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50+ Summer Cocktails to Keep You Cool!

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Cool off with the best summer cocktails! From frozen Piña Coladas to refreshing spritzers, this roundup has easy, delicious drinks to sip all season long. Perfect for backyard BBQs, poolside lounging, and warm summer nights. 🍹☀️

Summer cocktails

Nothing screams summer vibes like a frosty cocktail in hand, soaking up the sun, and pretending you’re on vacation (even if you’re just hiding from your kids in the backyard).

Whether you’re poolside, grilling with friends, or just need a damn good drink to survive the heat, I’ve got you covered with real tried and true recipes from me and other bloggers.

From my all time favorite frozen Piña Coladas to crisp, refreshing spritzers, this roundup is packed with easy, delicious cocktails to keep you cool all season long. Grab a glass, throw in a tiny umbrella, and let’s get mixing my friends! 🍹🔥

BEST Easy Frozen Piña Colada Recipe! {Alcoholic & Virgin}

This Piña Colada is an easy recipe full of refreshing tropical flavors along with tasty rum, coconut cream and pineapple juice.
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Peach Bellini Recipe

Peach Bellini recipe is made with real peaches and peach schnapps and bubbly Prosecco. Making this a perfect cocktail for any occasion.
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Blackberry Mojito Cocktail Recipe

Blackberry Mint Mojito Cocktails are sweet and tangy with the most refreshing mint finish. Perfect for your next summer get together!
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Lemon Drop Martini

Our lemon drop martini is made with homemade simple syrup and is full of fresh zesty infused lemon flavor.
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Mango Moscow Mule Recipe

This mango moscow mule is a delicious twist on the classic drink. Garnish with mint, lime slices, and grilled mango sprinkled with chili powder for the perfect finish!
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Pink Champagne Margarita

Nothing says classy quite like these gorgeous Pink Lemonade Champagne Margaritas. The perfect champagne cocktail for weddings, showers or girls night out!
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Raspberry Lemon Drop Recipe

A delightfully simple raspberry lemon drop comes together with just a few ingredients for a perfect refreshing cocktail.
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Boozy Lavender Lemonade Recipe

Summer is here and this boozy lavender lemonade is the perfect drink to keep your summer classy and sweet!
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Blackberry Lavender Champagne Cocktail

This champagne cocktail gets a unique twist with a simple blackberry and lavender sauce that is super easy but looks stunning! Perfect for entertaining with delicious real ingredients.
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Orange Blossom Cocktail Recipe

This orange blossom cocktail is the perfect easy cocktail to serve when you need a taste of the islands in your day!
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French.45 Cocktail Recipe

This French.45 cocktail is an elegant cocktail that is light and bubbly.
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Watermelon Cocktail Recipe

This watermelon cocktail is light and refreshing and so easy to whip together!

Blood Orange Champagne Cocktail Recipe

This blood orange champagne cocktail is the perfect easy cocktail recipe for entertaining!
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Watermelon Limeade Punch {Boozy & Kids Versions!}

Watermelon chunks and lime juice are blended together for the perfect summer drink! Add Moscato wine for a perfect easy alcoholic punch for adults!
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Mango Margarita

Margaritas exemplify Summer, long sunny days, and warm relaxing evenings. They are also a cocktail best had with someone else, in the festive and fun way they are intended to be consumed.
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Spicy Passion Fruit Margaritas

This tropical blend has passion fruit syrup, muddled lime & jalapenos for great margaritas from scratch.
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Rhubarb pickle corpse reviver no. 2 cocktail

Rhubarb pickle corpse reviver no. 2 cocktail
Rhubarb pickle corpse reviver no. 2 cocktail is a pickle twist on Harry Craddock’s classic corpse reviver no. 2 cocktail recipe appearing in the Savoy Cocktail Book (1930, 2018 reprint: 671) – equal parts gin, Cointreau, Lillet blanc, lemon juice – and a dash of absinthe. This cocktail retains the gin, Lillet and orange liqueur but includes rhubarb quick pickle brine and pickle and rhubarb bitters in place of the lemon juice and absinthe respectively and is garnished with a rhubarb ribbon and rhubarb quick pickle.
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Blueberry Lavender Mojitos for Summer

Blueberry Lavender Mojitos for Summer
Jump into summer entertaining with this recipe for Blueberry Lavender Mojitos! Plus, what happens when you mix booze with your kombucha?
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The Classic Pimm’s Cup Recipe

