Last updated on August 8th, 2017 at 11:40 am
The Ultimate Mojito! It’s slushy! It’s yummy! Oh yeah!
It’s my husband’s birthday and I decided to make some mojitos. I love mojitos, mojitos are now my favorite cocktail drink. They were really refreshing and minty and really hit the spot. 🙂
Mojitos are traditionally from Cuba and are not really very strong. They have simple ingredients like rum, sugar, lime juice, mint and club soda. Now there are several versions of mojitos and I remember once I was at a restaurant and I had ordered a strawberry mojito, you might think that’s a bit weird, but let me tell you it was amazing. Even though it was strawberry, it was still very minty. Anyway the version I chose to make today, is more of the traditional mojito, with a small twist, I blended the mint with the sugar, ice cubes and lime juice, for a more minty flavor. It was truly delicious and super minty.
The Ultimate Mojito
Ingredients
- 8 sprigs of mint leaves only
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- zest from one lime
- 4 cups of ice
- 1 cup rum
- 2 cups club soda
Instructions
- In a blender add the mint leaves, lime zest, lime juice, sugar and 2 cups of the ice. Blend well until it's all slushy.
- To the blender, add the remaining ice, rum and club soda. Stir well and serve.
Riya says
February 22, 2017 at 5:16 amVery refreshing..
Riya says
February 22, 2017 at 5:15 amSperb.. It’s looking so refreshing. I am sure that, it is tasty to. I would love to make it.
Susan says
May 5, 2016 at 1:46 pmThese look so tasty! Do you think they would work without using a blender? I’m hoping to bring extra ingredients to a party in case we run out, but we won’t have a blender on hand. Thanks so much!
Joanna Cismaru says
May 5, 2016 at 1:58 pmOh for sure, I just used a blender because I wanted to blend the mint to get more of a minty flavor, but yeah you can just add the leaves whole and just stir everything together well.
Kendra Hundt says
April 2, 2016 at 11:21 amI think you should call this a Jojito! Love your blog, you make me a better cook thus wife and mommy!
Joanna Cismaru says
April 2, 2016 at 12:55 pmLOL Love the name!
Judy says
January 26, 2014 at 3:56 amNever had a mohita.
I’ve only got an unopened 30 year old bottle of bacardi rum. Have your eyes popped out of your head or something? It was the time of the rum and cokes and my dad brought/bought me a bottle but I’d stopped drinking.
Can limes be frozen as they are dear Jo?
🙂
jo says
January 26, 2014 at 6:20 amLOL, Judy you make me laugh! Yes limes can be frozen, you can cut them in quarters and place them in a ziploc bag and freeze them.
Ida says
April 14, 2012 at 7:54 pmI was wondering,can this be made without the sugar? Otherwise it looks delish!
jo says
April 14, 2012 at 8:29 pmYou can, but it won’t taste the same, we forgot to add the sugar once and it just mostly tasted like lime and mint. You can definitely cut down on the sugar, it just needs a bit of sweetness.
Tes says
July 25, 2011 at 8:06 amI want this! It looks so fresh and perfect for a party 🙂
Year on the Grill says
July 24, 2011 at 1:15 pmOh, very pretty