We’ve all enjoyed a rum and coke also known as a Cuba Libre, but next time you’re mixing drinks and someone asks for one, try this variation instead. This drink packs a quicker punch, so keep your eye on the drinker. You don’t want to find them asleep in your cat box when you’re cleaning up.
Learn how to make it

Doesn’t get more “colorful” than this one. If you’re going for that almost off-worldly, kitschy, hotel-bar vibe, then the Blue Hawaiian’s your drink. Far too blue for a traditional tiki mug, this one’s best served in a tulip style cocktail glass or anything see-thru. You’ll want to show this one off as you’re sipping; kind of like parking a new car in the drive.

Here we go –

• 1 oz Light Rum
• 1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
• 2 oz Pineapple juice
• 1 oz Crème’ of Coconut

Blend above ingredients in blender with around a cup of cracked ice. Pour into glass and garnish with a pineapple chunk & cherry tooth-picked together.

I found this recipe on the excellent Hawaiian Drinks blog, tikidrinks.blogspot.com. I like this version more than the one we have up on site (hopefully, this one will be joining the original). When you entertain or just go out to your driveway or balcony to have a cocktail, moonlight and madness have a way of finding you, and you’re soon and suddenly surrounded by people wanting to join you. This is just how it works. You can make a pitcher of Planters Punch and keep it in the fridge. I enjoy this drink over ice in a tiki mug or over ice in a tall, pretty glass. Delicious and deadly.

Here we go – (batch accordingly)

• 2 oz Dark Rum
• ½ oz lime juice
• 2 oz pineapple juice
• 2 oz orange juice
• 1/ oz Roses Grenadine juice
• Club Soda to fill if desired and it does provide a nice effervescence.

Mix everything together and pour over ice in a tall glass, garnish with an orange slice & cherry picked together.