Mojito

Mojitos are so fresh and delicious! This recipe has the option to make either a single serving or a pitcher of mojitos so you can share with your friends! This cocktail is the perfect blend of sweetness, citrus and mint to compliment the rum in the drink. It’s a great summer drink on a hot night!

I’m back with another cocktail because this summer is all about the cold and refreshing drinks like this Mojito! A minty classic mojito is one of our favorites because we can make a couple of drinks at a time if it’s just me and the hubby, or we can mix up a big pitcher if we have friends over. Everyone loves this delicious, classic cocktail.

This is the best easy mojito recipe because it has just five ingredients, and it’s so easy to make! I’m showing you how to make a single-serving Mojito and how to make a big batch of Mojitos in a pitcher for parties or summer happy hours with a big bowl of chips and guacamole!

Why You’ll Love this Mojito Recipe

• Mojitos are a great party cocktail! You can easily make a lot of servings and it’s a crowd favorite for sure.
• Make this minty cocktail in just 10 minutes. It’s a wonderful last minute cocktail or a fun drink to make when you don’t have a lot of time.
• This easy recipe doesn’t require any special equipment or fancy ingredients. Anyone can make it!

What is a Mojito

Mojito (pronounced mow-hee-tow) is a classic cocktail from Cuba. It’s popular during the summer because the combination of mint, lime, rum and club soda is so refreshing.

It’s usually served in a high ball glass with ice. To make a mojito, the lime juice and fresh mint leaves are muddled together in the glass before the rum, club soda, and simple syrup are added.

Mojito Ingredients

• Fresh mint leaves – This is the key ingredient to this refreshing cocktail. Plan to have some extra on hand for the garnish!
• Rum – White rum is the most traditionally used in classic mojito recipes. However, you can use whatever you have on hand and whichever rum is your favorite.
• Lime juice – Use fresh squeezed lime juice for the best flavor! Bottled lime juice works too, but won’t have as fresh of a flavor.
• Simple syrup – Sweeten your mojito with a bit of simple syrup.
• Club soda – The finishing touch to make your mojito crisp and bubbly. So refreshing!
• Ice – To chill this mint mojito recipe, make sure you use plenty of ice.

How To Make A Mojito

Once you have all of your ingredients it’s so easy to make a Mojito! I’m sharing how to make just one drink or, if you’re serving a crowd, you can make a big batch of mojitos for parties. I’ve included both sets of instructions in the recipe card so you can print it out!

How to Make a Single Serving Mojito

1. In a highball glass, muddle 10 mint leaves with 2 ounces of fresh lime juice.
2. Then add 2 ounces of white rum and 2 to 3 teaspoons of simple syrup.
3. Add 1 cup of ice to the glass and then pour a ½ cup of club soda over the top.
4. Gently stir the drink to combine the mojito recipe ingredients and then garnish with more mint and lime wedges.
5. Serve immediately and enjoy!

How to Make a Pitcher of Mojitos

1. In a pitcher, muddle about 80 mint leaves with 1 cup of fresh lime juice.
2. Add 2 cups of white rum and 1/3 cup of simple syrup.
3. Add 4 cups of ice to the pitcher and then pour a 8 cups of club soda over the top.
4. Stir well and then you can garnish the pitcher with more mint and lime wedges, or leave the garnishes on the side so guests can garnish their own drinks.

What is Muddling

Muddling is just a fancy way of saying “mushing”.  Okay, that might be my technical term so maybe the word “crushing” is a better way to explain it!

When you muddle ingredients you are basically just crushing the mint leaves in the bottom of the glass. Muddling helps to enhance the flavor of the mint by releasing the oil so your drink is infused with lots of minty flavor.

Bartenders use wooden muddlers (sometimes they look like miniature baseball bats) but you don’t have to run out and buy a muddler – a wooden spoon works really well, too!

Mojito Variations

There are so many different mojito variations you can make! Mix things up by trying different flavors of this classic cocktail. Two of our favorite ways to mix it up is with our delicious Strawberry Mojito or Blackberry Mojito! You can also simply use different flavored simple syrups to change up the mojito. There are so many different ways to change up this minty cocktail.

What Kind of Rum should I use in a Mojito?

White rum is a rum that hasn’t been aged very long and it has a subtle sweet taste. It’s also a clear alcohol so when you mix it with the fresh mint leaves and other ingredients, you can see the pretty green color from the mint. I don’t recommend using a dark rum for a Mojito cocktail because the flavor will overpower the flavor of the mint and lime juice.

How do I sweeten a Mojito?

Mojitos are sweetened with simple syrup, which is just equal parts sugar and water that are simmered together until the sugar dissolves. I love to make big batches of simple sugar for different kinds of drinks because it keeps well in the refrigerator. That way, I don’t have to make it every time I want a drink.

I can’t think of anything better to sip on a hot summer night than a minty citrus cocktail – I know you’re going to love these Mojitos, too!

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