Sparkling lemonade and the herbaceous, sweetly botanical flavors of Pimm’s No. 1 join forces in this classic Pimm’s Cup cocktail.
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Mai Tai Cocktail

Be transported to the beach after just one sip. A Classic & Crushable Mai Tai Will Be Your Summer Cocktail Obsession
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Gin Mojito

Gin Mojito
This Gin Mojito is a riff on a classic mojito featuring gin and sherry! It’s lower alcohol content makes it the ideal summer cocktail!
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Spiced Pineapple Cocktail

Spiced Pineapple Cocktail
This Spiced Pineapple Cocktail is a tequila-based drink packed with fresh pineapple & juice, a bit of citrus, and a spicy kick from the spiced rim of the glass.
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Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade Cocktails

Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade Cocktails
Sweet and simple strawberry lemonade sparkling cocktails for summer. The recipe makes one tasty cocktail. Try this drink for your next gathering.
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Tropical Strawberry Lemonade Party Punch

Tropical Strawberry Lemonade Party Punch
With warmer around the corner, nothing beats a glass of cool and refreshing punch. This goes down so easily. It’s sweet, citrusy, and has a tropical vibe.
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Bramble Cocktail

Learn how to make a classic Bramble cocktail. A delicious blackberry flavored gin drink that’s a perfect summer mixed drink.
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Meyer Lemon Margarita

Meyer Lemon Margarita
Meyer Lemons add a twist to a simple margarita recipe adding a little bit of sweetness to the citrus flavour and salty rim margaritas are known for!
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Screwdriver Drink Recipe

If you’ve ever wondered how to make a screwdriver this easy cocktail recipe will show you how. A classic combination of orange juice and vodka.
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Frozen Rosé Drink (Frosé)

Frozen Rosé Drink (Frosé)
Just in time for summer, this Frosé recipe is a delicious drink that can add “punch” to any party. It’s naturally sweetened with watermelon!
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Cucumber Lime Vodka Fizz

Cucumber Lime Vodka Fizz
The freshness that the cucumber and mint added to this simple cocktail and the zing from the fresh lime juice is amazing! This light and refreshing drink was a nice treat and a tasty way to end a very hot and busy day.
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Pineapple Coconut Moscow Mule

The natural flavors from the fresh pineapple chunks and fresh cilantro really turn this Pineapple Coconut Moscow Mule into a refreshing anytime drink.
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Tropical Cranberry Sangria

Tropical Cranberry Sangria
This Tropical Cranberry Sangria is made with Mija Sangria, orange juice, & fresh cranberry juice. It will have you serving winter sangria all holiday season long.
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Strawberry Watermelon Frose

Strawberry Watermelon Frose
Strawberry Watermelon Frosé is a refreshing summertime treat for parties and backyard cookouts. The perfect make ahead frozen cocktail to try this summer!
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Frozen Wine Slushies

Frozen Wine Slushies
Frozen wine slushies made with three flavors: a layer with blueberries, one with pineapple and coconut cream, and one with strawberries.
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Low Carb Boozy Pops

These low carb boozy pops are a fun way to celebrate this summer. Take some of your favorite cocktails and cool off with a low carb pop instead of a drink. Tastes great without alcohol too! Only 5 minutes and a few ingredients to make.
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Mint Kiwi Margarita

A delicious margarita with tangy kiwi fruit, and refreshing mint! Perfect Summer sipper. Make individual cocktails or a batch mint kiwi margarita punch!
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Watermelon Basil Cocktail

Watermelon Basil Cocktail
Watermelon Basil Cocktails are refreshing and easy to make. Flavour the syrup with basil, since watermelon and basil are a really delicious flavour pairing. The basil takes this cocktail from good to great.
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Gingered Peach and Blueberry Mojitos

Beat the heat with minty Gingered Peach and Blueberry Mojitos! A refreshingly flavorful twist to the classic cocktail. Light, fruity, and yeah, a little boozy!
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Negroni Sparkling Sorbet Float

The delicious and sparkly bubbles of Riondo Prosecco make a delightful addition to any summer cocktail. For this version of a Negroni, the Prosecco and the orange sorbet make the sweet vermouth unnecessary and paired with the bitterness of the Campari make a perfect contrast.
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Berry Cherry Kombucha Sangria

Berry Cherry Kombucha Sangria
It’s officially fruity drink season and your summer entertaining menu needs this Berry Cherry Kombucha Sangria! The fizzy, tart taste of the kombucha pairs well with the red wine and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Of course, the excessive amount of fresh berries and cherries adds some sweetness, and makes for a little snack on the side too!
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Grape Frosé Rosé (Frozen Rosé)

