Cinco De Mayo = Sweet, Spicey Drinks!

Any excuse to celebrate with tequila is my kind of celebration! I know that’s not the idea behind Cinco De Mayo, but hey — humor me.

By CC Staff

Try these fun drinks, and remember kids DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE. Ride a bike instead.

!POMEGRANATE MARGARITA!

Ingredients:

Lime wedge, plus more for garnish

Salt

Ice

4 ounces white tequila

2 ounces Triple Sec

1/2 cup pomegranate juice

1 lime, juiced (optional)

Club soda

WHAT TO DO:

Pour salt onto a plate or shallow dish. With a lime wedge rub along the rim of a glass and dip glasses upside down to salt the rim. Fill glasses with ice.

In a cocktail shaker with ice place the tequila, triple sec, pomegranate juice, and lime juice. Pour into the salt-rimmed glasses and top off with club soda. Garnish with a lime wedge, if desired.

Try a MICHELADA!

INGREDIENTS:

1 lime, cut into quarters

Kosher salt

2 dashes Worcestershire sauce

3/4 teaspoon hot sauce (recommended: Frank’s Red Hot)

1 cup Mexican pilsner-style beer (recommended: Modelo Especial)

Ice

WHAT TO DO:

Rim the outside of a tall, chilled pint glass with 1 quarter of the lime. Pour salt on a plate. Press the rim of a glass into the salt to rim the edge. Squeeze the rest of the limes into the glass. Drop the limes in the glass. Add the Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce. Fill glass with ice, add beer, and stir.

Courtesy of: Foodnetwork

CHEERS!!!