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A delicious drink for a Cinco de Mayo happy hour or your next Taco Tuesday, this delicious and easy fresh strawberry margarita on the rocks is full of simple ingredients like real strawberries and fresh lime.

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Ingredients for Fresh Strawberry Margaritas
How to Make an Easy Strawberry Margarita on the Rocks
How to Garnish a Strawberry Margarita
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How to Up the Strawberry Flavor
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Strawberry season is the BEST in Michigan. The berries taste so different when they’ve been allowed to ripen on the vine (vs on a truck from California).

My daughter and I pick many, MANY pounds of strawberries each year and with that comes an influx of delicious strawberry recipes. These fresh strawberry margaritas are one of my favorite ways to use those fantastic berries.

Because this easy margarita recipe uses fresh strawberries (instead of strawberry puree), the strawberry flavor is a bit more subtle. Want more strawberry taste? Add another berry or two to the cocktail shaker when you’re muddling and/or swap out the simple syrup for strawberry syrup.

Why serve homemade margaritas on the rocks? Because I’m too lazy to get out a blender. (That’s the honest answer.)

And because when it comes to cocktails - especially margaritas - I like my ice in cube form instead of whirred into the ingredients. Can you make this into a frozen margarita? Absolutely. Just add all of the ingredients into a blender instead of a cocktail shaker, along with 4-5 ice cubes, and blend it up!

Ingredients for Fresh Strawberry Margaritas

Blanco or Silver tequila - Choose your favorite good blanco tequila or silver tequila. Skip the gold or reposado tequila for this recipe. They’re aged in oak barrels and that flavor will overwhelm the strawberry in this drink.
Fresh lime - Fresh lime juice is a key ingredient in any margarita. Always squeeze a fresh lime for your drink. You'll need about 1 lime per cocktail.
Simple syrup - Easy to make at home with 2 ingredients, stir up your simple syrup a few hours before you make your drinks so it has time to chill.
Orange liqueur - Choose your favorite orange liqueur for this recipe. I prefer Cointreu in my margaritas, but you could use a different orange liqueur like Grand Marnier or triple sec in your drink if you prefer, or if that’s what you have on hand.
Fresh, ripe strawberries - Super ripe berries work best for this recipe. Can't find any? Use frozen strawberries, just be sure to let them thaw completely before using so they’re easy to muddle. If using slices, thaw out 4-5 per drink. For whole berries, just thaw 1 (or 2 if preferred).
Salt and/or sugar (for garnish) - The choice is yours. Most restaurants server sugar rims with their fruit margaritas, but I find love the sweet/salty combination of a salted rim.

How to Make an Easy Strawberry Margarita on the Rocks

Prep Your Glass:

Mix together equal parts coarse salt and white sugar crystals in a shallow dish.

Run a slice of lime around the rim of a rocks glass.

A glass being run through a plate of salt and crushed freeze-dried strawberries.

Dip the rim of the glass into the salt-sugar mixture. (I added crushed, freeze/dried strawberries here.)

A giant ice cube being placed in a glass.

Fill your glass with fresh ice and set aside.

Make Your Drink:

Cut the greens off the strawberry and slice it up.

Lime juice being poured into a cocktail shaker.

Place the strawberry slices and lime juice in a cocktail shaker.

Muddle to crush the strawberries.

Simple syrup being poured into a cocktail shaker.

Add tequila, simple syrup, and orange liqueur. Fill the shaker half full with ice cubes.

Strawberry margarita being poured into a glass.

Cover and shake well. Strain into your prepared glass.

Garnish with a lime wedge and/or small strawberry.

Enjoy!

How to Garnish a Strawberry Margarita

Garnish this delicious strawberry margarita with a fresh strawberry, dehydrated lime wheel, or slice of fresh lime.
Want to really go over-the-top with your garnish? Finely crush some freeze dried strawberries and mix them with coarse salt and/or sugar crystals and use it for rimming the glass. NOTE: Use this mixture immediately. If you let it sit, the strawberry pieces will soften and it will get gummy and unusable.
Leave out the sugar for a salted rim, or leave out the salt for a sugar rim. I love them mixed together, but that's personal preference so make it your own!
Use a large, clear ice cube for maximum impact from the gorgeous color of this margarita.

Looking for More Strawberry Drink Recipes?

Fresh (or frozen!) strawberries are so delicious in drinks. Try my virgin strawberry daiquiri made with frozen berries or this easy strawberry moscow mule with homemade strawberry simple syrup.

Strawberry Daiquiri Mocktail — Non-Alcoholic Strawberry Daiquiri

How to Up the Strawberry Flavor

Want to increase the amount of strawberry flavor in your cocktail? Swap out the regular simple syrup for strawberry syrup for lots of big strawberry flavor in your margarita. >Get the recipe for my homemade strawberry syrup

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I am all about a good twist on the classic margarita. These blackberry margaritas are made with an easy blackberry simple syrup. And these apple cider margaritas are the perfect variation for fall. Want a more classic sip? Don't miss my triple citrus margaritas full of fresh grapefruit, orange, and lime juice. I make them all the time and they're always a hit!