The Perfect Apple Margarita Recipe (with apple cider!)
If you are looking for the best fall margarita, you have to make yourself this apple margarita recipe. It's crisp, sweet, and the perfect drink for this time of year.
Ingredients
- 2 oz tequila
- .5 oz triple sec
- .5 oz maple syrup
- 3 oz apple cider
Instructions
- On a plate, place a pinch of ground cinnamon and brown sugar. Mix together.
- Using honey, maple syrup, or lemon juice, wet the rim of your margarita glass. Dip the rim of the glass in your cinnamon-brown sugar mix. This'll give you your cinnamon sugar rim.
- In a cocktail shaker, add your tequila, apple cider, triple sec, and maple syrup.
- Add ice and shake until the cocktail shaker is frosted.
- Strain into your rimmed margarita glass over ice.
- Garnish and cheers!
Notes
How to make this into a batched cocktail
You can easily make this into a batched cocktail and turn it into a Thanksgiving margarita. This makes 10 margaritas.- In a margarita pitcher, add in 2.5 cups of tequila, 2.5 cups of apple cider, 5 oz of triple sec, and 3-5 oz of maple syrup (depending on preference.)
- Place pitcher in the fridge and once you're ready to serve add 6 oz. into a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice, and strain into prepared glass, garnish, and cheers!
Substitutions and variations
Reposado Tequila. Reposado tequila is an aged tequila so if you want to give your margarita an extra level of flavor, that would resemble an old-fashioned almost, try this with reposado. Triple Sec Substitution. If you don't have triple sec, you can use fresh orange juice or lemon juice.Garnish ideas
Here are some easy garnish ideas for this apple cider margarita recipe.- Cinnamon sticks
- Star anise
- Apple slices