36 Colorful National Margarita Day Recipes That'll Fire Up The Fiesta (2024)

What is National Margarita Day?

National Margarita Day is a day that celebrates one of our favorite drinks: margaritas! Celebrate by making one (or a few) of our favorite colorful margarita recipes below.

What day is National Margarita Day?

National Margarita Day is on February 22. This year, it's on a Thursday!

Are margaritas Spanish or Mexican?

There are a few different sources who have claimed the margarita throughout the years, but it's commonly accepted that the drink was a Mexican invention.

National Margarita Day Drink Recipes

Honey Strawberry Basil Margarita

Make this marg now for a taste of warmer weather, or wait until your first spring cookout. Either way, it's sure to be a fan favorite for National Margarita Day. You can even spice it up with some DIY hot honey if you want to. (via Brit + Co)

Strawberry Jalapeño Margaritas

With berries, jalapeños, and agave, this drink is a little bit sweet and a little bit spicy. It's also the perfect addition to any girls' brunch! The key to getting a nice consistency is to freeze the strawberries before adding them to the blender. (via Brit + Co)

Galactic Margarita

A margarita is already one of the most fun drinks out there, but this blue, sparkly recipe makes National Margarita Day even better! Freeze your ice with star-shaped silicone ice tray and dust the rim of the glass with purple and blue sugar to take things to the next level. (via Brit + Co)

Keto Avocado Margarita

We'll add avocados to just about anything, and that includes co*cktails. Avocados make this marg cool *and* smooth, and since this recipe is keto, it doesn't have as many calories as some other margaritas. (via Brit + Co)

Key Lime Beergaritas

The tart flavor of key limes is great for when the weather starts to warm up. Depending on whether you like things sweet or salty, you can pick between a salted or sugared rim... or change it up every time you make one! (via Brit + Co)

Sparkling Passion Fruit Margarita

A bit of champagne makes this marg bubbly, and the slice of passion fruit adds some color. You can customize this recipe by changing the lime and agave ratio depending on your sweet tooth. (via Brit + Co)

Pineapple Margaritas

Pineapples are a great way to make everything brighter and fruitier this National Margarita Day. Aside from the pineapple, the only ingredients you need are triple sec, tequila, agave, and a lime. Easy peasy! (via Brit + Co)

Mango Raspberry Margarita

There's a secret ingredient that makes this margarita stand out from the crowd: cayenne! Mixed with sugar, the sweet and spicy cayenne rim adds just the right amount of kick to balance out the natural sugars in the mango and the raspberries. (via Brit + Co)

Prickly Pear Margaritas

These margs are like summer in a cup! They're perfect for any warm-weather bash that you might be hosting, and we love any drink that lets us use edible flowers. Make these for Mother's Day, bridal showers, or birthday brunches. (via Brit + Co)

Frozen Watermelon Mint Margaritas

Consider this your perfect National Margarita Day sip. Add ice to the blender to turn this marg into a slush, or leave it out if you'd prefer a more liquified drink. (via Brit + Co)

Frozen Watermelon Margarita Push Pop

Turn your margs for National Margarita Day into a handheld snack with this fun recipe. Just blend all your ingredients together, freeze, and serve! Leave out the booze to make this recipe kid- or baby shower-friendly. (via Brit + Co)

Watermelon Jelly Margarita

There are lots of different ways to make this jelly marg (and yes there is jelly inside), depending on how you're feeling. For the salted rim, you can go for Himalayan salt or mix pink food coloring into some Kosher salt. (via Brit + Co)

Key Lime Margaritas

Zesty and fresh is just how we like our margarita recipes. This slushy one will set you right for National Margarita Day! (via Brit + Co)

Photo courtesy of Cointreau

Berry Margarita

Combine 1 oz Cointreau, 1.5 oz Blanco Tequila, .75 oz fresh lime juice, and 4 fresh blackberries into a shaker. Add ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with a blackberry or two to complete your perfect National Margarita Day sip. (Recipe courtesy of Cointreau)

The Sunset Margarita

Combine 1.5 oz Don Julio Blanco Tequila, 1 oz Agave nectar, a splash of squeezed lime juice, and a splash of blood orange juice with pulp in a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a rocks glass and garnish with a blood orange slice. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Ocean Key Resort & Spa in Key West, FL)

