This delicious Watermelon margarita is the best thing this summer. Fresh watermelon juice (made in your blender!) is mixed with tequila, lime juice, jalapeño if you're feeling daring, and honey simple syrup for the best margarita ever. Make one for yourself or a pitcher to share with friends!
Ingredients
Watermelon Margarita
2cupswatermelon chunks = 1 cup watermelon juice
Optional: 1 jalapeño pepper, seeds and stem removed
1cuptequila
½cuplime juice, freshly squeezed, please!
½cuphoney simple syrup, see notes
Maldon or flake type sea salt, to rim the glasses
Instructions
Put the watermelon, and the jalapeño, if using, into your blender and blend on high for a few seconds.
Whisk 3 tablespoons of honey with 5 tablespoons of water to make the honey simple syrup. They will combine best if heated.
Combine the watermelon juice, tequila, lime juice, and honey simple syrup in a glass jar filled with ice and stir until the margarita is cold.
1 cup tequila, ½ cup lime juice, ½ cup honey simple syrup
Wet the rim of 4 glasses with lime then dip them in salt and pour in your watermelon margarita!
Maldon or flake type sea salt
Notes
This recipe is very easy to scale up or down. Here's what you need to know:
1 cup of watermelon chunks will make ½ cup of watermelon juice
Honey simple syrup is made with 1 part honey and 2 parts water. For example, 1 cup of honey and 2 cups of water.
This watermelon margarita is made with 2 parts watermelon juice, 2 parts tequila, 1 part lime juice, and one part honey simple syrup. For example, 2-ounces watermelon juice, 2-ounces tequila, 1-ounce lime juice, and 1-ounce honey simple syrup.