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Blackberry Margaritas

Published: Apr 29, 2022 by Allison · 14 Comments

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This refreshing margarita is flavored with lime juice, tequila, and fresh blackberry syrup. Whip up a pitcher and serve on the rocks in a sugar or salt rimmed glass. This drink is sure to be a favorite!

Have you made homemade margaritas before? Maybe our Frozen Margaritas or Strawberry Margaritas? They’re so simple, and you can make them exactly how you want them. Use the recipe as a guideline, taste as you go, and make your perfect Blackberry Margarita.

Pitcher of blackberry margaritas garnished with lime slices and fresh blackberries.
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Ingredients needed

  • Fresh blackberries
  • Sugar
  • Silver tequila
  • Lime juice
  • Orange liqueur
Limes. blackberry syrup, tequila, and orange liquer

Recipe overview

  1. Make the blackberry syrup. Combine blackberries, sugar, and water in a saucepan. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-10 minutes. Press through a fine mesh sieve. Discard the solids and chill the syrup.
  2. Combine blackberry syrup, tequila, lime juice, and orange liqueur in an ice-filled pitcher.

Optional garnishes

Coat the rim of your glass with sugar or salt. Run a lime wedge around the rim of each glass and dip in a shallow plate of sugar and/or salt.

Add whole blackberries and sliced limes to the pitcher and to each glass when serving.

Closeup of a of blackberry lime margarita

Recipe tips

  • Adjust ingredients to suit your taste.
  • Keep your tequila in the freezer so the margaritas are cold.
  • Use freshly squeezed lime juice. You’ll need around 12 limes. If you don’t have enough lime juice you can always sub some freshly squeezed lemon juice.

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Recipe

Closeup of a blackberry margarita

Blackberry Margaritas

This refreshing margarita is flavored with lime and fresh blackberry syrup. Served on the rocks in a sugar rimmed glass, this drink is sure to be a favorite!
4.86 from 7 votes
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Course: Beverages, Drinks
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
Chill time: 1 hour hour
Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 – 6
Calories: 230kcal
Author: Allison – Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

Blackberry syrup (makes about one cup):

  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 6 oz container fresh blackberries

Margaritas (pitcher):

  • 1 cup silver tequila, more, if desired
  • ¾ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
  • ¾ cup blackberry syrup
  • 2 tablespoons orange liqueur
  • sugar/salt for the rim of each glass and additional blackberries and lime slices to garnish

Instructions

Blackberry syrup:

  • Combine blackberries, sugar, and water in a saucepan. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-10 minutes. Press through a fine mesh sieve. Discard the solids and chill the syrup.

Margaritas:

  • Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled pitcher. Taste and adjust the ingredient quantities as necessary.
  • Run a lime wedge on the rim of each glass. Dip the rim of the glass in a shallow plate filled with granulated sugar or coarse salt. Add ice to the glass and pour in the margarita. Garnish with blackberries and slices of lime.

Nutrition

Calories: 230kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 101mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 91IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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Comments

  1. Jocelyn (Grandbaby cakes)

    May 01, 2015 at 6:54 am

    This looks absolutely delightful! I want this for breakfast – sad but true.

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets

      May 01, 2015 at 12:59 pm

      Haha! Nothing wrong with that!

      Reply
  2. Teri

    May 01, 2015 at 6:19 pm

    I’m going to make this margarita to go with your carnitas recipe! Can’t wait for Cinco de Mayo

    Reply
  3. anna@icyvioletskitchen

    May 02, 2015 at 9:09 pm

    i just want to rim all my glasses in sugar, for everything.

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets

      May 03, 2015 at 3:19 pm

      Me too, Anna! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Erin @ Miss Scrambled Egg

    May 05, 2015 at 4:07 am

    YUM! These look like a great way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! 🙂

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets

      May 05, 2015 at 8:43 am

      Thanks, Erin! I agree! 🙂

      Reply
  5. kushi

    May 09, 2015 at 8:12 pm

    5 stars
    Its beaautiful!!

    Reply
  6. Teri

    April 22, 2016 at 6:24 am

    I’ve made these before and they are a refreshing change from a plain margarita.

    Reply
  7. Malinda

    May 06, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    4 stars
    these look really good. i had margaritas yesterday but will definitely keep this in mind for the future.
    malinda
    http://www.malindaknowles.net

    Reply
    • Celebrating Sweets

      May 06, 2016 at 2:24 pm

      Thanks! You’ll love them! Enjoy!

      Reply
  8. Cathy

    June 30, 2019 at 1:35 pm

    One issue with this recipe was the BlackBerry syrup was really thick, more like a sauce which made the drink a really thick consistency. I’m going to try to thin out the syrup then re-make the drink.

    Reply
  9. Kristie Morales

    July 24, 2023 at 7:53 am

    Can I use Blackberry simple syrup?

    Reply
    • Allison

      July 26, 2023 at 10:48 am

      Sure! You’ll just have to play around with it and adjust to suit your taste.

      Reply

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