Virgin Mango Margarita

This mango-y marg will make you say "yummm" from the get-go. The OG recipe is for a mocktail, too, so you can whip these up easily for your pals who aren't drinking! If they are, customizing this margarita recipe to be a bit more boozy is as simple as adding a few ounces of your fave tequila. Cheers! (via Pink Owl Kitchen)

Frozen Watermelon Margarita

Blend 1 oz Cointreau, 2 oz Blanco Tequila, 1 oz fresh lime juice, .75 oz watermelon syrup, and 7 ice cubes with a high-powered blender. Pour into a Margarita glass that's rimmed with chili salt. Add a lime garnish. For the watermelon syrup, add 1/2 cup of cubed watermelon and 1/4 cup of simple syrup to blender and puree. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Cointreau)

Corralejo Spanish Peach Margarita

To make this peachy sip, tear five mint leaves into fourths and add to a shaker. Add 2 oz. Corralejo Silver, ½ oz. Peach schnapps, ¾ oz. Agave nectar, and 1 oz. lemon juice, then shake. Strain over ice into a rocks glass and add a mint leaf garnish. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Corralejo Tequila)

Los Arango Amante Picante

Combine 2 oz. Los Arango Blanco Tequila, ¼ oz. roasted pineapple & habanero Agave nectar, 4 dashes of cilantro tincture, 2 drops saline rocks ice in a co*cktail shaker. Shake. Rim Tajín onto a rocks glass, then add fresh ice. Hawthorne strain the co*cktail into the glass. Top with a few drops of the lime oil, a torched pineapple wedge, and a habanero pepper slice. Your National Margarita Day celebration is complete! (Recipe + photo courtesy of Los Arango Tequila)

Ilegal Mezcal Passionfruit Marg

Add 1.5 oz Ilegal Joven, .75 oz agave, .75 oz lime, .75 oz fresh passionfruit syrup into a build in shaker tin with ice. Shake. Pour into rocks glass with a Tajín rim. Yum! (Recipe + photo courtesy of Ilegal Mezcal.)

The Treasurita Margarita

This one's a beaut! Combine 1 oz. 15 Don Julio Banco Tequila, .5 oz. orange liqueur, .5 oz. mango juice, .5 sliced jalapeño, .25 oz. fresh lime juice, .5 oz. agave syrup in a blender, shake well. Rim a chilled glass with salt or sugar and pour the mix in. Garnish with a lime wedge. (Recipe + photo courtesy of The Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterparkin Monticello, New York)

Flecha Spicy Margarita

We ​had​ to include some margarita recipes for the ones who like things spicy! To make this spicy sip, muddle 3 jalapeño slices in a glass. Then, shake 2 oz Flecha Azul Blanco Tequila, ¾ oz fresh lime juice, and ¾ oz triple sec over ice before straining into the glass and garnishing with Tajin! (via Flecha Azul Tequila)

Cazadores Avocado Margarita

This colorful margarita recipe is somewhat sweet, but also somewhat savory. To make it, muddle 1 quart of an avocado, 1 sprig of cilantro, and 1 slice of jalapeño in a mixing glass. Then, shake 1.5 oz Cazadores Blanco Tequila, 1 oz fresh lime juice, and 1 oz agave over ice. Strain and serve on the rocks, baby! (via Manny Hinojosa, Global Brand Ambassador of Tequila CAZADORES)

Lemon Mezcal Margarita

Zesty! Combine 1.75 oz Mezcal, 0.5 oz St Germaine Elderflower Liquor, 2 oz Lemonade, 0.5 oz Lemon and Lime Juice, Smoked Hickory Salt Rim in a shaker, then shake and strain over ice in a rocks glass. Rim with hickory salt and garnish with a lemon wheel. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms, SC)

Sweet Heat Margarita

Combine 1.5 oz. jalapeño tequila, 1.5 oz. triple sec, 1.5 oz. coconut concentrate, 4 oz. sour mix, 1 muddled orange, 2 muddled limes, and 2 muddled jalapeños in a shaker, shake, and strain over ice. Top with red pepper flakes and add orange, lime and jalapeño wheels as a garnish. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Perch 360at theWyvern Hotelin Punta Gorda, Florida)

Dean’s Margarita

For a tropical twist this National Margarita Day, fill a shaker with ice, then add 1.5 oz Dean’s Bar Aged Avion Reposado, 0.75 oz Damiana herbal liquor, 0.5 oz agave nectar, and 0.75 oz lime juice. Shake until the tin is frosted and beaded with sweat. Rim your glass with salt, then pour the drink into the glass over ice and garnish with lime! (Recipe + photo courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, in Dallas, Texas)

