A deliciously easy strawberry mango margarita made in minutes with chunks of frozen fruit! This frozen margarita recipe is thick, not too sweet, and perfect for Cinco de Mayo or those summer parties.
Hey! What’s up? Today I’m bringing you a yummy, thirst quenching, super thick, frozen margarita recipe, perfect for Cinco de Mayo! Sound good?
Now, I’m going to give you fair warning; these strawberry mango margaritas are little tricksters.
Why?
They taste deliciously fruity and sweet and you hardly realize that there’s tequila in there.
Watch out, because after one or two they may knock you on your little butt. I may speak from experience.
One drink and I’m good. Two and I’m gone to sleep (or playing piano; honestly, it could go either way).
Then again maybe it’s just getting older? Hmm …
And, for the record, I’m a hugger. However, every now and then upon leaving a larger party, I go the route of an Irish exit.’ What’s that, you ask?’ Well, it’s quietly departing the party without telling anyone. No fuss, no muss. Feel me?
Margarita Ingredients
Traditionally, classic margaritas consist of:
- Tequila
- Orange liqueur
- Lime juice
- Salt rimmed glass
For a margarita, one can
- Shake the above ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, strain, pour into a salt rimmed glass and enjoy or
- Strain, pour into a salt rimmed glass and add more (fresh) ice to the glass or
- Shake and pour everything (including shaker ice) into a salt rimmed glass
A frozen margarita, especially fruity margaritas (like this one) has the addition of fruit, in this case frozen strawberry and frozen mango. There’s also coconut water (for flavour and to thing things) and a touch of sugar.
How to Make Frozen Margarita
So, today, we are taking things a step further and making a frozen margarita recipe.
The difference between a frozen margarita and a classic margarita is basically the consistency.
For a frozen margarita the ice is typically crushed and everything is added to the blender to make a nice thick cocktail, a slushy consistency.
Whereas, a classic margarita is more of a traditional style cocktail, with or without ice cubes. So, to make a frozen margarita:
- Rub a lime wedge around the top of a margarita glass to moisten.
- Place a little sugar and salt on a plate and mix together.
- Invert glass into the sugar/salt mixture to coat the rim.
- Then, in a blender, combine frozen strawberry, mango, lime juice, tequila, orange liqueur, coconut water, crushed ice and a touch of sugar. Blend until smooth!
- Pour into prepared glasses, garnish (optional) and enjoy!
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Can I Make a Non-Alcoholic Frozen Margarita?
Yes! It’s a delicious treat, especially in the warm summer months.
If opting for a alcohol free margarita, simply replace the tequila with more coconut water and replace the orange liqueur with extra orange juice (optional, add in a little orange zest for an extra pop of flavour).
How Do You Make Frozen Drinks Thick?
This frozen strawberry margarita is super thick (which is how I love them). If you use fresh fruit here and find that it’s not quite thick enough (or you just like your frozen margarita really really thick), add a little more crushed ice (start with ½ cup). Blend in and see how you like it. Add more, if necessary.
More Recipe Tips
If you want a looser (thinner) consistency, just add a little more coconut water (or orange juice). Keep in mind that a little at a time because a little goes a long way.
I used frozen fruit in this recipe (which I love). I find it lends itself to a deliciously slushy, cold, refreshing cocktail, which is just what you are looking for when you are talking margaritas.
The rim of this frozen cocktail was a salt/sugar mixture because I love salty and sweet combos. However, if you prefer you could use all salt or all sugar. You do you!
I blended a little sugar into this frozen margarita recipe. Like things sweeter? Simply add a little more.
Used crushed ice here (not cubed). It makes things a lot easier on your blender.
What to Serve with Margaritas
- Easy Shrimp Tacos
- Oven Baked Fish Tacos
- Chunky black bean and Corn Salsa
- Guacamole
- Tortilla Pinwheels from Kathy of Beyond the Chicken Coop
Hope you love this easy margarita recipe as much as we do!
