Today, I’m excited to share my recipe for homemade margarita mix. It’s insanely easy to make (with only two ingredients, plus water!).
The difference between homemade margarita mix and something you buy at the store is kind of insane, though. Sometimes the store-bought mixes can be syrupy and gross. Homemade tastes SO much fresher.
Related: Homemade Old Fashioned Mix, Frozen Margarita, Homemade Sour Mix, Pina Colada Mix, Simple Syrup Recipe, Margarita (from scratch), Skinny Margarita, Mojito, Green Tea Shot.
Totally worth the effort! Here’s the quick little video I made showing exactly how to make your own margarita mix and margarita.
Homemade Margarita Mix Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup fresh lime juice (about 10 limes)
Squeeze the lime juice into a bowl or measuring cup. I love this handy tool for juicing lemons and limes.
Heat the water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Let the mixture cool a bit before adding in the lime juice. Mix together and pour into a glass carafe or mason jar.
Refrigerate the mix for up to two weeks.
How to Make a Homemade Margarita:
Ingredients:
1 shot tequila
1/2 shot Triple Sec
homemade margarita mix
ice
Add 1 shot of tequila and half a shot of triple sec to a margarita glass (or these cactus glasses!). Add the ice and fill the rest of the glass with homemade margarita mix.
It’s super simple! Don’t forget to salt your rim and try a lime-flavored salt if you’d like.
This homemade margarita mix is perfect for parties. You can easily tweak the proportions to make a large or small batch depending on how many you’ll be serving!
You could even use a cast iron pot like this when making a bigger batch of mix.
Can I Make Different Flavors of Margarita Mix?
Yes! You can make different variations of this recipe by using grapefruit juice, orange, or cranberry juice instead of lime juice. You can even make your own strawberry margarita mix.
So many options! Don’t be afraid to experiment.
More Margarita Recipes:
- Orange Cranberry Margarita
- Frozen Mango Margarita
- Spicy Watermelon Mezcal Margarita
- Blackberry Cilantro Margarita
- Toasted Coconut Margarita
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Ingredients
For the Mix:
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup fresh lime juice (about 10 limes)
For the Margarita:
- 1 shot tequila
- ½ shot Triple Sec
- homemade margarita mix
- ice
Instructions
For the Mix:
- Heat the water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Let the mixture cool a bit before adding in the lime juice.
- Mix together and pour into a glass carafe or mason jar for up to 2 weeks.
For the Margarita:
- Add 1 shot of tequila and half a shot of triple sec to a margarita glass. Add the ice and fill the rest of the glass with homemade margarita mix.
Nutrition
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After making this easy yummy margarita mix I absolutely can never go back to a pre-made mix!
my go to margarita recipe!!
I absolutely love Elsie and Emma and everything they do! This recipe is no exception, 5 stars!!!
This is my all time favourite cocktail but I just realised I’ve never made my own at home! :-O Guess, what I’m doing tonight…? Haha. Thanks for sharing x
Hello! Approximately how many margaritas would you expect to make from this quantity of mix?
Homemade margaritas are my favorite drink!
5 star recipe ☺️
1000% better than any mixes you buy in the store and honestly so easy!
Excellent mix, try muddling jalapeño with the sugar for a little zip.
By far better than any store mix! We make and keep lime and lemon Superjuice on hand so it only took (less than) 1 actual lime. So cheap, easy, and delicious. I will never go back!
Can this mix be for a frozen margarita machine?
Hi! I haven’t tried this recipe in a margarita machine, but if your machine recommends using a mix I say go for it! 🙂
Love this recipe! We usually go with a lime/lemon mix and the taste is amazing! Thanks for sharing!
I made this. So good! It lasted awhile in my fridge and was just as good as the day I made it!!
Thank you Tammy!!!! 🙂
One of my most frequently used recipes for sure! It’s so fresh and wonderful. You can sub some of the citrus for lemons or blood oranges for a twist!
Love this recipe so much!
WOW!! 🤩 This was delicious! Don’t think I can go back to the mix from the store now. It was so fresh and crazy easy.
Had friends over and served it with Half Baked Harvest’s Crispy chicken tinga tacos. Winner all around!!
Love your mix!!!
Have you tried this with a mix of lime and some other fruit like blood oranges?
I really like fresh margarita mix too. But I love using Agave instead of simple syrup. It a easy mix with fresh limes and taste great. TY for posting this
This was so easy and delicious! First time I made it was the best margarita I have ever tasted. I only had 2 limes, so juiced them first and adjusted the recipe to match by half on proportions. It made 2 very generous glasses.