Fresh strawberry daiquiri recipe

4.52 from 39 votes

This easy fresh strawberry daiquiri recipe is made from fresh strawberries and has only five ingredients.

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Total Time10

Course: Cocktails

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 284kcal

Author: Cheryl Bennett

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

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.

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)

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.