If you make this frozen margarita, be sure to leave a comment below. Love to know how you enjoyed! Thank you!
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Strawberry Mango Margarita (frozen margarita recipe)
Ingredients
Strawberry Mango Margarita
- 1.5 cup sliced frozen strawberries
- 1 cup frozen mango cubes
- ⅓ cup lime juice (about 3 limes)
- 3 ounces tequila
- 2 ounces orange liqueur
- ⅓ coconut water (or orange juice) (or more, depending on how thick you like it)
- 1 cup crushed ice
- 1 tablespoon white sugar (or to taste)
Garnish
- ½ tablespoon white sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- lime wedge (optional)
- strawberry (optional)
Instructions
Garnish (sugar & salt mixture around rim of glass)
- Place sugar and salt on a plate and stir to combine. Rub a wedge of lime along the rim of margarita glasses to wet. Dip lime rubbed glass in sugar to coat the rim. Set glasses aside.
Strawberry Mango Margarita
- To a blender, add strawberries, mango, lime juice, tequila, orange liqueur, coconut water (or orange juice), ice and sugar. Blend until smooth and creamy, stopping to scrape sides with a rubber spatula, if necessary. Mixture will be thick. If you want a looser (thinner) consistency, add more coconut water (or orange juice) until you've reached the thickness you like. And if you like it sweeter, add more sugar to taste.
- Divide mixture between two margarita glasses and garnish (if desired) with a wedge of lime and strawberry. Enjoy!
Nutrition (ESTIMATE ONLY)
Nutrition estimate (if provided) is based on 1 Serving.
Nutrition information (if provided) is provided as a courtesy and should be considered an estimate only. Ingredients can vary and Girl Heart Food makes no guarantees to the accuracy of this information. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are guidelines only.
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy
Let’s get the party started. Perfect for BBQ’s and backyard parties. Summer fun in a glass.
Girl Heart Food
Definitely 🙂 Thank you so much Gloria!
Patty
It’s exactly the right time to savor your beautiful margarita in my area of the world, can’t wait to try it!
Girl Heart Food
That’s awesome Patty! Enjoy 🙂
Priya
lovely! Mango and strawberries combined for a margarita is a combination to die for!
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Priya 🙂 Lots of summer flavours in this one 😉
Sara
A margarita train… dreams do in fact come true!
I can’t wait to try this margarita! It looks perfect!
Girl Heart Food
Haha! Thanks Sara 🙂
Cricket Plunkett
I always drink virgin strawberry margaritas as a kid, so now I find them so comforting. This recipe has my name all over it!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Cricket! So great for a hot summer day 🙂
Supriya Kutty
Perfect recipe for the weekend. Amazing Recipe. Thank you for sharing, so that i can try this.
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Supriya 🙂
Maryanne | the little epicurean
This is my kind of drink! Looks and sounds amazing!
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Maryanne!!
Shashi at Savory Spin
Dawn, these deceptively drunken strawberry mango margaritas sound AHMAZING! I know well how the combo of strawberries and mangoes can mask the alcohol in a drink – once I got to a friends place a while before a party was to start. He and his wife were mixing drinks and had me taste test one strawberry mango concoction – gosh, it tasted so good I chugged the whole cup and had to sit down promptly there after and wait for the room to stop spinning! Now I know the importance of a sip! 🙂
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Shashi!! Oh, that’s the worst!! Definitely important to sip and that’s why I don’t have these too often (or, if I do, make them without alcohol)!! Cheers, my friend!
Cindy
Oh my! She is a beauty. I think I was having too many margaritas last week and missed this lovely one. Love the frozen strawberry idea – brilliant. It is funny cuz these days the kids want in on the adult drinks. This is perfect because I can skip the alcohol on theirs and voila, or olay rather, and we are all set.
