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How To Make A Margarita Bar

Apr 22, 2015 · 20 Comments

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Today I’m going to show you how to make a margarita bar. You’ll only need a few ingredients to create classic margaritas (lime), pineapple margaritas and raspberry margaritas. Margarita perfection awaits!

Classic margarita recipe - and how to make a margarita bar from @sweetphi

Continuing on the celebrations from my Cinco de Mayo party we’re talking all about margaritas today, because what party would be complete without a cocktail? And of course since it was a Cinco party, the signature cocktail had to be margaritas.

How to make a margarita bar

Margaritas hold a special place in my heart. The first date my husband and I ever went on was to a Mexican restaurant with really good margaritas. A few weeks ago when I was really in the mood for some margaritas and chips we went to the same restaurant and as we were talking I was professing my love for margaritas he suggested I do a tutorial on how to make a margarita bar, just like I had done for my how to make a mimosa bar tutorial. Genius! I knew I married him for a reason haha.

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So clearly, at this point you know I’m a huge margarita fan! But unlike some, I’m not a fan of frozen slushy type margaritas where the only thing one can taste is a margarita mix. I’m a fan of a classic margaritas on the rocks. Margaritas with fresh juice and delicious tequila!

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To make a margarita bar you’ll need:

  • Margarita glasses (I purchased these disposable margarita glasses)
  • Carafes for juice (I purchased these disposable carafes)
  • Ice cubes
  • Fresh fruit juice (fresh squeezed limes, pineapple juice, and raspberry simple syrup)
  • Fresh fruit slices for garnish (I had lime slices, pineapple chunks, and fresh raspberries)
  • Triple sec liqueur
  • Tequila (I like using a good agave tequila)
  • Kosher salt for the rim of the glass (optional, I forgot I had purchased salt and forgot about it, the margaritas were still delish!)

Margarita bar

The disposable margarita glasses are perfect for if you’re having a party, you can just throw them out when you’re done! And the carafes are perfect for displaying the different juices, but if you don’t have them, you could certainly just set out the different juices.

How to make a margarita bar - 3 types of margaritas

Set all the ingredients on a table and then guests can choose which flavor margarita they’d like. They’ll take a glass, fill it with ice cubes, pour in a little tequila, a dash of triple sec, and then finish it with their juice of choice, and voila, everyone has a unique margarita!

These margaritas would be perfect served with some Mexican food at a Cinco de Mayo party or any other fiesta or party where you need some delicious cocktails!

How To Make A Margarita Bar

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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups pineapple juice
  • 1 1/2 cups lime juice about 10-12 limes, juiced
  • 1 1/2 cups raspberry simple syrup equal parts seedless raspberry jam and water
  • Triple sec
  • Tequila
  • kosher salt optional

Instructions

  • Start by making the raspberry simple syrup (this can be made the day before). In a sauce pan place equal parts seedless raspberry jam and water (3/4 cup of each) and bring to a slow boil and reduce heat while stirring constantly. As soon as it starts to boil, reduce heat to low and continue stirring, make sure there are no solid parts of jam remaining.
  • To make the margaritas put ice cubes in a glass, pour 2 oz tequila, 1 oz triple sec, 2 oz juice , stir and serve (you could also put ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake and pour into a glass and serve.)

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How to make a margarita bar

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  1. La Nessa Morgan says

    May 3, 2017 at 10:25 am

    Hi, I am having a surprise Cinco De Mayo birthday for my boyfriend on Friday 5/5/17. (it is his actual birthday that day!!) I am planning on doing this but was wondering how much tequila and triple sec to buy to serve about 15-20 people? I never made margaritas before & am not sure how much to buy

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      May 3, 2017 at 11:02 am

      A surprise Cinco De Mayo birthday party sounds so awesome! It all depends on how big of drinkers your guests are. You would be fine conservatively with 1 bottle of tequila and 1 bottle of triple sec, but if your guests are drinkers, than I’d get two bottles of each, just to be on the safe side 🙂 Hope you enjoy these amazing margaritas 🙂

      Reply
      • La Nessa Morgan says

        May 3, 2017 at 1:13 pm

        Thank you so much for replying!! You are a life saver. I am so happy you shared the idea too. You are so much help 🙂 🙂 🙂

        Reply
  2. Meg @ The Housewife in Training Files says

    April 26, 2015 at 6:35 pm

    Such a fun idea! I will gladly take one of each please 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 27, 2015 at 7:11 pm

      I *had* to taste test each one for recipe testing…oh the hardships lol!

      Reply
  3. grandbabycakes says

    April 24, 2015 at 7:46 am

    This bar is so fantastic for entertaining. My problem is sometimes I want to set up a bar like this just for me (no I’m not an alcoholic I promise).

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 27, 2015 at 6:44 pm

      Haha girl, I’m right there with you…um…I had to sample all of them, all in the name of recipe testing, right?

      Reply
  4. Abby @ The Frosted Vegan says

    April 23, 2015 at 11:37 am

    Love it! I kind to try alll of those. I am always a no salt, on the rocks girl 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 27, 2015 at 6:38 pm

      Thank you so much girl, on the rocks margaritas are the best aren’t they?

      Reply
  5. Lynn Lovejoy says

    April 22, 2015 at 9:41 am

    LOVE these! Your hubby is full of great ideas! I’m the same way with my margs…I’m not into the slushy fake-tasting ones…I like them on the rocks with lots of salt! We definitely need to get margaritas at least one night in Portland/CA!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 22, 2015 at 8:50 pm

      I mean I already knew you were my bff because of a million other things, but now that I know how you like your margaritas, bff status secured lol! And girl, ‘at least one’ … lets shoot for more than one lol!

      Reply
  6. Jamie | Jamie's Recipes says

    April 22, 2015 at 7:46 am

    I want to come to your parties! What a great bar with fun flavor options. I’d probably have to have one of each…for science 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 22, 2015 at 8:46 pm

      Thank you so much Jamie, you’re always invited to my parties 🙂 And hahahah, yes, for science!

      Reply
  7. wearenotmartha says

    April 22, 2015 at 5:37 am

    Loving all your Mexican themed posts lately! I never use margarita mix in my margaritas, so these are right up my alley!

    Sues

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 22, 2015 at 8:46 pm

      I just can’t get enough of Mexican themed food and cocktails, can’t you tell lol 🙂 Thank you for commenting sues!

      Reply
  8. Suné Moolman says

    April 22, 2015 at 5:20 am

    I’m such a fan of bars like these – it makes your guests feel at ease when jumping in and helping themselves.
    I can already tell that the pineapple is going to be my favourite.
    Everything looks really festive over there, I’m super jealous that you’ll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo with warm weather! 🙂

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 22, 2015 at 8:44 pm

      Thank you so much, that is exactly what I was going for! I love when guests feel at ease and can make something that they’ll like 🙂

      Reply

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