Top 10 Coconut Rum Drinks with Recipes

As an addition to your festive mood for a Halloween, or Christmas party, homemade coconut rum drinks are a smart choice. Trying cocktails, like coconut rum Mojito, coconut rum with martini or Bacardi, tequila, pina colada in summer is worth it. Here are a few such easy ideas.

Top 10 Coconut Rum Drinks with Recipes

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Coconut Rum Drinks

1. Jamaican Sunset Short Drink

Throw a few ice cubes in a tall glass and pour in 3 oz of orange pineapple juice with 2 oz of Malibu (or you can also try other coconut rum brands including Don Q Coco, Ricardo, Parrot Bay, Calico Jack, Koloa, etc.), ½ oz sangria. Stir mix. Drizzle in some grenadine (pomegranate syrup) carefully. Top with cherries and orange slices. Serve instantly.

With a little alteration, you can also make the Malibu Tortuga. For that, just replace the orange pineapple juice with 10 oz lemonade. For this one, you don’t need the layers. Just mix well and serve.

Jamaican Sunset Short Drink with Coconut Rum

2. Low calorie Daiquiri Slushie with Lemonade

Pour coconut rum, Kahlua and ginger ale (alternately, tequila, sweet Cruzan, peach schnapps, or vanilla vodka) ½ oz each, and ¾ oz Blue Curacao (or Triple sec) orange liqueur in a margarita glass. Mix ½ tsp of lemon juice. Fill the rest with Malibu fizzy pink lemonade. Stir mix. Decorate with lemon wedges.

Daiquiri Slushie Drink made with Coconut Rum and Lemonade

3. Mixed Fruit Smoothie with Banana and Pineapple

Make a puree of 2 ripe bananas and 1 cup crushed pineapple. Now, add 3 oz Malibu, 1 cup canned coconut cream, juice of half a lime and crushed ice (as needed) and blend until smooth. Transfer into a pitcher and freeze for 15 minutes. Pour into glasses and garnish with mint and pineapple or lime slices.

If you want this tropical drink without pineapple or banana, you can always choose from mango, raspberry, cranberry, etc. Either way, addition of fruit pulp makes this drink healthy.

Banana Pineapple Coconut Rum Mixed Smoothie

4. Coconut Rum and Chocolate Milk Punch

Take butterscotch and chocolate milk ½ oz each, 2 oz of cold espresso and 1 oz of coconut rum in a cocktail shaker. Pour the mix in an old fashioned glass and sprinkle with chocolate powder. Serve chilled.

Chocolate Milk Punch Made with Coconut Rum

5. Simple Mojito with Coconut Rum

Lightly mash 5 6 mint leaves, 2 slices of lemon, and 1 tsp white sugar in a broad glass. Add 1 oz of coconut rum and stir mix. Do not strain. Pour a few ice cubes and add carbonated water over it. Serve with a lemon slice on top.

Simple Mojito Recipe with Coconut Rum

6. Quick Mixed Party Shots with Irish Cream

This one serves 50. First keep 12.5 oz of frozen Bailey’s Irish cream ready. Now, mix together Malibu coconut rum, banana liqueur, melon liqueur 25 oz each. Before you serve the shots to your guests, just drop a tiny bit of the Irish cream on top.

Coconut Rum Party Shot with Irish Cream

7. Puerto Rican Dark Eggnog Using Coconut Rum

Blend 6 eggs and ¾ bottle coconut rum at high speed. Next, lower speed and blend with it 14 oz evaporated milk, 10 oz condensed milk, 2 3 oz liquid dark chocolate, 1 tbsp vanilla and a cup of brandy. Serve chilled in short, wide mugs.

Dark Eggnog Made with Coconut Rum

8. White and Coconut Rum Cocktail with Vodka

In a glass, shake thoroughly ¼ oz coconut rum, ½ oz white rum, 1 oz vodka, and 1 or 2 splashes of grenadine. Fill the rest of the glass with pineapple juice. Garnish with a piece of raw coconut and pineapple.

Vodka-White Rum-Coconut Rum Mixed Drink

9. Instant Coconut Rum Red Shooter

Mix coconut rum, After Shock liqueur, and lime juice ½ oz each in a shot glass. Shoot it chilled.

Instant Coconut Rum Red Shooter

10. 2-Ingredient Coconut Rum Drink Recipe

Pour ice cubes and 20 oz of Coke (or Sprite) in a broad glass. Top the drink with 1 oz of coconut rum and mix gently.

Coconut Rum and Coke 2-Ingredient Drink

So, here you found out how many refreshing drinks you can make with Coconut rum! Although you can always go to your nearest tiki bar for some hot 90 proof drinks, but trying them at home is now an option.