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These bright, refreshing 5-minute blueberry mojitos are the perfect summer cocktail, muddled in moments with fresh mint, lime juice and blueberries, white rum and a homemade simple syrup. Make them for your next summer celebration — or at-home Happy Hour!
See recipe card below for full list of measurements, ingredients, and instructions.
Why This Recipe is So Good
- Mint, lime, and blueberries work so well together. I’m not typically a rum fan, but in this super-simple, very refreshing mojito recipe it just adds an understated complexity of flavor that is both simple and satisfying!
- Not only is the recipe incredibly easy, it’s fruity and aromatic, boozy but not “stiff”. It is the perfect summer cocktail for entertaining, and as it is (sort of) blue it would be also perfect for your 4th of July or Memorial Day celebrations.
- This fruity mojito recipe is the opposite of fussy — all you need is 5 minutes and a cocktail muddler (and if you don’t have one, the bottom of a rolling pin will do!)
What You Need to Know Before You Start
- To make homemade simple syrup, combine 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, stir to make sure all sugar is dissolved, and remove from the heat. Leave to cool before using. In a clean jar it should keep in the fridge for a couple of weeks.
- White rum is best for this recipe instead of a darker one as the light, clean flavor lets the mint, blueberries and lime juice really shine.
- Blueberries vary in sweetness depending on the time of year and the variety, so if they taste sweeter than usual add half of the simple syrup, taste, and add the rest if needed.
- Be gentle when you’re muddling the mint leaves. You want to bruise them enough to release their flavor and oils, but not so much that they’ll go dark and mushy in the glass and make things taste bitter.
- If it is really hot out, freezing your glasses before making the drinks will help keep them cooler for longer. Also, they’ll have that lovely frosted look!
Recipe Variations
Switch up the berries: This recipe will also work perfectly with a straight swap of blueberries for blackberries, strawberries or raspberries.
Use crushed ice: You’ll get a delicious drink following my recipe using regular ice cubes, but if your refrigerator happens to have a crushed ice setting use it for that cocktail bar-style finish!
Make it a mocktail: Simply skip the white rum!
Frequently Asked Questions
Fresh are better for flavor and vibrancy, but frozen blueberries work in this recipe surprisingly well. Thaw them first; as the freezer will have broken them down a little they’ll muddle into the drink quite easily.
Get ahead with the homemade simple syrup, but these drinks are best enjoyed as soon as they’re made.
Please always use freshly squeezed citrus in cocktails — the bottled stuff simply doesn’t taste the same.
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Making changes to a recipe can result in recipe failure. Any substitutions or variations listed are simple changes that I believe will work in this recipe, but results are not guaranteed.
Refreshing Blueberry Mojitos
Equipment
- cocktail muddler or the bottom of a rolling pin
Ingredients
- 8 blueberries
- ½ lime cut into 2 wedges
- 6 fresh mint leaves
- 1½ fluid ounces white rum
- ½ fluid ounce simple syrup see notes for recipe
- large handful fresh ice or crushed ice
- 2 fluid ounces club soda to taste
- 3 blueberries for garnish, optional
- 3 fresh mint leaves for garnish, optional
Instructions
- Place the blueberries, lime, and mint in the bottom of a tall glass and muddle so the blueberries have broken up, the lime has released juice and the mint leaves are slightly bruised.
- Add the rum, simple syrup, and soda, and stir. Add ice and soda, to taste. Garnish with more blueberry and mint leaves, if desired.
Approximate Information for One Serving
Nutrition Disclaimers
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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This looks absolutely stunning, and the recipe makes me thirsty already 🙂
Love Love this.
Thank you! Your photos are gorgeous, by the way. I cannot BELIEVE some of those photos you took with your iPhone 4S! I can’t take a good picture to save my life with my iPhone
You are so kind 🙂
🙂
You’re making me so jealous.