Strawberry Pina Colada
This strawberry pina colada is fruity, summery and sweet – it makes you feel like you’re in the Caribbean! The perfect summer cocktail.
Helloooo, pina colada! Well, strawberry pina colada. One of my favourite cocktails, made even more fruity and summery – and even more beautiful, too. Would anything be more impressive for a summer party than appearing with a big jug of strawberry pina colada?!
The one and only time I’ve been on an all-inclusive holiday was when we went to Mexico on our honeymoon two years ago, and we drank so many amazing cocktails. They were free – it would have been rude not to. Especially since we could get them right from the swim-up bar and sip them in the pool in the glorious sunshine (can you tell I thought this was the coolest thing ever?!).
The cocktail menu at our hotel was pretty long so we tried lots of different cocktails, but a pina colada definitely stood out as one of my favourites. It’s not a drink I’d had very often before (if I’m honest, I usually just buy cheap wine… don’t judge me), but it became a new favourite. Coconut and pineapple – perfect tropical flavours.
A pina colada always makes me feel like I’m in the Caribbean (and considering gloomy Hertfordshire is about as far from Barbados as you can get, in all senses of the word, that’s really saying something).
I decided to put my own spin on the classic pina colada recipe, and added fresh strawberries for colour and sweetness. The resulting strawberry pina colada was a huge success! I actually think you could add all sorts of fruits to the classic pina colada recipe – maybe kiwi fruit or mango instead?
I definitely feel I need to research this further. For science.
Strawberry Pina Colada
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Ingredients
- 140 g fresh pineapple pieces (~ 1 cup)
- 200 g fresh strawberries (~ 1 1/2 cups)
- 4 tbsp tinned coconut milk (I used light)
- 50 ml white rum (~ 1/4 cup) – or more to taste
- 25 – 30 ice cubes
Instructions
- Add the pineapple, strawberries, coconut milk and rum to a high-powered blender, and blend until smooth. Add the ice, and blend again until no large lumps of ice remain. Serve immediately.
- Alternatively, if you don’t have a high-powered blender that can cope with blending ice, just blend the first four ingredients together, and serve over ice.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on your exact ingredients. Please calculate your own nutritional values if you require accuracy for health reasons.
Note: Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on exactly what ingredients you choose. Information above is for 1/3 of the recipe (1 drink).
Pimm’s is another must-have cocktail for your summer party!
The PERFECT summer drinks- yes please!
Oooh this has totally put me in the mood for one now. Strawberries are my all time fave :)
Fresh, local strawberries are the best!
Ahhhh that looks soo refreshing. Would love one right now
This sounds much nicer than a normal pina colada, love strawberrys! x
Oh, yummy YUM! They look and sound absolutely delicious. Absolutely no judging on the usual cheap wine stuff here, in fact you sound like you could actually be me. :-D
Perfect summer cocktail – now I just need some sunshine ordering to make it feel like summer! :-)
Haha kindred spirit! ;)
I love cocktails, and pina colada is one of my favourites and one I usually go for first, I have never tried a strawberry one before, hopefully this will be rectified one day x
It’s a really lovely way to add a fresh fruity flavour! :)
Blimey woman, that’s almost healthy! Looks smashing. If only the sun would shine to match it. ;-)
Are you surprised that a cocktail is almost healthy, or that something I’ve posted is almost healthy?! :P
Mmm, this sounds so delicious and perfect for summer! I rarely drink alcohol but when I do I tend to go for a drink with rum. This would definitely make a great party drink.
This looks gorgeous and must taste so delicious – what a lovely combination of flavours.
Mmm… I love the strawberry and pineapple combination. Must give this a try.