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Tropical Getaway Cocktail

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Last Updated on January 25, 2024 by Leah Hall

This blue cocktail is the perfect punch bowl drink if you multiply it for more than 1! Tropical flavors with coconut rum, tiki bitters and sour mix combine in this blue curacao cocktail recipe!

 

Mix up a colorful tropical treat with this blue curacao cocktail recipe, which is perfect for parties, or for sharing! We have used blue curacao quite a bit lately in cocktails, and they are always fun to make such as this Blue Lagoon, Blue Hawaii and our Spooky Halloween Cocktail!

Blue Curacao cocktail being poured into bulb glass, purple and white orchids, bamboo straws

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Blue Curacao is a beautiful blue liqueur that makes colorful drinks. Read all about it in our What is Blue Curacao post!

Blue Curacao cocktail being poured into bulb glass, purple and white orchids

Blue Curacao has a citrus flavor that makes it refreshing. Nope, it does not taste like blue raspberry or berry. It is colored for fun to use in tropical cocktails. We go more into the history of it in our Blue Lagoon and Blue Hawaii cocktail recipes, as well as a post all about What is Blue Curacao, too!

Is Blue Curacao the same as Triple Sec?

In short Curacao is more frequently pot distilled with brandy, cognac or a sugar cane spirit and has a sweeter flavor. And can be blue. Triple sec is most often column distilled with a neutral grain spirit and is drier.

Blue Curacao cocktail being poured into bulb glass, purple and white orchids

Tropical Getaway Cocktail

This combo of coconut rum and Blue Curacao can definitely be served all year long due to its refreshing flavor, but the blue color makes for a great presentation on a chilly day when you are dreaming of tropical islands and far off places!

 

The recipe for this tiki party crowd pleaser (and I do mean a crowd, just multiply the ingredients by your guests!) is an easy one. You can make this per person, or one enormous vessel for all, like a punch bowl. In this case we multiplied the ingredients by 2 and then put it in a huge glass to make it even more fun.

Blue Curacao cocktail being poured into bulb glass, purple and white orchids

Tiki drinks are a lot of times a fruity rum punch that may be served in a special punch bowl (usually a scorpion bowl) but since we don’t have one, we improvised, and made it a fun big cocktail!

 

Light and fruity cocktails are definitely our favorites, and this one is no different! Put us at a bar in a tropical location and we will probably like every drink they put in front of us– it’s all yummy! Especially with fresh fruit juice and rum!

Blue Curacao cocktail being poured into bulb glass, purple and white orchids, bamboo straws

Blue Curacao Cocktail

In this case we combined coconut rum, Blue Curacao, sour mix and ginger beer for this tasty sip. Then we added some tiki bitters, because we love bitters yes, but also because it gave a bit of depth to the tropical flavors.

 

The coconut, orange, sour mix (lemon and lime) and the bite of the ginger make this a great tropical sip, so make it asap!

Blue Curacao cocktail being poured into bulb glass, purple and white orchids, bamboo straws

As if we needed an excuse to drink anything out of a fun glass, this refreshing and fruity tropical drink is perfect for your next summer get together (tiki theme or not)!

 

Cheers!

 

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Blue Curacao cocktail being poured into bulb glass, purple and white orchids, bamboo straws
Yield: 1

Tropical Getaway Cocktail

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

This Blue Curacao cocktail is a fun blue color, and full of tropical flavors! Cheers to the beachy vibes perfect for a tiki party, and as a party punch!

Ingredients

  • 2.25 ounces Coconut Rum
  • .75 ounce Blue Curacao
  • 1.25 ounces sour mix
  • 3 ounces ginger beer
  • 2 dashes Tiki Bitters

Instructions

  1. Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake and strain into a glass with crushed ice.
  3. Garnish with straws, edible flowers, lemon, orange or lime slices!
  4. Cheers!

Notes

If you are wanting to make this for a party, or in a punch bowl, just multiply the ingredients by the number of people. As an example - if you have 4 people you would need

9 oz Coconut Rum

3 oz Blue Curacao

5 oz sour mix

12 oz ginger beer

8 dashes tiki bitters

Combine in a punch bowl. And if you don't want it to get watered down, don't add ice until you are ready to serve in a glass.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

1

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 213Sodium: 7mgCarbohydrates: 17.2gFiber: .5gSugar: 14.7gProtein: .1g

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