The past ten days have been an absolute whirlwind. I’ve traveled over a thousand miles by car and been tied to a computer for days. This weekend, I hope to take it easy; plans include a visit to the farmers’ market, pilates, and clinking fresh cocktails with friends.
These cocktails are a seasonal spin on the classic mojito. I suspect any sweet summer fruit would make a great mojito mixer, but cherries seem particularly well suited. The slight sweetness of the rainier variety mixes well with mint. Bing cherries might be even better, but I haven’t had a chance to try. If you do, please let me know!
Rainier Cherry Mojito
- Author: Cookie and Kate
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 cocktail 1x
- Category: Cocktail
This rainier cherry mojito recipe is so refreshing. It’s a naturally sweet cocktail that’s perfect for hot summer days.
Ingredients
Per cocktail
- 8 cherries
- Small handful fresh mint leaves
- ½ lime, juiced
- 1 teaspoon cane sugar or raw (turbinado) sugar
- 1 ½ ounces white rum (Myer’s is my favorite)
- Club soda
Instructions
- In a mixing glass, thoroughly muddle cherries, mint, lime juice and sugar.
- Stir the rum into the mixture.
- Fill a collins glass with ice and pour your mixture into the glass. Top it off with club soda.
- Mix by pouring the drink back into your mixing glass, then back into your drinking glass.
- Sip. Relax. Enjoy.
Notes
Recipe inspired by Sprouted Kitchen’s rainier cherry muddler.
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This is the third post in my summer cocktails series (and my only post this week—sorry!). Don’t miss my first cocktail, the beautiful red bell, or last week’s strawberry smash!
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chinmayie
OMG!! Why do you do this to me!! lol… I love every single cocktail recipe you post!!! I want one of these sooo badly right now! I think I will fix myself a drink… with whatever I have at home :)
Katrina
This drink looks dreamy! Perfect for summer!
Jeanette
looks delicious! :) i have been wanting make a strawberry basil mojito after trying (and living) it at a cafe! do you have a recipe for that?!
xo jeanette
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kate
Strawberry basil mojitos sound delicious! I think it would just be a matter of combining elements from the rainier cherry mojito with the strawberry smash (https://cookieandkate.com/2011/strawberry-smash-cocktail/). Muddle strawberries, basil, mint, lime juice and a teaspoon of turbanado sugar, add 1.5 to 2 ounces of white rum, pour into a glass with ice, top with club soda, and mix! Maybe I’ll make a post out of it!
Jeanette
sounds great! thank you! :)
Lindsay @CookVeganLo
Great recipe! Glad it isn’t full of sugar!
sara
looks so great! I love the glass too ;)
Jane
Wow, this look so good! It looks like a Pimm’s Cup, my favorite cocktail. :) The cherries are incredible this time of year.
xo Jane
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paula hennig
I’m in love with rainer cherries right now and trying to eat as many as possible before they got out of season. Love this drink!!
tiina
I’m a new reader of your blog – hi, nice to meet you! :) I absolutely love your posts, and this looks gorgeous! Love the idea of cherries in a drink like this.
Julie @ Texan New Yo
Thanks so much for this recipe! There aren’t enough out there for Rainier cherries, which are of course, so delicious. This mojito was fantastic. I made it this weekend and blogged it today. So lovely!
-Julie
Wendy
These are yummy! I had two last night with the Rainiers from the farmers market and some mint I happened to have. Instead of raw sugar, I used a bit of simple syrup I made last week. I love mojitos, but the cherries took them to another level. Thank you!
Kate
Happy to hear it! Thanks, Wendy!
Kay B
Loved the cherry drink!I had a cherry pitter so it made it easy!
5 stars!
Kate
I’m excited you loved it, Kay!