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Here are all the top orange juice cocktails that highlight this beautiful citrus fruit! Try everything from a mimosa to a tequila sunrise.

Tequila sunrise
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Love the bright and beautiful citrus flavor of an orange? Turns out, OJ is a top notch mixer for cocktails. It works with almost any liquor: mix it with vodka for a screwdriver, champagne to make a mimosa, or tequila for a tequila sunrise! You can even use blood orange juice, even sweeter than the standard and bright pink in color.

As two cocktail experts, here are all the best orange juice cocktails we recommend! There are drinks for morning, evening, and everywhere in between. Keep in mind that freshly squeezed orange juice makes drinks with the best flavor, but bottled juice also works in a pinch!

Our top orange juice cocktails to try!

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Tequila Sunrise

Tequila sunrise
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Here’s how to make a tequila sunrise! This vibrant orange juice cocktail layers the colors of a summer sunrise using tequila, orange and grenadine.

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 drink 1x
  • Category: Drink
  • Method: Stirred
  • Cuisine: Cocktails
  • Diet: Vegan

Ingredients

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  • 2 ounces (4 tablespoons) tequila
  • 4 ounces (½ cup) orange juice
  • ¾ ounce (1 ½ tablespoons) grenadine syrup (purchased or homemade)
  • Ice (try our clear ice!)
  • For the garnish: Cocktail cherry, orange juice

Instructions

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice. Pour in the tequila and orange juice and stir.
  2. Pour the grenadine into center of the drink and it will sink to the bottom. Stir gently for sunrise gradient effect.
  3. Garnish with an orange slice and cocktail cherry.

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Last updated: November 2020

About the authors

Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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  1. Ed Kaelberer says:

    At one time I.had a 8.5 × 11 card with recipes for all well known drinks. Do you know of one that is available?

    1. Alex Overhiser says:

      I’m not sure, sorry!