Name: Passion Fruit Margarita Cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 oz Tequila; 1 oz Orange Liqueur; 2 oz Passion Fruit Juice; 1 oz Lime Juice; 1/2 Passion Fruit (garnish)

This Passion Fruit Margarita recipe is our favourite tequila drink to shake up at home when a craving for a Mexican beach vacation hits!

Our quick & cocktail recipe is both sweet and tangy. It’s best served on a hot day in the summer on a patio or at a backyard taco party.

The tropical drink is prepared with premium tequila, orange liqueur, fresh lime, and passion fruit juice.

Serve with a passion fruit float and you’ll have your guests gasping with glee!

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What Is A Passion Fruit Margarita?

A margarita is a Mexican cocktail consisting of tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice often served with salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice, blended with ice, or without ice.

According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, the margarita is related to a popular Mexican drink, the Daisy (margarita is Spanish for daisy), remade with tequila instead of brandy. Daisies are a family of cocktails that include a base spirit, liqueur, and citrus.

It became popular during Prohibition as American residents travelled to Mexico for alcohol. There is an account from 1936 of Iowa newspaper editor James Graham finding such a cocktail in Tijuana, years before any of the other margarita creation myths.

Today, order a Passion Fruit Margarita at your favourite Mexican restaurant or cocktail bar and you’ll enjoy a refreshing drink, perfect for pairing with tacos and tostadas.

Our Passion Fruit Margarita is a rift on the classic Mexican recipe, adding an additional tropical flavour profile to the drink by shaking the standard ingredients with tangy passion fruit juice.

Homemade Passion Fruit Margarita recipe ingredients.

What Is Passion Fruit?

The term ‘passion fruit’ in English comes from the passion flower, as an English translation of the Latin genus name, Passiflora.

Passion fruits are round or oval, and range from a width of 1.5 to 3 inches. They can be yellow, red, purple, and green.

The fruits have a juicy edible centre composed of a large number of seeds. The part of the fruit that is eaten is the pulpy juicy seeds. Passion fruits can also be squeezed to make juice. It is also used in pastries and cocktails like this Passion Fruit Margarita recipe.

Passion fruit tastes like a blend of sour and sweet with a very floral finish and citrus notes. It’s a little like pineapple or yellow kiwi, though some say it tastes like grapefruit, pear, and guava.

This easy Passion Fruit Cocktail is made with premium tequila.

Travel To Mexico to Taste the World’s Best Passion Fruit Margarita

There’s no better way to familiarize yourself with a Passion Fruit Margarita recipe then by planning a vacation to visit the world’s best tequila distilleries.

As cocktail enthusiasts we’ve traveled the world to visit the best tequila, gin, whiskey and rum distilleries.

We love traveling to Mexico. We’ve sipped tequila muddled cocktails in Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Mexico City, Merida, Chichen Itza and Playa del Carmen.

The bar at Four Seasons Mexico City is ranked as one of the best cocktail bars in the country. The creative mixologists behind the Four Seasons bar make classic cocktails, eye-popping modern marvels and refreshing drinks like a Passion Fruit Margarita.

If you want to learn first hand how tequila is made we suggest planning a trip to Jalisco. All tequila is produced in this state, while other agave-based distilled spirits made outside the region are called mezcal.

After a tequila distillery tour your guide will typically finish at the in-house bar, where you can order classic daiquiris or a tangy Passion Fruit Margarita!

Garnish the drink with a passion fruit float.

Passion Fruit Margarita Recipe Ingredients

This homemade Passion Fruit Margarita recipe is made with fresh and premium ingredients.

Tequila: we tested this recipe with Dobel, Jose Cuervo and Patron tequila.
Orange Liqueur: sweeten the drink and add additional citrus flavour by adding Triple Sec or Cointreau.
Lime Juice: only use freshly squeezed lime juice. You can taste the difference when someone incorrectly muddles cocktails with store bought citrus juice.
Passion Fruit Juice: this bright yellow juice adds a tangy tropical flavour to the drink.
Garnish: slice a passion fruit in half and gently drop it into the cocktail glass so it floats, seed-side up.

