Tropical Rum Cocktails

Here are a few easy rum based tropical drinks you can make at home to turn a dreary day into something a bit more tropical. Feel free to alter the recipes to suit your taste.

Banana Rum Frappe

2 oz light rum
1 oz banana liqueur
1 oz orange juice
orange for garnish
cracked ice

Add the rum, banana liqueur and the orange juice to a cocktail shaker with a bit of cracked ice and shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass that is nearly filled with cracked ice. Add a slice of orange for garnish. If you want a frozen version of this drink, put all the ingredients in a blender and blend. While it is blending, drop a bit of ice a little at a time until you get the frozen consistency you like.

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Bahama Mama

1/2 oz dark rum
1/2 oz light rum
1/2 oz coconut liqueur
1/4 oz coffee liqueur
4 oz pineapple juice
juice of 1/2 lemon
maraschino cherry for garnish
ice cubes
cracked ice

Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with two ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass that is nearly filled with cracked ice. Add a maraschino cherry for garnish and serve.

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Blue Hawaiian

3/4 oz rum
3/4 oz blue curaçao
3/4 oz creme de coconut
2 oz pineapple juice
maraschino cherry for garnish
pineapple wedge for garnish
cracked ice

Fill a tumbler nearly full with cracked ice. Pour the ingredients in order over the ice. Stir once. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry on a cocktail pick and serve.

Frozen Daiquiri

2 oz light rum
2 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
lime wedge for garnish
ice cubes or cracked ice

Add the rum, lime juice and simple syrup to a blender. Start the blender and drop a bit of ice, a little at a time, until you get the frozen consistency you like. Pour into a chilled collins glass. Garnish with a wedge of lime and serve.

Remember, if you drink your way to paradise, make sure you stay put. Do not drink and drive. There's no reason to leave paradise anyway!