Blood Orange Margaritas – the perfect winter margarita! Fresh blood orange juice, lime juice, tequila, and orange liqueur.
First margarita of the year is in the books!
Guys, I am officially ready for summer. For margaritas and pool days and ice cream cones.
I even have a bikini in my Target.com shopping cart right now.
Which is ridiculous because it’s February 12. And also because I bought two bikinis last year and probably only wore each of them 5 times.
(Truthfully, I bought 2 1/2 because the first bottom I bought was called a “cheekster” and it didn’t occur to me that actual cheek would be showing. And no ma’am, that is not happening. Still have it though. In case I ever magically become 20 again.)
I have no need for a new bikini. But I waaaaaaant one so badly.
Blood Orange Margaritas!
Anyway, margaritas!
I always forget about blood oranges until someone mentions them and then finding blood oranges becomes my official life goal.
I finally found some at Trader Joe’s last weekend and then they just sat, untouched, in the fridge.
Okay, I guess I’ll make margaritas. You twisted my arm!
I love pretty much any margarita but I especially like any kind made with fresh oranges. And I just cannot get over how pretty the Blood Orange Margaritas are!
These are absolutely perfect and the best thing about making margaritas at home is that you can control the sweetness and you can pile the salt on the rim of the glass if you want. And I want.
More Margarita Recipes
Watermelon Mint Margaritas – fresh watermelon with a simple homemade mint simple syrup. Plus tequila, orange liqueur, and fresh lime juice!
Honeydew Margaritas – fresh honeydew blended with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice. The honeydew makes it the prettiest light green color.
Blackberry Margaritas – who doesn’t love a purple margarita?! Fresh blackberries with lime juice, tequila, and orange liqueur.
- 3 ounces tequila
- 2 ounces orange liqueur
- 2 ounces fresh-squeezed lime juice
- 4 ounces fresh-squeezed blood orange juice ~3-4 oranges
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- Blood orange slices for garnish
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Mix tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice, and orange juice together. Add simple syrup to desired sweetness. Pour over ice and garnish with blood orange slices.
Things you may need for this recipe:
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- Simple Syrup
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- Lemon Juicer
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- Margarita Salt
I LOVE tequila and can’t wait to make these blood orange ones. Who needs to wait for summer? I’ll pretend my snow is the beach!
Hellooooooo best margarita of my life! Blood Orange is pretty much my favorite thing in the world right now so I’ll be over with a straw thank you very much! =)
I was planning on making Blood Orange Margaritas for National Margarita Day …. great minds! I’d love it if you linked this to Tipsy Tuesday on Grey is the New Black!
Blood oranges are so pretty! I love margaritas, I can only image how they taste with blood oranges. Yum! Anyway, bikini shopping in February? I would never ever do that. I haven’t finished putting on my winter hibernation weight. THEN, I have to work months to lose it and BAM! It’s winter again.
Oh wow!! These looks awesome!! I seriously need one of these right now. lol. And, I have all the ingredients except the oranges at my house right now…..hmmm. haha. I have a margarita drink on my blog today for my Thursty Thursday linkup. I would love it if you stopped by and linked this up with us! It’s perfect for the upcoming holiday!! Cheers!!
OH MY GOODNESS. I saw blood oranges at TJ’s yesterday + thought “man, I wish I knew something to make with these so I could justify buying them” AND NOW I DO! Thank you!
bring on taco and tequila night! now I’m craving margaritas, and I haven’t even had breakfast yet
tell me about it – I am so ready for summer. right now I am drinking a blood orange smoothie… sure would love to trade it for one of these! well, maybe this afternoon, ha!
Blood oranges are my favorite fruit. They make a gloomy Seattle winter more tolerable.
This looks too, too amazing! I mean really, I shouldn’t even think this looks appealing at 8:30am, but it’s just irresistable!!
Stooooppppppppp! How am I supposed to get work done when all I want now is a Blood Orange Margarita?! Love/making/drinking
^^ er, just realized what I wrote and what it looks like! yikes! I should have rearranged my words!!!
love this margarita!!! I’ve been ready for summer since Jan 1st :P and as for the bikini, wish I could still pull it off but after the kids, my body isn’t the same. . but I’m rocking the one piece, yo! :)
I sure do love me a good margarita! And blood orange flavored is one of my favorites!! So gorgeous!
You’re so scandalous, Amanda – buying half a bikini. ;) I’m all in for these blood orange margaritas! Bring on summer!!
Gorgeous! Love tequila and blood oranges!
I’m a huge margarita fan and these look amazing! You’re the second person recently who said they found blood oranges at TJ’s. I’ve got to get over there…I mean, it *is* about 80 degrees here in Phoenix! Perfect time to give these a try!
WHY does Target only have teeny tiny sizes or huge grandma suits in store? Way to make the regular woman feel like crap. Pretty much I’ll need three of these when I shop for a bathing suit. But I want three of them just because, so I’ll save myself the torture! SO pretty!
I may be drinking a margarita as I type this comment…Friday night of a holiday weekend, ummm…yeah! And yours is GORGEOUS! Wow, the color is just stunning! Pinned of course!
They’re pouring the concrete deck on our Pool Monday. I’ve never wanted it to be summer so badly in my life. Except for the bathing suit part. Not quite ready for that. Round of Margaritas for everyone!
I buy new bikinis every year, although I hardly use them. Not sure I’m ready to try one on yet though!! I need a few more gym visits for that…
I am SO ready for margaritas though. All the cold we’ve been getting is killing me and I need to at least drink like I’m somewhere tropical.
Ha! I just saw that the Target Cartwheel app had a bathing suit coupon and I thought the same thing, when can we drink these by the poolside??