Kiwi Margaritas.
Now. THIS is my kind of eating green.
Okay, drinking green. Who needs green juice?
(Wait. Me. I definitely do. Like times ten.)
This is my green juice?
Um, this is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. Coming on up… we have Kentucky Derby season and Cinco de Mayo. TWO of the best food and cocktail holidays, usually celebrated on the same weekend. Eeeeep. Hello, fabulous food. I already have about thirteen billion recipes I want to share with you so I need to figure out how to pare it down to, like, seven.
They are made and eaten and spoken for and done. I’m pumped!
Would you be offended by not-so-boring oven nachos? They make a mighty good sidekick to this margarita.
Ooookay first. Let’s talk about these little balls of love known as kiwi berries. OH MY GOSH. I adore them. They are sweet and wonderful and the perfect size. They taste FANTASTIC. Sweet little balls of kiwi joy. And there is no annoying peeling of the fuzz (no, no matter what you tell me, I CANNOT eat the fuzz) and they are poppable – right into your mouth.
Mine were on a display near the kiwi in Whole Foods and while they seem to be in season in the autumn months, a quick google told me that they also have a short lifespan in the spring. Who knew?
I wonder what Jeeves would say. Back in the day, waaaay before google (cavemen days, obvi), Ask Jeeves was the only search engine I would use.
I asked Jeeves all the things in college. Trust me. Like you don’t even want to know.
(Apparently it’s now just “ask dot com” and Jeeves is no more. What the heck?)
How syrupy and green and fabulous is this? Do seeds freak you out? I find kiwi seeds to be quite inoffensive, but if you’re reeeeally not into them, just finely strain it! Boom.
Sooooo. Anyhoo.
I made these margaritas with my favorite recipe, using an easy kiwi simple syrup just like I do with strawberry and peach. You totally don’t NEED the kiwi berries, they are just super adorable in the drink. Right?
Regular old kiwis will certainly do and that’s what I used for the syrup. EASY.
Pro tip: make a huuuuuge batch of syrup and keep it in your fridge all weekend for kiwi mojitos! Maybe kiwi juleps?! Kiwi gin fizzes? The answer is D. All of the above.
I could drink the syrup with a spoon.
I also have a recipe for a kiwi cucumber gin fizz in my cookbook. Uh huh. Let’s drink all the dranks together. Woohoo!
Kiwi Margaritas
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Grand Marnier
- 1 1/2 ounces Tequila, I prefer silver
- 2 ounces lime juice
- 2 1/2 ounces kiwi simple syrup
- lime + fresh kiwi or kiwi berries for garnish
- coarse salt for the rim
kiwi simple syrup
- 4 kiwi fruit, peeled
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Rim the ridge of your glass with a lime wedge and dip in a mix of coarse salt. Fill the glass with ice – I am really into crushed ice at the moment. In a cocktail shaker, combine the tequila, grand marnier, kiwi simple syrup and lime juice with ice, and shake for about 30 seconds. Pour over ice and squeeze in lime slices and add a few kiwi berries or kiwi chunks.
kiwi simple syrup
- Add the kiwi fruit to a food processor and blend until pureed. Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, whisking until the sugar dissolves. Turn off the heat and let the mixture cool. Once cool, add it to the food processor with the kiwi and blend until you have kiwi syrup! This can be stored in the fridge, sealed well, for a week or so.
- This recipe can be easily doubled, quadrupled, etc. Since everyone’s tastes differ, add simple syrup 1/4 cup at a time and go by your taste. I also suggest buying the lime juice if you plan on making a pitcher (or 2) considering you’d have to squeeze a billion limes to get enough juice.
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I wanna hug those berries.
85 Comments on “Kiwi Margaritas.”
Eeekkk! Love! I’ve been devouring kiwis lately too and making sangria’s with them. Because all fruits should just be turned into boozy drinks. Right? That’s normal I think. XO
Just saw kiwis in the store the other and couldn’t decide what to make with them, I guess I’ll just have to drink them ;) Sounds delicious and refreshing!!
Kiwi are always in abundance in Australia! Mostly they are used as it is or on top a fluffy pav however the the way the little seeds sparkle in this light green drink. It is almost like magic! Bring on the booze!
Can you include some party-friendly food in your upcoming lineup?? I have a menu to plan for our boxing match/cinco de mayo party (what?). So far I have avocados on the list. Yeah. I need heeeeellllllpppp!
I remember hating kiwis … it was a texture thing, I’m sure. Now, I can’t get enough of them — especially with how sweet they are this year!!
CHeers to thursday!
OMG those kiwis berries are killing me! So cute!
My fridge is literally loaded right now with overripe kiwis and I’m pretty sure that’s destiny whispering in my ear that I HAVE to make these green beauties this weekend. Totally flipping over the gorgeous green color!
