BlackBerry Mojito Cocktail Recipe

Blackberry Mint Mojito Cocktail recipe is an upgrade from your regular Mojito drink. Great Summertime drink to sip in the comfort of your backyard!

A mojito is one of my absolute favorite cocktails. It’s the quintessential summer drink.

This is a simple blackberry mojito recipe made with just a few ingredients. I wanted to keep it accessible to make because mojitos should make life easy, right?

I don't know anyone who isn't a fan of fruity alcoholic drinks, and that's because fruits make alcohol taste that much better. Plus, they are so colorful!

The History of Mojitos:

Havana, Cuba is the birthplace of the mojito cocktail. Early versions of the mojito are believed to have surfaced in the 1500’s. A classic mojito contains 5 ingredients: white rum, sugar, lime juice, club soda and fresh mint.

It’s tough to pinpoint the exact origin of how the mojito came to be. One belief is that South American Indians concocted this drink for medicinal purposes to help with tropical illnesses. Others say that the mojito was invented by Sir Frances Drake. And another theory is that it was a drink that was concocted by African slaves who worked in the Cuban sugar cane fields.

The popularity of the mojito began soaring in the 1930’s in Havana, Cuba. And word of this delicious cocktail spread to the U.S. and other parts of the world.

Ingredients:

½ cup Blackberries

8-10 Fresh Mint Leaves

½ cup Light Rum

Juice of 2 Limes

Simply Syrup

Crushed Ice

Club Soda

Instructions:

1. In a small bowl, muddle blackberries, then add them to the glasses.

2. Chop mint leaves and add to your glasses

3. Next add rum, lime juice, and simple syrup to glasses

4. Pour in crushed ice.

5. Top off with soda.

6. Garnish with mint, Blackberries and Lime!