The Frozen Daiquiri is the same rum, lime, and sugar — sent through a blender with crushed ice. What comes out is a pale-green slush, colder and longer than the shaken version, and built squarely for hot weather.
The Daiquiri's holiday self.
From Floridita to the Blender
El Floridita popularised the blended Daiquiri in the early twentieth century, once the electric blender made crushed-ice drinks quick to produce. It is, for better and for worse, the ancestor of every frozen cocktail that followed.
Getting the Texture Right
A good Frozen Daiquiri is smooth, not chunky and not watery. Use plenty of crushed or pebble ice, blend in short bursts, and serve it the moment it is ready — the drink begins to melt and separate as soon as it stops spinning.
Sweeten a Little More
Cold blunts sweetness, so a Frozen Daiquiri usually needs slightly more sugar than its shaken sibling. Taste the mix before you pour; the balance should read as bright, not flat.
The Daiquiri Family
The classic — white rum, fresh lime, and sugar, shaken hard and served straight up.
- 2 ozWhite rum
- 1 ozFresh lime juice
- 3/4 ozSimple syrup
Grapefruit and maraschino, and no sugar at all — a tart, dry Daiquiri from El Floridita.
- 2 ozWhite rum
- 3/4 ozLime juice
- 1/4 ozMaraschino
Fresh strawberries blended into the Daiquiri — fruit-forward and frozen.
- 2 ozWhite rum
- 5 ripeStrawberries
- 1 ozLime juice
Donn Beach's mint-and-peach Daiquiri, blended pale green and built to be sessionable.
- 1 ozLight rum
- 1/2 ozPeach brandy
- 12-15Fresh mint leaves
Overproof Jamaican rum stacked with green Chartreuse and falernum — strong on purpose.
- 1 ozOverproof Jamaican rum
- 3/4 ozGreen Chartreuse
- 1/4 ozFalernum
Parfait Amour in place of most of the sugar, tinting the glass lilac.
- 1 2/3 ozLight white rum
- 1/2 ozParfait Amour liqueur
- 1/2 ozFresh lime juice
Embury's dressier footnote — orgeat and pineapple liqueur where the sugar syrup goes.
- 1 2/3 ozLight white rum
- 1/2 ozPineapple liqueur
- 1/4 ozOrgeat
Pineapple juice for half the sugar, shaken and poured over ice instead of blended.
- 2 ozLight rum
- 1 1/4 ozFresh pineapple juice
- 1/2 ozFresh lime juice
Pineapple and orange stacked over orgeat — the beach-chair end of the family.
- 1 1/2 ozLight rum
- 1 ozFresh pineapple juice
- 1/4 ozOrgeat
Overproof rum with coconut and coffee liqueur over pineapple — no Caribbean pedigree.
- 1 1/2 ozOverproof rum
- 3/4 ozCoconut rum liqueur
- 1/4 ozCoffee liqueur
Cachaça on overproof Jamaican rum, cut with coconut water — as loud as the name.
- 1 ozCachaça
- 2/3 ozOverproof Jamaican rum
- 1/3 ozCoconut water
Two nautical rums and gold-flecked Goldwasser — the name is the whole conceit.
- 3/4 ozOverproof white rum
- 3/4 ozNavy-strength rum
- 1/2 ozGoldwasser