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These must-make pomegranate cocktails highlight the best of this brilliant red fruit! Try the margarita, martini, mimosa and more.

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Pomegranate makes magic in whatever it touches: salads, desserts and smoothies. One of the best ways we’ve found to use it? Pomegranate cocktails! The ruby red juice makes one brilliant, sweet tart mixed drink. As cocktail experts and certified mixologists, we’ve experimented and found it works beautifully in pomegranate-flavored spins on classic cocktails.

Add pomegranate juice to a Margarita and it’s the perfect balance to tequila and lime! Or try it in a Martini for a beautifully bright red spin. Even the classic Mimosa is better with a bit of vibrant juice!

Our top pomegranate cocktails to try

Bottled pomegranate juice vs fresh squeezed

Each of these pomegranate cocktails is versatile: you can use bottled juice from the store, or pomegranate seeds to make your own juice! Here are a few things to note before you shop:

  • Try to find 100% juice. Pomegranate juice is sold sweetened and unsweetened. Try to find the 100% juice version! It tastes better and all our drinks are customized to this type of juice.
  • Even better, make your own! Pomegranate juice is easy to make from the fresh seeds: you’ll just need to mash them with a cocktail muddler and then strain out the juice. Head to How to Cut a Pomegranate and How to Make Pomegranate Juice.
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Pomegranate Margarita

Pomegranate margarita
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This pomegranate margarita recipe is perfection! Sweet tart pomegranate juice makes cocktail magic with tequila and lime.

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

Ingredients

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  • 1 ½ ounces (3 tablespoons) 100% pomegranate juice (purchased or fresh squeezed)*
  • 1 ½ ounces (3 tablespoons) tequila blanco or reposado**
  • 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) Cointreau
  • ½ ounce (1 tablespoon) lime
  • ½ ounce (1 tablespoonssimple syrup
  • Kosher salt or Himalayan pink salt, for the rim (optional)
  • Ice, for serving (try clear ice)
  • For the garnish: pomegranate seeds, orange wedge or lime wedge

Instructions

  1. Cut a notch in a lime wedge, then run the lime around the rim of a glass. Dip the edge of the rim into a plate of salt (or for a festive look, use Margarita Salt).
  2. Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake until cold. Strain the margarita into the glass with the salted rim. Fill the glass with ice, garnish with pomegranate seeds and an orange wedge or lime wedge. 

Notes

*If all you can find is sweetened pomegranate juice, use half the simple syrup quantity (or add to taste). 

**To make a pitcher of 8 servings, mix together in a pitcher: 1 ½ cups tequila, 1 ½ cups 100% unsweetened pomegranate juice, 1 cup Cointreau, ½ cup lime juice, and ½ cup simple syrup. Add three handfuls of ice and stir until cold. Pour into individual glasses. 

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About the authors

Sonja & Alex

Hi! We’re Sonja and Alex 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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4 Comments

  1. YesNoSpin says:

    I love pomegranate cocktails! They’re so refreshing and perfect for a summer party.

  2. Katie says:

    Is there a way to make this without alcohol? Maybe you could do a post on some mixed drinks that are nonalcoholic but not just fruit juice either?

    1. Alex Overhiser says:

      This is on our list!

    2. Tamer says:

      Sub orange juice for the Cointreau and use imitation Tequila from drinkfreespirits.com, I did both and it came out good