Pumpkin spice margaritas
Pumpkin spice margaritas are a delightful easy fall cocktail to make. They are a little sweet, a little spicy and the perfect kick to a cold night. Made with an easy homemade pumpkin simple syrup that can be used in cocktails or coffee drinks.
These pumpkin spice margaritas are the best way to crack open your first can of pumpkin of the season. There is something about that first sip of a pumpkin drink (my fav is a pumpkin cream cold brew) that makes it really feel like Fall. If you’re on the hunt for the best pumpkin spice margarita, look no further.
These pumpkin margaritas are made with an easy pumpkin spice syrup, tequila and fresh lime juice.
I love making a batch of these and a 5 layer dip or my friend Eden’s Queso nachos on Sunday’s while watching football. They also make for a great girls night carving pumpkins and re-watching Twilight (iykyk).
ingredients in a pumpkin spice margarita
- Pumpkin spice syrup: brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, pumpkin puree
- Fresh lime juice
- Tequila: Banco or Reposado work great
- Cointreau or orange liqueur
how to make a pumpkin margarita:
make the pumpkin spice simple syrup
The pumpkin spice margaritas are made with a homemade pumpkin spice simple syrup. In a small saucepan add water, canned pumpkin puree, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg and simmer on the stove until syrupy.
Bonus: this syrup makes your house smell amazing. Try using it in your morning coffee or drizzled on some pumpkin pancakes.
add ingredients in your cocktail shaker
- Rim a rocks glass with cinnamon sugar
- Fill a shaker with ice
- Add pumpkin spice simple syrup, lime juice, tequila and cointreau
- Shake until shaker tin is very cold
- Strain into a rocks glass
great fall cocktails to try:
- Apple Cider Margaritas
- Maple Old Fashioned
- Caramel Apple Sangria
- Big Batch Bourbon Apple Cider Smash
pumpkin spice recipes to try this fall:
Wondering what to do with the remaining pumpkin puree? Try these pumpkin recipes:
Pumpkin Spice Margaritas
ingredients
For pumpkin simple syrup:
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp cinnamon ground
- 1-2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tsp ginger ground
- ¼ tsp cloves ground
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 4 tbsp unsweetened pumpkin puree canned
For margarita:
- 2 fl oz tequila blanco or reposado
- ½ fl oz cointreau or orange liquor
- ½ fl oz fresh lime juice
- 1 fl oz pumpkin spice syrup
- 1 dehydrated orange wheel or lime wheel for garnish
- 2 cups ice
instructions
For pumpkin spice simple syrup
- In a small saucepan add granulated sugar, brown sugar, water, cinnamon, cinnamon sticks, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and pumpkin purèe. Stir together and bring to a simmer.
- Turn the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and strain through a fine mesh sieve or cheese cloth into an air tight container to cool completely.
For margarita:
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add tequila, cointreau or orange liquor, lime juice and homemade pumpkin simple syrup.
- Seal the top and shake the cocktail shaker until the outside is very cold. Strain into a low ball or margarita glass filled with fresh ice.
- Garnish with a fresh lime wheel or dehydrated orange wheel.
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