Let’s Make

Apple Cider Margaritas

Summary list of ingredients:

Cocktail

Apple Cider - If you can get your hands on honey crisp apple cider, I’d highly recommend using it for this recipe!

Tequila - I’m partial to a silver tequila, but you can also use a mezcal to give your drink a nice smoky flavor.

Cointreau: If you don’t have any Cointreau on hand, any orange liquor will do, like Triple Sec or Grand Marnier.

Lime Juice: Freshly squeezed is the best

Glass Rim

Granulated Sugar: Plain o’l white sugar

Maple Cinnamon Topping: Made by FreshJax (This seasoning will be a staple in my home this fall!)

Maple Syrup – Coating your rim with maple syrup gives your drink a little extra sweetness.

There is no season I enjoy more than Fall - the weather, the energy, the spices, and farm trips galore. An apple cider margarita is just the first of my many fall cocktails to come!

Top view of a glass with a caramel-colored fall cocktail and a sugar-rimmed edge, placed on a wooden surface surrounded by whole red apples and sliced apple pieces

Ingredients

Cocktail

  • 4 oz apple cider

  • 1.5 oz tequila

  • 0.5 oz Cointreau

  • 3/4 oz lime juice

  • Optional: 1/4 tsp edible glitter


    Glass Rim

  • ~ tbsp granulated sugar

  • ~0.5 tsp maple cinnamon topping

  • ~0.5 oz maple syrup

Please note this recipe yields one glass - multiply by the number of guests for additional glasses.

Glass with apple cider, sugar rim, apples, cocktail shaker.

Instructions

  1. Combine your granulated sugar and maple cinnamon topping on a small flat plate.

  2. Pour the maple syrup onto another small plate.

  3. Dip the rim of your glass in a bit of maple syrup, then coat in the maple cinnamon sugar mixture.

  4. Set aside your maple cinnamon sugar rimmed glass.

  5. Next, grab your cocktail shaker and fill halfway with ice.

  6. Add in your apple cider, tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice (optional, but recommended: add a bit of edible glitter)

  7. Top your shaker and shake vigorously for about 30 seconds. Strain into your maple cinnamon sugar rimmed glass and enjoy!

Apple cider cocktail in glass with sugar rim, apples in background

Equipment

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