Frozen Bing cherry daiquiri recipe

This frozen cherry daiquiri recipe is made with fresh Bing cherries and only has a handful of ingredients – fresh cherries, lime juice, simple syrup and ice. It’s a bit like a cherry limeade slush for grownups. Make the most of summer with these delicious fresh cherry recipes.

A strawberry daiquiri is THE daiquiri recipe that everyone knows and loves, but let me tell you, this cherry version is absolutely fantastic! This ruby red fruit is only in season for a short time, so grab them while you can and fire up that blender.

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Fresh cherry daiquiri

Happy hours at home call for cocktails with little paper drink umbrellas. I know they are silly, but I love them.

A simple drink becomes a fun cocktail with the addition of a drink umbrella and a bit of garnish. Speaking of, do you see that sparkle on the rim of the glass?

These cherry cocktails are served in a sugar-rimmed glass and it makes them feel like a fancy restaurant drink.

Here’s how you do it: Put about a quarter of a cup of sugar on a small plate, then cut a few wedges of lime. Use a wedge of lime to wet the edges of the rim, then turn the glass upside down and dip it into the sugar.

Tap the glass lightly a few times in the sugar, then pull straight up. You can twist gently if you need to cover a bare spot. It’s natural to want to twist the glass all over the place, but sometimes that can accidently knock the sugar off.

Turn the glass over and set it on the counter to dry for a few minutes before you fill it with the cherry daiquiri.

Ingredients

To make this cherry daiquiri recipe, you’ll only need a handful of ingredients.

• White rum – This is the traditional alcohol in a daiquiri recipe.
• Ice – Use crushed ice to give your blender a head start.
• Fresh lime juice – Please, please don’t use the bottled stuff.
• Simple syrup – I use this in everything from cocktails to iced tea.
• Fresh cherries – Remove pits and stems, then toss right into the blender!

If you made my mango daiquiri recipe recently, then you should have some simple syrup left over. If not, no worries – it’s equal parts sugar & water simmered together for a few minutes until the sugar dissolves. Easy peasy.

Best blender for daiquiris

My favorite blender, and the one I own that is pictured below, is a Vitamix. It is not an inexpensive blender, but it is the same one we use in professional kitchens.

The reason for that is because this thing can handle anything that you throw at it. From silky puréed soups to a frozen cherry daiquiri, it does the job beautifully and the motor lasts forever, meaning you’ll likely never have to replace it.

Daiquiri FAQ’s

Serve in these clear old-fashioned glasses and garnish with a fresh cherry. Here’s a little secret – I used 4″ wooden skewers to prop the cherry up in the drink. I use these skewers all the time for recipes like this queso fundido chicken.

Can I make this into a mocktail?

If you are serving someone who doesn’t drink alcohol, or you want to make cherry limeade slushies for the littles, here’s how you can make this drink into a mocktail – omit the rum and replace with equals parts lime juice and simple syrup, or cherry juice.

To keep it icy, put an extra cup of fresh cherries in the freezer for about an hour. This will serve two purposes, actually. Keeping the drinks frozen and also it gives even more cherry flavor. Punching up the fruit flavor in a virgin drink is always a good idea.

Cocktail recipes

In addition to this cherry daiquiri, here are a few more of our favorite libation recipes!

• Cherry coconut rum slush
• Wine spritzer with strawberries and cherries
• Blueberry spritzer with white wine
• Mint Julep kombucha cocktail
• Rosé sangria with summer fruits

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