Frozen Drinks for 2024

The heat is definitely on this summer, and guests are craving cold drinks  — the colder the better. Spiff up your beverage menu with a few frozen craft cocktails and riffs on the classics. Here are seven recipes that we like for this year.

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Sleechy (Slushy-Leechy Cocktail)

Course Drinks

Keyword coconut milk, lemon, lime, Lychee, rosewater, tequila

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Fortaleza tequila
• ¼ oz. Lime
• ½ oz. Lemon
• 1 tsp. Coconut milk
• 1 ½ oz. Lychee syrup such as Real
• 3 Fresh lychees 2 for muddling 1 for garnish
• 3 drops Rose water

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a blender.
• Blend with 1 ½ scoops of ice.
• Garnish with lychee and rose.

Notes

The mixologists at the Deer Path Inn in Chicago created this recipe.

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Not Your Aunties Pina Colada

Course Drinks

Keyword Aberfeldy 12 yr Scotch, coconut water, pineapple puree, spiced rum, squash amaro

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Alander spiced rum
• ½ oz. Aberfeldy Scotch
• ½ oz. Field Trip squash amaro
• 1 oz. Pineapple puree such as Lea Vergers Boiron
• ½ tsp. White sugar
• 3 Vita Coco coconut water ice cubes

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a blender.
• Blend well with ice.
• Garnish with pineapple wedge and cocktail umbrella.

Notes

D’Arel Miller, director of food and beverage at Broken Shaker in New York, created this recipe.

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Smoky Frozen Paloma

Course Drinks

Keyword agave, club soda, Grapefruit juice, lime, mezcal

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Mezcal Amarás Espadín
• 2 oz. Grapefruit juice
• ½ oz. Lime juice
• ½ oz. Agave syrup
• 1 ½ oz. Club soda
• Ice cubes

Instructions

• Add ingredients to a blender.
• Blend until the ice is completely crushed.
• Rim a glass with salt, pour the cocktail.
• Garnish with a grapefruit slice.

Notes

The mixologists at Mezcal Amarás created this recipe.

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The Eden Runner

Course Drinks

Keyword banana liqueur, blackberry liqueur, orange juice, Pineapple Juice, rum

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Light rum
• 1 oz. Dark rum
• ¼ oz. 151 rum
• 1 oz. Blackberry brandy
• 1 oz. Banana liqueur
• 1 oz. Orange juice
• 1 oz. Pineapple juice

Instructions

• Blend all ingredients in a blender with ice.
• Pour into glass.
• Garnish with a fresh orange slice.

Notes

The mixologists at the Eden House hotel in Key West created this recipe.

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Frozen Jamaica

Course Drinks

Keyword Hibiscus, Ilegal Joven mezcal, lime

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Ilegal Mezcal Joven
• 2 oz. Jamaica syrup*
• 1 oz. Lime juice
• 1 ½ cups Ice

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a blender.
• Blend with ice.
• Garnish with lime.

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Thirst Trap

Course Drinks

Keyword Aperol, lemon juice, orange juice, prosecco, rhubarb liqueur, Strawberry syrup

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Lemon juice
• 1 oz. Orange juice
• 1 oz. Liquid Alchemist strawberry syrup
• 1 oz. Fruitful Mixology rhubarb liqueur
• 2 oz. Aperol
• 4 oz. Prosecco
• 2 oz. Water

Instructions

• Mix ingredients and place in a shallow pan in freezer.
• Let mixture freeze until solid.
• Use a fork to “fluff” into small grains of frozen cocktail.
• Place into a cocktail glass.
• Garnish with a slice of orange and a strawberry.

Notes

The mixologists at Aba in Austin, TX, created this recipe.

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Barrel Of Berries

Course Drinks

Keyword creme de mure, lime, raspberry puree, Simple syrup, whiskey

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Starward Two-Fold whisky
• 1 oz. Lime juice
• ¾ oz. Simple syrup
• 4 oz. Water
• ½ oz. Raspberry puree
• ½ oz. Crème de mure

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a blender.
• Add ice and blend.
• Pour into coupe glass.
• Garnish with a colorful straw.

Notes

The mixologists at Starward created this recipe.