Our Favorite Summer Drink Recipes
Slushies, margaritas, sangrias, and more! These warm-weather sips are perfect when you want to cool off with a refreshing summer drink or chill out with a cocktail.
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Watermelon Lemonade Slushie
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Ice Cream Maker Margaritas
Slushy margaritas are just one more thing you can throw together in your ice cream maker. Chill the sweetened tequila-lime base ahead of time so that your cocktails churn up more quickly.
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The New Frose
Can frose (slushy, frozen rose wine) get any easier? With the help of a blender and ice cream maker, it certainly can.
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Sangria Slushie
Consider this sangria 2.0. Your favorite Spanish beverage has gone slushy thanks to some clever homemade red wine ice cubes and a blender.
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Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Punch
There's a little extra love in this Caribbean rum punch, and it's not the freshly squeezed orange and lime juice or the fun ice-and-fruit float — it's taking the time to make your own spiced rum. It's super simple, and you can totally steal the rum recipe to make and give to friends and family (or a pirate).
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Marga-Heat-A
This spicy margarita starts out with a subtle heat, but thanks to the chile pepper ice cubes, the fire builds as the ice melts!
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Cucumber Pineapple Tequila Cooler
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Mojito
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Mint Julep
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White Sangria
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Ginger-Peach Beer Cooler
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Shark Attack Punch
This silly (and delicious!) cocktail has a surprise "bite" with every pour. Let's just say you're gonna need a bigger glass.
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Ginger Lemongrass Pina Colada
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Earl Grey Tea and Blueberry Spritzer
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Watermelon Martinis
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Fresh Peach Bellinis
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Red Wine Sangria
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Moscow Mule
The classic Moscow mule requires only 3 ingredients: vodka, lime and ginger beer. We up the ginger flavor by freezing slices of fresh ginger into ice cubes to keep your beverage cold and fresh.
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Watermelon Mai Tai
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Blackberry Gin Fizz Float
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Frozen Mojito
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Watermelon Bloody Mary Bar
Celebrate summer with this showstopping Bloody Mary bar. Turn watermelons of all sizes into garnish bowls and put a watermelon twist on the traditional cocktail.
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Pineapple-Raspberry Rum Refresher
Melissa's fruity cooler combines muddled raspberries with pineapple juice, coconut water, mint and light rum. For a non-alcoholic refresher, omit the rum and top with 1 ounce of sparkling water.
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Watermelon Punch Keg
Expect guests to do a double take when they see your watermelon with a tap attached — and to come back for seconds after sampling the spiked punch concealed within.
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Passion Fruit Hurricane
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Margarita
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Blackberry and Gin Slushie
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Blueberry Lemonade
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Cucumber Cocktail
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Painkiller Cocktail Keg
Nothing says festive like a party-ready cocktail dispensed directly from a pineapple!
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Limoncello
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White Sangria
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Raspberry Lemonade
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Pina Colada
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Sweet Tea Mojito
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Sandra's Tropical Temptation
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Ultimate Margarita
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Froscato Sunrise
No fancy liquors or special equipment are necessary for this beautiful frozen cocktail — it's made with the sweet wine moscato. It is as easy as it is tasty!
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Non-Alcoholic Margarita
When you're craving a sweet-tart, refreshing margarita, but you don't want the alcohol, break out your blender and start here.
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Grilled Arnold Palmer Cocktail
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Mojito Limeade
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Cucumber-Mint Gimlets
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Long Island Iced Tea
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Aperol Spritz
This simple, classic aperitif evokes sunny days in Italy, with its beautiful hue and distinctive herbaceous flavor.
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Grapefruit Sparklers
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Sandra's Strawberry Orange Daiquiri
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Mule-ade
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Coconut Mojito
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Raspberry Mimosa
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Americano
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High-Tea Cocktail
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Simple Singapore Sling
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Lychee-Mint Spritzers
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Lemon Moscow Mule
The secret to this cocktail is homemade limoncello, an Italian lemon liqueur made from lemon zest and vodka, which imparts a unique sweet-tart flavor to the classic Moscow mule. Use leftover limoncello in other cocktails or sip it after dinner as a digestif all summer long.