Grape Frosé Rosé (Frozen Rosé)
Grape Frosé Rosé (Frozen Rosé)- a refreshing blend of frozen grapes with rosé wine! Enjoy this trendy summer alcoholic beverage at your next party or BBQ to serve a large crowd! Summer’s all-time hit cocktails are Frozen Rosé along with enjoying a chilled glass of Rosé wine “all day” (Rosé All Day Babeee!)!
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Boozy Lemonade Slushies

Boozy lemonade slushies are a fun frozen lemonade cocktail.
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Hibiscus and Grapefruit Gin and Tonic

Hibiscus and Grapefruit Gin and Tonic
If you love a good gin and tonics then you are going to love this one!
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Blushing Ginger Rose Fizz (A Rose Mocktail + Cocktail)

A gorgeous spicy and floral mocktail made with Rose syrup, lemon juice, ginger and club soda! Perfect for Spring and Summer celebrations and especially Valentine’s Day.
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Pineapple Ginger Lemonade

Pineapple Ginger Lemonade
Pineapple pairs with spicy ginger and tart lemonade in sweet harmony to create this Pineapple Ginger Lemonade that is worthy of your next summertime sipper!
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Spicy Tomato Gin and Tonic

Spice up a classic with the Spicy Tomato Gin & Tonic! A bit like a Bloody Mary, smash fresh tomatoes & cucumbers with gin to make a cocktail to savor!
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Watermelon-Moscato Slush

Watermelon-Moscato Slush … grab a big juicy watermelon and some semi-sweet white wine to whip up this refreshingly delicious summer fun.
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Passion On The Beach

Passion On The Beach
Easy summer Torani Syrup cocktail recipe for a Passion on the Beach. A Passionfruit version of a Sex on The Beach cocktail using Torani Passion Fruit Syrup.
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Mango Margarita

Mango Margarita
This frozen mango margarita recipe is the perfect drink for summer parties or Cinco de Mayo! It’s sweet, refreshing, frosty, and delicious.
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Peach Vodka & Iced Tea Summer Cocktail

Wondering what to mix with peach vodka? Sweet tea! It’s the perfect combination for an easy summer cocktail. Gin and tonic, rum and coke, vodka and cranberry juice…you can’t get much simpler than a two-ingredient cocktail. If you're looking for something easy and refreshing to sip on this summer, you've got to try this combination: peach vodka and sweetened iced tea.
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French 75 Cocktail

French 75 Cocktail
A French 75 is a simple, elegant cocktail containing Champagne, gin or cognac, and lemon. This French 75 recipe is bubbly, botanical, lemony, and lightly sweet. If you’re looking for an elegant, refreshing cocktail recipe to mix up for happy hours, parties, or even brunch, you should definitely try this one!
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Jamaican Rum Punch

Jamaican Rum Punch
This Gorgeous Jamaican Rum Punch recipe is the perfect make-ahead drink needing only 5 ingredients!! A great refreshing Caribbean Rum Punch cocktail. Colorful, tropical, citrusy, full of flavor, cool, sweet and a glassful of crazy good fun.
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Bluewater Breeze Cocktail

Bluewater Breeze Cocktail
A refreshing and delicious tropical-inspired cocktail prepared with vodka, rum, coconut water, blue curacao, cream of coconut and pineapple juice. This cocktail is so easy to whip up with simple ingredients. Perfect for sipping on the porch while smelling the salty ocean breeze
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Sake Fizz Cocktail

Sake Fizz Cocktail
This delicious Sake Fizz Cockail is full of several vibrant Japanese flavors. It features sake, vodka, yuzu juice, soda water,and peach syrup!
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Pink Señoritas

Like a margarita with a softer, cuter side, the Señorita ditches limes for pink lemonade and lemon juice. It's the drink you'll want for every girl's night.
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Banana Sunrise

Enjoy a taste of the tropics with this fruity and refreshing Banana Rum Punch! A delicious blend of beachy flavors that looks gorgeous in a glass, with an ombre effect just like a tequila sunrise!
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About Holli Butterfield

Hi I'm Holli! My background is in baking and pastries. I love a good coffee, anytime of the day. I also love to tend my garden and explore the world with my husband and four growing daughters. I co-authored Stress Free Camping, a 120+ page cookbook on making epic food in the woods.

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