Girl Heart Food
Thanks so much, Cindy! These definitely would be lovely without the alcohol. Just sub in more coconut water or orange juice 🙂
Sarah @ Champagne Tastes
I love using frozen fruit in margaritas! It helps the drinks be a little thicker (and I don’t get brain freeze that way ya know?!) These look yummy.. I’ll stick with one because I have the same problem hahaha
Girl Heart Food
I hear ya – frozen fruit is the best in margaritas!! Thanks so much, Sarah 🙂
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop
Yum! So I missed Cinco de Mayo, but I think these margaritas have a future at my house this summer! These would be perfect for a hot summers day! They look absolutely perfect! 🙂
Girl Heart Food
They definitely would be great for summer on a hot day! Thanks Kathy!!
Kate @ Framed Cooks
I love pretty much everything about this post (I mean, MARGARITAS!) but the sugar/salt combo? Genius!!!
Girl Heart Food
Thank you so much, Kate!!! Love sweet/salty combos!
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness
This looks so refreshing! Can you believe I have never made a margarita before??
Also, I am always forgetting about cinco de mayo!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Cathleen!! Hope your weekend is going awesome 🙂
karrie @ Tasty Ever After
I plan on drinking a lot of margaritas today and will stop working at 5pm to do so. Thanks for the shout out girl! WE LOVE TACOS!!!! Also, I always do the exact opposite of an Irish exit. I have to go though the entire room(s) to say good-bye to everyone and hug and kiss them, especially when I’m tipsy. lol! Seriously thou, it does take a while for me to leave a party once I start saying “goodbye”. heeheehee
Cheers my friend and HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!!!!
Girl Heart Food
Woo hoo to that bestie! My pleasure for the shout out :)!! There’s different levels of my exiting a party; the Irish exist is required if need be if you know what I’m saying 😉 I’m definitely a hugger too and tend to confess my love for friends when having a few drinks, lol! Happy Cinco de Mayo & Happy Friday to you too! XOXO
Nicole @ Foodie Loves Fitness
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Mmm, these margaritas look tasty – but tequila and I are NOT friends, so I’d totally sub in vodka instead. Vodka & I get along! And it’s funny that you mention piano playing while tipsy… My husband and I tend to break out the guitar (he plays) and I hop on the piano to jam out while drinking wine! So fun 🙂
Jenny | The Baking Skillet
Can you believe I have never actually made a margarita. I feel like I am missing out! This drink looks like so much fun and flavor. And Tequila!! get the party going !!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks so much Jenny! Perhaps you’ll get a chance to try this one 😉 Have a great weekend!
Jolina
I just had a picture of you in my head buzzed on tequila playing the piano haha! OMG this drink looks so pretty. And you know pretty is one of my what-will-I-drink tonight criteria. And so delicious and refreshing. Perfect for summer! Not that it feels like summer this week. Oh, joy. Let’s just have some of this amazing margarita! Cheers!
Girl Heart Food
Hahaha! Right? Thanks Jolina! Have an awesome weekend 🙂
Karly
Now I reaaaaaally can’t wait for tomorrow!!!! These look absolutely amazing!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks so much, Karly!
rebecca | DisplacedHousewife
Love this margarita!! It looks perfect for a hot spring day!!! xoxo
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Rebecca! Definitely 😉 xoxo
cara
I love the mixing of sugar and salt on the rim- that is so creative and sounds pretty dang delicious! 🙂
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Cara 🙂 They are pretty tasty!
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary
Yaaaaaaaaahhs! Gimme ALL the margaritas today for Thirsty Thursday AND tomorrow for Cinco de Mayo! Seriously. I am going to be ALL up in some ‘ritas come 5 o’clock today… and moving straight into tomorrow. Loving this margarita, Dawn! Strawberries and mango is such a yummy combo, but throw in some tequila and I’m IN! Cheers, friend!!