Passion Fruit Margarita Cocktail Photo Image.

Cocktail Recipe Tips

This Passion Fruit Margarita recipe is easy to make at home, ready to serve in under 5 minutes.

We love serving this tropical drink on hot days in the summer at family barbecues and Mexican-themed feasts.

Our Passion Fruit Margarita recipe below is listed for one person. If you’re hosting a large gathering feel free to multiply the ingredients by the number of guests and prepare it in a large punch bowl or jug so it’s easy to serve to a crowd.

Before your guests arrive store the Cointreau and tequila bottles in the freezer so they are well chilled when you’re ready to shake up the drinks.

Serve this tequila and passion fruit cocktail in an ice-filled rocks glass.

We like to garnish the glass with a passion fruit float but you can also serve with a lime wedge or dehydrated citrus wheel.

Serving Suggestions

If you’re hosting a cocktail party it’s best to serve a selection of snacks to pair with the drinks you’re mixing for guests at the bar. Here are some of our favourite finger foods to pair with craft cocktails:

This Mexican cocktail is flavoured with fresh lemon and passion fruit juice.

Best Selling Tequila

We recommend sipping a variety of tequila brands in order to find your favourite. Each tequila brand has a unique method for harvesting agave, distilling and aging & barreling the final product.

Here are the world’s top selling tequila brands worthy of being muddled into homemade Passion Fruit Margaritas:

This Passion Fruit Margarita is a refreshing drink to serve at a Mexican dinner party.

Best Bartender Tools & Cocktail Equipment

Before hosting a swanky Passion Fruit Margarita recipe soiree you’ll need to ensure you have the best bartender tools and cocktail equipment.

Cocktail Kit: cocktail kits are the perfect gift for newbie mixology fans as they include basic bartender tools like a jigger, shaker and spoon.
Cocktail Shaker: a bartender’s best friend. Purchase a premium cocktail shaker to muddle or shake up your favourite pink gin cocktails.
Cocktail Glassware: make sure your bar is stocked with a selection of unique glassware to show off your favourite cocktail creations.
Hawthorne Strainer: this unique strainer features tightly wound coils and perforated holes. It keeps ice and other large ingredients like lime wedges in your cocktail shaker rather than in the glass.
Bar Spoons: slender and long bar spoons are a must-have when stirring drinks.
Bottle Opener: easily open bottles of beer or cider with the flick of your wrist or purchase a corkscrew for fine wine.
Pouring Spout: once you’ve opened a new bottle of gin insert these affordable pourers to make cocktail assembly a breeze.
Cutting Board: purchase a petite cutting board for your bar to slice garnishes or citrus wedges like lime, orange, lemon or grapefruit.
Ice Bucket: chill bottles of gin quickly in an ice bucket or keep by the bar when muddling gin mixers into cool creations.
Ice Crusher: fans of the Mint Julep love an ice crusher.
Ice Cube Kit: we suggest purchasing a selection of ice cube trays. Silicone styles are our favourite as they’re easy to clean and are available in various shapes and sizes.
Jigger: use a jigger to accurately measure spirits, juices, syrups and shrubs.
Juicer: invest in an electronic juicer or buy an affordable hand-held to easily juice fresh citrus like lemons and limes.
Muddler: fans of the Mojito love a sturdy muddler to mix mint and lime. Muddler’s are handy for any cocktail featuring ingredients that need a pounding like fresh herbs or citrus wedges.
Citrus Peeler & Zester: adorn your craft cocktails with a thick citrus peel or finer ribbons of lime or lemon zest.
Rimmer: Bloody Mary and Caesar lovers should outfit their bar with a handy rimmer for salting and sugaring glassware.

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