Oh my gosh I actually had a conversation with someone about ask jeeves just the other day! How instead of entering keywords for a search you actually typed in a question. Anywho, I must now hunt down these kiwi berries, but if nothing else I will have to settle for regular ones cause this sounds wonderful.
Yeahhhh….these are happening! Love the photos, especially that back lit one!
What a neat idea! I’ve had my fair share of margs but never with kiwi–yum!
Oh my goodness, this looks SO good!!! I’m now mad at my Whole Foods for not carrying kiwi berries. I, also, refuse to eat kiwi skin. I’ve tried out of laziness and it literally tastes like you’re eating furry sand paper or something. Not cool.
On a non-creepy note, I totally wish I could see your search history on Ask Jeeves! I have a feeling it would be hilarious.
Man, kiwis seems so underappreciated in my book but I think these gorgeous margs will help right that! :)
Definitely the most fun way to eat green indeed! What a pretty drink!
kiwi berries!!! forgot about these guys.
and urghhh i am not down with fuzz either. i was in utter disbelief when i heard people eat the kiwi skin sometimes. i can’t even handle peach skins.
You had me at margarita….
I love kiwi! I must find those kiwi berries ASAP!
I would take this over a green smoothie any day :) so making this after we get back from Mexico!
I want all the Kiwi Margaritas! Thanks for sharing!!
I am SO agreeing with D; all of the above! These Kiwi Margaritas look soooo good, there will be one for sure in my hand very soon as long as Spring decides to show itself sometime soon. I need one of these margaritas while sitting in the sun on my deck. Now please. :)
AH! LOVE!
Except I completely OD’d on kiwi and grapefruit (blasphemous, I know) to the point of shredding my palate. I actually love kiwi seeds, that little crunch! And there will no eating kiwi fuzz; ugh; I can not believe people do that.
Wow! This is what I’m talking about when it comes to green juice. Screw Jamba! Lol You’ve inspired me to get a little more creative with my cocktails, as I tend to stick with the classics — Old Fashioned, Martini & Manhattan.
Btw, you really threw me back with that Ask Jeeves joke.
Can these be made frozen?
Yep, I totally used Ask Jeeves in my college years. How times change right? Those were the Napster days too.
This is ALMOST too pretty to drink, it’s such a pretty green. I also really have to try the kiwi cucumber gin fizz, sounds fantastic.
Yes please on the nachos. You can never have enough nacho recipes in your back pocket. I saw kiwi berries at the Whole Foods in my neck of the woods last weekend. They were so adorable but I mustered up all the will power I had and left them sitting there. Poor little berries. Now I have a reason to load them up into my cart.
Holy yum, these look fan-freaking-tastic! Kiwi margs? I die. Twice.
These look amazing!! I have been on the hunt for those little kiwi berries but I can’t find them anywhere! I cannot handle that creepy kiwi fuzz either so they are right up my alley!
ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?!?!? I looooooove fruity margaritas (and regular ones) but I never thought of doing a kiwi one ….. YOU’RE A GENIUS AND I LOVE YOU. I need to make this happen over the weekend.
Oh wow! More reason to drink green. This looks so refreshing and tasty. I can’t wait to make these for my girlfriends on our next ladies night!
Kiwis are so underrated and under-utilized. I love you for this.
oooh that IS the perfect green, I am in love! I have also been seeing these little kiwi berries around, but have always been confused about what they even are; I mean are they kiwis or are they not?? Anyways, you have given me the motivation to give them a try, so cheers to that! x Motte
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THE KIWI BERRIES! So perfect. These photos are gorgeous and I want one (three?) of these even though I’m really cold right now.
Man, I thought those were GIANT margaritas but it turns out they’re actually tiny kiwis! (All things are better in miniature though. Cos then you can eat like, 12. They’re mini! They don’t count!)
You found kiwi berries in the Spring?! And you’re making Margarita’s with them?!?! If I didn’t love you already, I certainly do now. Kiwi Berries remind me of juicy fruit.
Thanks, now I need to find them. I’m on a quest.
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Kiwi berries?! They’re an actual thing?! My life is forever changed. <3
yum, sounds refreshing!
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This is DEFINITELY my kind of green juice too. And um hello, ask jeeves was my jam. I askied him EVERYTHING. Can’t wait to try these out!!
This looks seriously delicious!!!! Gahh!!!
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I can’t even imagine how much fun it would be to share all these drinks with all my imaginary internet friends. Let’s hang out at the beach and work our way through an entire jar of kiwi syrup. It’s hot in my house, and I need this! Genius!
Yumm!!
And what gorgeous photos!!
These. Are. Genius.
I am totally throwing my friends (errrr, myself) a margarita party with these beauties and my Blood Orange Margaritas:
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Thank you for being such an inspiration!
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You are a genius!
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