PATRÓN Spicy Margarita

Infused tequila is the star of this margarita recipe. You'll cut two jalapeños in half and place them in a bottle of Patrón Silver before letting it sit overnight. Once infused, shake 1.5 oz of the tequila, 0.5 oz mango puree, and 3 oz lime juice over ice. Strain into a salt-rimmed glass and garnish with a slice of jalapeño! (via PATRÓN Tequila)

The Original Margarita

Combine 1 oz Cointreau, 2 oz Blanco tequila, and 1 oz fresh lime juice in a shaker and add ice for this National Margarita Day recipe. Shake and strain the drink into a rocks glass with a salt rim. Garnish with a lime wheel and serve. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Cointreau)

Tanteo Jalapeño Margarita

Combine 2 oz. Tanteo jalapeño, 1 oz. fresh lime juice, 3/4 oz. Agave nectar and ice in a shaker. Shake well and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Tanteo Tequila)

Cucumber and Jalapeño Margarita

National Margarita Day is calling! Boil 1/2 cup of water. Add in 4 Purecane™ packets once the water is boiling. Remove from heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool completely by keeping it in the fridge while you do the next step.

Muddle ½ a sliced medium cucumber and ½ of a sliced, de-seeded jalapeño in the bottom of a pitcher or a bowl. If you don't have a muddler, use the back of a spoon or fork to do this. (Tip: if you want more spice, add the jalapeño seeds! They've got all the heat).

Combine the cooled simple syrup with ½ cup fresh lime juice (about 6-7 limes), 2 oz Triple Sec, and 6 oz tequila in the pitcher over your muddled cucumber and jalapeño mixture. Stirs a few times to combine the flavors. Serve over ice, garnish with jalapeño, lime, and cucumber slices, and enjoy. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Purecane™)

Desert Water

Combine 3 oz unsweetened aloe vera juice and 0.25 oz fresh lime juice with 1 tbsp sugar or agave syrup in a glass. Stir until dissolved. Use a lime wedge to wet half the rim of an old-fashioned glass, then dip it into 3 tbsp coarse sea salt + 1-2 tbsp fresh or dried chile piquin mixture. Fill the glass with ice, pour in the juice and sugar mix, then add 1 oz Sotol. Stir well and top with three dashes of grapefruit bitters. Add a lime peel garnish and serve. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Lolita’s Bistro in Laredo, Texas)

Matcha Margarita

Combine 1 oz of Cointreau, 2 oz of Blanco tequila, .75 oz fresh lime juice, and .5 BSP matcha green tea powder in a co*cktail shaker with ice. Shake until well-chilled, then strain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass. Add a lime slice as a garnish. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Cointreau)

Blue One Ocean Margarita at Grand Lucayan – Freeport, Bahamas

Combine 2 oz Jose Cuervo tequila, 1 oz Cointreau, 1 oz blue curacao, freshly squeezed lime, and ice in a shaker and shake well. Pour into a chilled glass that's garnished with a lime wedge and salt. (Recipe + photo courtesy of theLighthouse Pointe at Grand Lucayan in Freeport, Bahamas)

Desert Rose at Savannah Tequila Co. in Plant Riverside District – Savannah, GA

Moisten the edge of your glass with a lemon slice, then rim your glass with Himalayan salt. Combine 1.5 oz avion blanco, 1.0 oz Combier raspberry, 0.50 oz Triple Sec, 1.0 oz lime juice, and 3 dashes of rose water with ice in a shaker, then shake. Strain in your glass, top with ice, and garnish with a fresh flower. (Recipe + photo courtesy of Savannah Tequila Co. in Plant Riverside District in Savannah, Georgia)

National Margarita Day Recipes You Can Eat

Margarita Cheesecakes

The miniature cheesecakes are the perfect dose of dessert and margs all in one for National Margarita Day. To get the right consistency, let it chill in the fridge for four hours before serving. (via Brit + Co)

Margarita Pie

If you're looking for a new way to have a margarita, try making it into a pie! It'll take you under an hour to make this delicious dish. (via Brit + Co)

Margarita Cupcakes

Get your fill of margs this National Margarita Day with these bite-sized cupcakes! They're perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth and they feature those lime and tequila flavors that we love. The most unexpected aspect of this recipe is definitely the delicious dash of salt. (via Barley & Sage)

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