Get the Recipe: Lemon Moscow Mule
Honey Lemon-Drop Martini
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Rosemary Julep
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Peppery Punch
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Paloma Margaritas
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Orange Mojito
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Whole Citrus Margarita
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Lemon Drop Cocktail
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Watermelon Mojitos
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Cherry Lime Ricky
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Easy Mango Lemonade Margaritas
Prefer your margaritas on the slushy side? Incorporate a few cups of ice while blending frozen mango chunks, lemonade concentrate, tequila and orange liqueur.
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Campari and Soda
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Sour Pineapple Tiki Cocktail
Molly adds a splash of dark rum to her tropical-inspired treat, but it can easily be skipped if you (or your guests) prefer a colorful mocktail.
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Frozen Watermelon Margaritas
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Bobby Flay's Coconut-Banana Colada
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Mai Tai
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Make-Ahead Cucumber-Elderflower Sangria
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Beer Colada
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Michelada
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Pimm's Cup
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Pomegranate Rum Punch for a Crowd
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Summer Peach
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Cherry Lime Slushies
Trisha’s easy slushies are a family-friendly summer sip. She blends maraschino cherries with lemon-lime soda, frozen limeade concentrate and ice, then garnishes each drink with plenty of extra fruit.
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Shark Attack
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Scarpetta Signature San Remo Cocktail
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Burnt Orange Negroni
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The Wild Flower
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Pompelmo Fizz
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Strawberry-Basil Mojitos
You don’t need mint to make a great mojito. Ree purees strawberries with lemon and basil and tops the mixture with simple syrup, rum and a splash of seltzer.
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Nimbu Pani Mint Julep
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Dutch Timidity
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Lemon-Cucumber Cocktail
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Sparkling Sangria
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Caipirinha
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Fresh Strawberry Balsamic Basil Daiquiri
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Gin Rummy Cocktail
Valerie’s boozy beverage is filled with rum, gin, brandy and orange juice. Don’t skip the grenadine, either — the syrup contributes both sweetness and color to the cocktail.
Get the Recipe: Gin Rummy Cocktail
Rosemary-Infused Lemonade
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Spiked Sweet Tea
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Pisco Sour
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Hibiscus Tequila Cooler
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Rum Punch
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Sidecars with Dried Cherries
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Double Apple Mojito
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Blackberry-Black Pepper Cocktail
Trisha balances out the sweetness of summer-ripe blackberries with a pinch of coarsely ground pepper in this refreshing cocktail.
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Cider-Berry Moon Cocktail
Ayesha pairs hard cider and moonshine for a sweet, refreshing cocktail -- exactly what you want to be drinking on a hot summer’s night.
Get the Recipe: Cider-Berry Moon Cocktail
Rose Spritzer
This simple cocktail is perfect for a summer brunch; Italian lemon soda adds a subtle sweet-tart flavor to everyone’s favorite summer wine for a crisp, sparkling sip.
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The Cherry-Chipotle Cooler
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Mai Tai
This iconic rum-based cocktail was invented by Victor Bergeron in the 1940s at his first Trader Vic’s restaurant, in Oakland, California. (Bergeron’s nickname was Trader Vic.) There are countless interpretations, many of them sugar bombs. We stayed true to the original to create a balanced Mai Tai that includes the key flavors of almond (in the form of orgeat syrup, an essential ingredient in many tiki cocktails), citrus and caramelized sugar.
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Copycat Pink Drink
This homemade version of the famous Pink Drink is quick and easy to make. Once the tea steeps and cools, the refreshing drink comes together in just about 5 minutes.
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Whipped Arnold Palmer
nspired by TikTok’s viral whipped lemonade – a summery beverage pushed to popularity with the help of user @goldenxclouds in 2020 – this version caps a fizzy spiked ice tea with a creamy lemonade topping. It plays up the flavors of the classic Arnold Palmer in a new way. Feel free to swap sweetened plain iced tea for the hard seltzer variety if you want a non-alcoholic version.
Get the Recipe: Whipped Arnold Palmer