PREP TIME 5 min
Cocktail umbrellas? Check! Colorful garlands and leis? Check! We’re dishing up all the island–style tiki vibes with this cocktail as it’s full of tropical flavor. So, line up the Hawaiian playlist, invite your friends and get ready to hula.
You’ll have everyone going with the Honolulu flow with this easy Blue Hawaiian cocktail recipe. Let’s get shaking:
Pour the rum into a cocktail shaker with a good handful of ice.
Add the blue curaçao, cream of coconut and pineapple and lemon juices.
Shake until icy cold and strain into a hurricane glass filled with crushed ice.
Garnish with the pineapple wedge, cherry and the brightest cocktail umbrella.
Looking for a few twists on the original? We’ve got them all:
While both cocktails are shaken with blue curaçao and pineapple juice, one look through the hurricane glass and it’s easy to tell the difference between the Blue Hawaiian cocktail and the Blue Hawaii cocktail! The former is creamy with coconut while the latter is clear without.
Our Blue Hawaiian cocktail recipe creates a creamy, sweet coconut cocktail that looks more like a Piña Colada with a touch of blue. The Blue Hawaii cocktail recipe however makes a clear, fruity cocktail without creamy coconut. Vodka is added to the rum base with a sweet and sour mix.
The Blue Hawaii cocktail recipe is super simple. Split the Wray and Nephew rum equally with Skyy vodka, pouring ¾ ounce each. Reduce the blue curaçao by ½ ounce and add bit more pineapple juice (3 ounces). Add 1 ounce of sweet and sour mix or simple syrup with a squeeze of fresh lime. Then shake and strain over fresh crushed ice and garnish with pineapple.
The Blue Hawaii cocktail first arrived on the scene in the late 50s, when legendary Honolulu bartender, Harry Lee, was given a bottle of the blue curaçao to play with by a visiting rep punting versatility of the Lahara citrus peel-infused spirit. The Blue Hawaiian cocktail recipe is probably a riff on the original Blue Hawaii cocktail. 10/10, would recommend both!
Island-style cocktails are a vibe. If you don’t like Piña Colada, here are a few tiki cocktails for inspiration, we’re talking the Mai Tai, the Halekulani and Rum Punch. Got you in a tropical mood? Grab a few palm leaves and faux hibiscus flowers, decorate a home bar and throw a party.