Girl Heart Food
Woo hoo! Yes to that! Thanks Chey! Happy Friday 🙂
Milena | craftbeering.com
This margarita is THE ONE I want to be handed at a pool bar, better yet, one of those in-pool bars where you never really leave the pool, just swim up to your bar stool…I would need to stop at one though, for risk of drowning:)
Girl Heart Food
Yay! Thanks Milena! It’s definitely refreshing and not too sweet at all. Have a great weekend 🙂
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That color is driving me absolutely crazy! I don’t even care that they’re predicting flurries this weekend (well, I do care), but I’m having this gorgeous frozen margarita anyway! Don’t you just love all the creativity in the blogosphere?! We have a lot to enjoy this summer! PS) I’m a hugger too! But totally understand the Irish exit…we’ve been there! Have a great weekend, lovely! XOXO
Girl Heart Food
Yay! Thanks Annie! We had some flurries here a couple days ago, but it’s all gone now – didn’t last too long, thank goodness! Yes, there’s certainly a lot of creativity in the blogosphere and it’s awesome! Virtual hugs to ya 😉 Have a great weekend too! XOXO
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
This is one stunning drink, Dawn! Margaritas are my favorite, especially with strawberry added because I go crazy for a drink that’s tasty and pretty :). But with mango in there too? YASSSS! I’m definitely an Irish exit-er. I didn’t know there was a term for it but since I’m like half Irish I guess it makes sense? Have a happy Cinco de Mayo and an awesome weekend!
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Kelsie!! Half Irish – well I’d say that the Irish exist is definitely your thing 😉 Happy Cinco de Mayo to you too!
Karen @ Seasonal Cravings
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Looks delicious!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Karen! Happy Cinco de Mayo to you too 🙂
Gaila
Dawn! I have been doing the Irish exit for years now without know it is called that!! ☺☺☺I love the mango in here! sounds like I have to make a margarita tasting tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!
Girl Heart Food
Hahaha! That’s so funny! Well, now you have a name for it 😉 A margarita tasting sounds like the perfect plan! I think I’ll do that too. Thanks Gaila!
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen
This one is a total beauty Dawn! And the first frozen margarita I’ve seen so far. I loved that you’ve made it easy with frozen fruit too. I’m with you. One margarita and I’m done. Crazy things happen when I have more than one! Pinning and can’t wait to try. Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Mary Ann!! Yes, definitely crazy things happen when there’s more than one involved 😉 Thanks so much for the sweet comment and Pin! Happy Cinco de Mayo to you too! xo
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice
Tequila gets me every time, too! I can’t drink it straight, but in margaritas, sign me up! It is dangerous, though, but so worth it! I’m loving this strawberry mango margarita, Dawn! My husband and I LOVE the frozen versions of margaritas, and I know we would both adore this one. And even better that you can’t taste the liquor in it. I’m definitely going to try this the next time I make homemade margaritas. Love that pretty color! Pinned, of course! Hope you have a fabulous weekend!
Girl Heart Food
I can’t drink tequila straight either (well, I can, but it doesn’t turn out good for me, lol). Yay for loving frozen margaritas!! Can’t wait for you guys to try and hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for the kind words and Pin! Have a wonderful weekend too 🙂
David @ Spiced
Oh, I could so get on board the Margarita Train! (woot woot) In fact, I plan on getting a ticket tomorrow. 🙂 I love the mango addition to this one…it sounds like the perfect fruity drink on a hot summer day. So I’ve never heard about the Irish Exit, but I am totally guilty of doing that. Sometimes it’s just easier to duck out quietly! Laura and I have been working on our jalapeno margarita recipe, but I’m thinking this would be a nice way to mix it up. Sometimes that jalapeno one can sneak up and burn your tastebuds right off! Have a great day, Dawn!
Girl Heart Food
Yes! That train is a delicious one 😉 Irish Exit is definitely the way to go sometimes, that’s for sure!! Yum – jalapeno margarita recipe sounds perfect! Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with! Cheers to a fabulous weekend.