. Pour the tequila, triple sec, lime juice, pineapple juice, and agave nectar, if using, into the shaker.

3. To secure the lid, fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously for about 15 seconds.

4. Pour the strained mixture into a glass that has been rimmed with salt and filled with ice, and, if you like, garnish it with either a sprig of cilantro or a slice of pineapple.

11. Watermelon Basil Margarita

The Margarita de sandía y albahaca combina sandía fresca, tequila plateado y jugo de lima con un toque aromático de hojas de albahaca. Es un cóctel refrescante, perfecto para el verano, que se deleita en el juego de la frutalidad y en los codicillos herbales que, en este caso, constituyen lo que en inglés se dice “to riff off the herbs”.

Ingredients

2 cups fresh watermelon, cubed
2 oz silver tequila
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz triple sec
5 fresh basil leaves
1 tsp agave syrup (optional)
Ice

Instructions

1. Mix the watermelon cubes and basil leaves in a blender. Blend until smooth.

2. Pour the watermelon and basil concoction into a cocktail shaker to separate the pulp.

3. Add the tequila, lime juice, triple sec, and agave syrup to the shaker with ice. Shake really well to combine.

4. Pour into a glass that is packed with ice. If you’d like, you can add a garnish–a sprig of basil or a wedge of watermelon, perhaps–to your drink.

12. Pomegranate Margarita

The Pomegranate Margarita is a colorful and flavorful cocktail made with silver tequila, triple sec, and fresh lime juice, all of which balance the tartness of pomegranate juice. Simple syrup adds just enough sweetness to bring the drink together.

I like to add a little sea salt to the rim of my glass to contrast the flavors in the cocktail.

Ingredients

2 oz silver tequila
1 oz triple sec or Cointreau
1 oz fresh lime juice
2 oz pomegranate juice
1 oz simple syrup
Lime wedge for garnish
Coarse salt for rimming glass (optional)

Instructions

1. Run a lime wedge along the rim of a glass, wetting it sufficiently, and dip the rim in coarse salt to coat it. Pack the glass with ice and set it aside.

2. A cocktail shaker is not a vessel to be ignored. It stands there regal and motionless, until you make it your vessel, your vehicle for change. In a cocktail shaker, you transform ingredients (liquid in this case) from still life into a snapshot of a moment when they are together, but not quite together; they are in the process of becoming cocktails. You shake them, natch, to coldness first. Then you pour them out into glassware, leaving behind the ritual of the cocktail itself.

3. Pour the mixture through a strainer into the prepared glass.

4. Add a lime wedge for garnish, and enjoy the pomegranate margarita!

13. Blackberry Sage Margarita

The Blackberry Sage Margarita is a refreshing cocktail that combines fresh blackberries, earthy sage, and smooth silver tequila. This blend is balanced with lime juice and simple syrup and tastes like a perfect mix of fruity and herbal flavors.

Ingredients

• 2 oz silver tequila
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• 1 oz simple syrup
• 5 blackberries
• 2 sage leaves
• Ice cubes
• Salt for rimming the glass (optional)

Instructions

1. In a shaker, muddle the blackberries and sage leaves to release their juices and oils.

2. Combine the tequila, lime juice, and simple syrup in the shaker.

3. To fill the shaker with ice and shake well until a chill has set in.

4. Pour into a glass with ice, salt rim optional. Add an extra blackberry and a sage leaf to the glass; they’re your garnish.