This Frozen Strawberry Mule is made with fresh mint and frozen strawberries and is the perfect slushie drink to help you cool down in the summer heat. Just make two or a pitcher to share with friends!
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🌟Why You'll Love this Recipe
- A fruity twist on the classic Moscow mule. Adding frozen fruit not only makes these frozen mules fresher tasting but also sweeter!
- Easy to make for a crowd. The original recipe makes two cocktails, but if you are serving a crowd, increase the measurements as needed and make a pitcher! You can also serve Piña Coladas with Dark Rum to your guests!
- Easy to customize. Adjust the flavor of your cocktail to suit your taste buds and liquor cabinet.
🥘Ingredients and Substitutions
- Frozen strawberries- using frozen strawberries is essential to achieving the slushie texture that's similar to a frozen margarita. Frozen strawberries also help achieve the ice-cold temperature that's perfect for summer drinks and warmer weather.
- Ginger beer- ginger beer is a non-alcoholic carbonated soda made from spicy ginger and sugar that is fermented with yeast. I like to use Q Ginger Beer Mixers, but you can use any brand of ginger beer available at your local grocer.
- Vodka- Tito's and Grey Goose are popular vodkas that work well in making homemade cocktails, but your favorite brand will work.
- Mint - fresh mint balances the flavor of the sweet strawberries and the spicy ginger beer perfectly. It also makes for a beautiful garnish. Try using leftover mint in my Cucumber Mojito with Vodka.
See the recipe card below for the remaining ingredients and quantities.
Variations
- Substitute the vodka - Moscow mules are typically made with vodka, but don't be afraid to substitute the vodka and make your frozen moscow mule with tequila, whiskey or bourbon.
- Switch up the frozen fruit - Frozen strawberries make a pretty pink frozen moscow mule, but any frozen fruits will work, too. Try peaches, blackberries, or a blend of tropical fruits for a tropical frozen moscow mule.
- No frozen fruit on hand? Freeze fresh strawberries until frozen, a few hours. Or, make your strawberry mule with muddled fresh fruit and serve over ice.
- Substitute ginger ale for the ginger beer - Ginger beer makes for a spicier, stronger-flavored mule, but ginger ale can be substituted in a pinch. It lends a similar, carbonated hint of ginger.
- Make it a virgin moscow mule - Simply leave out the vodka and enjoy a strawberry lime mule.
🔪Instructions
Step 1: Add ingredients to blender. Start with two cups of frozen strawberries and add more if you want a thicker, sweeter strawberry mule.
Step 2: Blend until smooth. The goal here is to achieve a slushie-like consistency without over-blending. Serve and garnish with additional fresh mint leaves. Enjoy immediately while frozen.
💭Recipe FAQs
I like to use plain vodka in homemade mules, but strawberry vodka would enhance the fruity flavor and be extra nice here. You could also use a mint-infused vodka for an extra fresh, spicy mule.
Original mules are slightly sweet from the ginger beer soda, but this strawberry version is even sweeter from the frozen fruit. However, if you want an even sweeter strawberry moscow mule, add honey or maple syrup to taste.
Yes, you can easily scale up the recipe to make a larger batch. Multiply the ingredient quantities by the number of cocktails you want to make and everything to a blender.
I recommend preparing the strawberry mules just before serving otherwise they can lose their slushy consistency. You can however blend it beforehand and store it in the freezer. Just give it a stir before serving to break up any chunks.
👩🏻🍳Top Tips
- Use a high-powered blender. High-powered blenders are much more powerful and capable of blending frozen drinks quickly without heating them up. This is essential to making the best frozen drinks at home.
- Add additional mint, ginger beer and lime juice to taste. As with any cocktail, adjust the ingredients called for to taste. If you want a spicier ginger beer vodka cocktail, add additional ginger beer. If you want a tarter frozen moscow mule, add additional lime juice.
- Chill the vodka and ginger beer before blending. This will help result in a colder drink.
- Serve immediately after blending to avoid melting. Freeze glasses to keep the cocktails colder for longer.
🍓Serving
Fruity frozen moscow mules pair well with many snacks and appetizers, and protein-rich meals. Serve with air fryer potato wedges, tomato and strawberry salad, air-fried ribs and steak caesar salad.
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🍳Recipe
Frozen Strawberry Mule
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen strawberries
- 3 ounces vodka
- 2 limes juiced
- 1 ½ cups ginger beer
- 5-6 mint leaves
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend on high until smooth.
- Pour into two cocktail glasses and serve with a lime wedge and mint garnish.
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Notes
- Use a high-powered blender. High-powered blenders are much more powerful and capable of blending frozen drinks quickly without heating them up. This is essential to making the best frozen drinks at home.
- Add additional mint, ginger beer and lime juice to taste. As with any cocktail, adjust the ingredients called for to taste. If you want a spicier ginger beer vodka cocktail, add additional ginger beer. If you want a tarter frozen moscow mule, add additional lime juice.
- Chill the vodka and ginger beer before blending. This will help result in a colder drink.
- Serve immediately after blending to avoid melting. Freeze glasses to keep the cocktails colder for longer.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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