Blue Hawaiian Mai Tai

This blue Hawaiian mai tai cocktail is a cross between a mai tai and a blue Hawaiian. It’s a fruity blend of two popular tropical drinks and is perfect for summer, pool parties, and cookouts!

Why this recipe works

Both a blue Hawaiian and a mai tai have a rum base, so combining the two cocktails to make this blue Hawaiian mai tai makes a whole lot of sense.

It’s swimming with mango and tropical flavors that’ll make you dream of soaking up the sun in Hawaii! So go ahead and conjure up the feelings of laying on a beach listening to the waves crash around you with this beautiful tie-dye drink.

Ingredients you will need

Get all measurements, ingredients, and instructions in the printable version at the end of this post.

JUICE – Mango juice can easily be found at your local grocery store, but you can substitute for mango purée, mango nectar, or even the bottled mango smoothies you find in the refrigerated section. It’s ok if it’s thick like nectar or thin like juice, it’s really the mango flavor you’re looking for. The colors will still separate properly.

ALCOHOL – For this recipe we used blue curaçao, but it’s really just a blue version of triple sec. It gives you that beautiful blue color with orange citrus notes. Dark rum is also used because it pairs perfectly with tropical flavors and it adds to the color however, if you only have light/white rum you can certainly use that instead.

How to Make a Blue Hawaiian Mai Tai

These step by step photos and instructions are here to help you visualize how to make this recipe. You can Jump to Recipe to get the printable version of this recipe, complete with measurements and instructions at the bottom.

1. Fill a glass with ice to the top.
2. Next, add 1 ½ oz. of dark rum into the glass using a cocktail jigger.
3. Pour in pineapple juice, and then mango juice.
4. Add grenadine.
5. Finally, add blue curaçao last.
6. Garnish with a palm leaf from the head of a pineapple, a pineapple slice, and a cherry.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can certainly pour slowly if you’d like to have clear layers, however, it’s not necessary for this drink. As you can see in the photos, this cocktail doesn’t have any absolute layers to it, instead it looks like a colorful tie dye drink! The most important part while making this blue Hawaiian mai tai is to pour the layers correctly, with rum being the first thing added so it stays at the bottom. If you’d like, you can swirl it all together in the glass to create a pretty aqua blue color.

With tropical pineapple and mango flavors complemented by dark rum, blue curacao, and grenadine, this fruity blue Hawaiian mai tai is sweet and refreshing. It’s the perfect summertime drink to sip on!

More Summer Cocktail Recipes

• Rum Punch
• Peach Mojito
• Pina Colada Recipe
• Sex on the Beach
• Pineapple Rum Slush
• Blue Mermaid Cocktails
• Tropical Rush Slush
• Spiked Cherries

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This post was originally published on this blog on June 5, 2021.