Strawberry Mojito With Fresh Strawberries! Recipe

I’m sharing my Easy Strawberry Mojito Recipe starring fresh muddled strawberries, lively mint, and a generous helping of rum to celebrate strawberries at their peak.

I can’t get over this Strawberry Mojito With Fresh Strawberries, it’s bright, a little snappy and perfect when berries are ripe. Made with fresh strawberries and mint leaves, it tastes like summer in a glass and somehow feels both light and a little dangerously easy to drink.

I kept trying twists, even thought about a Strawberry Pineapple Mojito once, but this one keeps winning. If you like Strawberry Cocktails you’ll get why, and honestly this is the sort of Easy Strawberry Mojito Recipe I make every time guests show up cause it always starts good conversations.

Ingredients

• Fresh strawberries add sweetness, vitamin C, fiber and bright fruity flavor, little natural sugar.
• Mint gives herbal coolness, aroma, small antioxidants, makes drink lively and crisp.
• White rum is just booze calories, no nutrients, adds boozy backbone and warmth.
• Fresh lime juice brings bright tart acidity, vitamin C, balances sweetness perfectly.
• Simple syrup or sugar adds quick sweet, simple carbs, adjust to your taste.
• Club soda gives fizz and lift, zero calories if plain, keeps it refreshing.
• Ice chills and dilutes, controls strength as it melts, important for balance.
• Strawberry slices look pretty, extra fruity nibble, adds sweet aroma too.

Ingredient Quantities

• 4 to 6 fresh strawberries, hulled and roughly chopped
• 8 to 12 fresh mint leaves, plus extra for garnish
• 2 oz (60 ml) white rum, more if you want it stronger
• 1 oz (30 ml) fresh lime juice (about 1 lime)
• 1 tbsp (15 ml) simple syrup or 2 teaspoons granulated sugar, more or less to taste
• 2 to 3 oz (60 to 90 ml) club soda or sparkling water, to top
• Ice (crushed or cubes), enough to fill the glass
• Optional garnish: strawberry slices and a mint sprig

How to Make this

1. Chill a highball or Collins glass for a few minutes, then add 4 to 6 hulled, roughly chopped strawberries and 8 to 12 fresh mint leaves to the bottom of the glass.

2. Add 1 tablespoon simple syrup or 2 teaspoons granulated sugar and 1 ounce (30 ml) fresh lime juice to the fruit and mint.

3. Gently muddle the strawberries, sugar/simple syrup, and mint just enough to crush the berries and bruise the mint, you want the oils not a bitter mess.

4. If you used granulated sugar, press a little longer so it dissolves into the fruit juices.

5. Pour in 2 ounces (60 ml) white rum, or a bit more if you want it stronger, and give the mix a quick stir to combine.

6. Fill the glass with crushed ice or ice cubes, packing it up to the rim.

7. Top with 2 to 3 ounces (60 to 90 ml) club soda or sparkling water and gently stir once or twice to lift the strawberry bits and mint through the drink.

8. Taste and adjust sweetness or rum level if needed, you can add a splash more simple syrup or a little extra rum.

9. Garnish with a few strawberry slices and a fresh mint sprig, slap the mint between your hands first to wake up the aroma, then drop it in and serve.

Equipment Needed

1. Highball or Collins glass, chilled for a few minutes
2. Muddler (or the handle of a wooden spoon will work)
3. Jigger or 1 oz measuring shot (plus a tsp for sugar if needed)
4. Small citrus juicer or reamer for the lime
5. Bar spoon or long-handled spoon for stirring
6. Paring knife for hulling and slicing strawberries
7. Cutting board
8. Ice scoop or tongs for adding ice and a spoon to top with soda if you like

FAQ

Strawberry Mojito With Fresh Strawberries! Recipe Substitutions and Variations

• Fresh strawberries: swap with raspberries or muddled frozen strawberries, or use 2 tbsp strawberry purée or a teaspoon of strawberry jam thinned with water (adds sweetness and body).
• Mint leaves: use sweet basil or lemon balm if you’re out of mint, they give a bright herb note, or use a splash of mint syrup which mixes easier.
• White rum: replace with vodka or silver tequila for a cleaner profile, or try cachaça for a sugarcane, grassy twist; for a non alcoholic mojito use a nonalcoholic rum substitute or extra club soda with a splash of pineapple or apple juice.
• Simple syrup or sugar: use agave nectar (about the same volume), honey syrup (equal parts honey and warm water), or maple syrup for deeper flavor, or muddle a little jam to sweeten.

Pro Tips

1) Use simple syrup when you can, not granulated sugar. It’s way easier to dissolve and it makes the drink smooth, plus you can make a batch and keep it in the fridge so you dont have to fuss every time.

2) Macerate the strawberries a few minutes before you build the drink. Toss them with the syrup or sugar and let them sit, theyll juice up and get sweeter so the cocktail tastes fresher and you need less added sugar.

3) Be gentle with the mint. Just bruise the leaves, dont smash them into bits, otherwise the drink gets grassy and bitter. Slap the sprig in your hands before garnishing to wake up the aroma, that little trick really helps.

4) Pick your ice for the vibe you want. Crushed ice chills and dilutes faster so the cocktail is light and slushy, big cubes dilute slower and keep it stronger longer. If you want it colder without watering it down fast, freeze a few strawberries and drop them in place of some ice.

5) Taste as you go. Lime, rum and sugar balance each other so sample once you top with soda and adjust a little at a time, you cant un-sour it if you add too much lime, but you can add a touch more syrup or rum to correct it.