Easy fresh strawberry daiquiri recipe
This easy fresh strawberry daiquiri recipe is icy cold, tart and sweet, refreshing, and full of strawberry flavor. No mixes – just fresh, ripe strawberries, lime juice, simple syrup, rum and ice. It comes together from start to finish in less than 10 minutes, and this recipe makes enough for 6.
I’ll give you variations and substitutions where I can, plus helpful tips and tricks for success. Read on for this info as well as the recipe. If you’d like to skip straight to the recipe, use the jump to recipe button at the top of the post.
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Strawberry daiquiri recipe
This strawberry daiquiri with fresh strawberries is incredibly easy and you can make a big batch for summer parties. The drink comes together in about 5 minutes. If you can plan ahead, make the simple syrup the day before and let it cool down in the fridge.
Strawberry daiquiris are one of the most quintessential summer cocktails. A splash of lime juice, a bit of simple syrup and some ice are added to a blender with ripe summer strawberries to make a delicious and refreshing beverage.
It’s so simple, you’ll wonder why you haven’t been making them this way all along. Just berries, rum, simple syrup, and a splash of lime juice blended with some ice, and you are well on your way to one of the best things you can put in a glass.
What you need to know
This is the best strawberry daiquiri recipe. If you’ve never had a homemade strawberry daiquiri made from actual strawberries, then you are in for a treat.
I would suggest making the simple syrup a few hours ahead of time, if possible. Adding warm liquid to the blender with ice will end up making the drink water instead of icy.
You could easily add in different berries and make variations of this drink. Swap in blackberries for half of the strawberries, for example. You could also layer this drink with my mango daiquiri for a really tasty beverage.
Fresh strawberry daiquiri recipe ingredients
- Strawberries – Fresh, ripe summer strawberries are the main flavor of this fresh strawberry daiquiri.
- Rum – Daiquiris are traditionally made with white (silver) rum.
- Lime juice – I prefer the flavor of fresh lime juice to the bottled stuff. It has a brighter, fresher flavor.
- Simple syrup – A mixture of sugar and water cooked together.
- Ice – Use crushed ice, if possible, to help your blender along.
How to make a fresh strawberry daiquiri
Here’s a quick summary of how to make this fresh strawberry daiquiri. Please see the recipe card at the bottom of this post for the full recipe.
- Prep – Wash and hull your strawberries. Combine sugar and water in a small pot to make simple syrup. Ideally, you’ll make the syrup ahead of time, so it can cool completely.
- Add strawberries, lime juice, rum, ice and simple syrup to a blender. Blend until smooth.
- Crushed ice goes in last, in batches if necessary, and blended until slushy.
- Serve immediately – this fresh strawberry daiquiri is super simple and dangerously good.
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FAQ’s
Rum is the traditional spirit used in daiquiris. You can substitute vodka if you prefer it.
Silver, or white rum, is the best rum to use for daiquiris because of it’s light flavor.
Yep! To make it ahead of time, blend it all up in the blender, then either pour it into ice cube trays, or into plastic zip-top freezer bags. You can pop the “daiquiri ice cubes” into the blender and blend it up again until it’s the perfect consistency.
I’d recommend adding a little liquid (water, rum, lime juice) to the blender along with a few “daiquiri ice cubes” to get the mixture going so you don’t damage your blender motor.
Variations and substitutions
- To make a strawberry daiquiri mocktail – Omit the rum and add an extra cup of strawberries. If you are planning ahead, put those strawberries into the freezer for an hour or two. It will help to keep your drink frozen and give it that icy goodness, plus it amps up the strawberry flavor. Punching up the flavor in a virgin drink is always a good idea.
- Try swapping half of the strawberries with blueberries or raspberries for a fun variation.
- Mix it up! Make my cherry or mango daiquiri and layer them in the glass.
Serving suggestions
Frozen drinks, like a strawberry daiquiri, call for fun cocktail umbrellas.
I like to serve this drink in these pretty hand blown Mexican glasses with a cobalt rim. The glasses I have came home with me from Mexico about 30 years ago. These are as close to that as I could find.
Serve these cocktails with a few of our favorite appetizers to really get the party going.
- Heirloom tomato bruschetta
- Garlic shrimp (gambas al ajillo)
- Grilled tomato bread
Helpful tools and equipment
- The best blender for daiquiris – I have a Vitamix, that I love and swear by, but they are expensive. We also own a Ninja. It works great and is more affordable.
- Cocktail jigger – The same jigger that I own.
- Citrus juicer – If you have arthritis or not a lot of strength in your hands, this is a great juicer. I have this exact one and it is super easy to use and clean.
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Fresh strawberry daiquiri recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
For the simple syrup
- 1 cup water 240mL
- 1 cup sugar 200g
For the fresh strawberry daiquiris
- 4 cups strawberries hulled & halved / about 600g
- 1 cup white rum 240mL / *adjust to your preferences
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice 60mL / adjust to your preferences
- ½ cup simple syrup 120mL / add more or less depending on how sweet you like your drink
- 2 cups crushed ice 480g
Instructions
Make the simple syrup
- In a small sauce pot, combine water and sugar over medium low heat. Stir frequently until sugar has completely dissolved.
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Pour into an airtight container and refrigerate. This is best done ahead, so the syrup has time to cool.
Make daiquiris
- Add strawberries, rum, lime juice and simple syrup to blender.
- Blend on low speed for about 10 seconds, or until fairly smooth.
- Add half of the crushed ice and blend on medium speed and until it starts to come together, then add remaining cup of ice and blend until slushy. (Unless you have a powerful blender, you could risk damaging the motor of your blender if you dump the ice in all at once. It also may not blend properly, so it's best to do it in batches)
Notes
- The number of servings will depend on the size of your glassware. I have smaller glasses, so I get about 6 drinks out of this recipe.
- For the sugar rim: If you want to make a sugared rim like the photo – Place half a cup of sugar on a small plate, wet the rim of a glass with a wedge of lime, then dip it into the sugar on the plate, tapping lightly in the sugar to get a good coating. Pull straight up out of the sugar, don’t twist, so you don’t knock any off and set it aside to dry a little before filling your glasses.
- I prefer silver rum for this cocktail, it is not aged (or aged less than a year) and is lighter in taste than other rums.
- A standard shot (jigger) is 1 1/2 ounces, but many shot glasses, mine included, have one ounce on the small end and 2 ounces on the larger end. So, if you want to measure the rum with a jigger, make sure you know the size of yours, so you can measure accurately.
- I recommend using FRESH lime juice instead of the bottled stuff. It will completely change the taste of your cocktail.
- This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled if you are serving a large group. Depending on the size of your blender, you may need to do it in batches.
- Adjust the amount of sugar to your tastes – berries vary in sweetness. Some may be sweeter than others, so taste your drink and adjust as necessary.
Nutrition
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Originally published 8/15/12, most recent update 6/6/25.
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I don’t recall ever having a daiquiri. I love strawberries so I know this will be a big hit with me.
These are awesome! Great recipe!
Thank you, Louise! I’m so glad you like them! 🙂