Bring the Vacation Home: Mango Tango!

Have you been dreaming of palm trees, white sand beaches and tropical cocktails? Today we’re helping you bring a little piece of your Secrets Resorts & Spas vacation home with you by sharing the recipe for one of our favorites: the Mango Tango! This fruity drink is also a guest favorite at our resorts and so simple to make at home!

Be sure to watch this fun video we created to help you make this beloved cocktail!

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Make It At Home: Blue Margarita!

Our guests at Secrets Resorts & Spas are always raving about our Blue Margaritas, so today we decided to share our recipe.  This way, everyone can enjoy our delicious tropical drinks after returning home from vacation!  They are easy to make and sure to refresh your vacation spirit. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt185910_10150105194479835_6191310_n
  • 4 ounces Tequila
  • 2 ounces Triple Sec
  • 2 ounces fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 2 ounces Blue Curacao
  • 2 teaspoons superfine sugar
  • 2 (1/4-inch) slices star fruit for garnish (optional)
  • 1 lime, cut into wedges

Preparation:

Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice.

Place Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, Blue Curacao, and sugar in the shaker; shake hard for 30 seconds.

Serve in Margarita glasses with coarse salt or Margarita salt on the rims of the glasses. Strain the Blue Margarita into the glasses. Garnish each with a slice of star fruit or a lime wedge.

NOTE: To create a salt-rimmed glass, take a lemon or lime wedge and rub the drinking surface of the glass so it is barely moist. Dip the edge of the glass into the salt.

Make it at Home: Electric Lemonade

There’s nothing more refreshing on a hot day than a glass of lemonade. And lucky for our guests, we serve lemonade with a kick at Secrets Resorts & Spas. That’s right — it’s called Electric Lemonade and our visitors just can’t seem to get enough of it.

If you’re not visiting us soon, but want to “wow” guests at your next party or event, try making this drink at home with the below recipe.

Electric Lemonade

1 oz.  Midori

1 oz. Vodka

2oz. Sour mix or margarita mix

Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend for 15-20 seconds until smooth. Pour in a glass, add a lime and enjoy!

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Make it at Home: Blue Hawaii

Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana recently featured Blue Hawaii as the drink of the day! Our guests really enjoyed this refreshing cocktail so we thought we’d share the recipe with you so you can re-create it at home. 

Each day we feature a different drink at our resort. During your next stay, you’ll get an opportunity to taste a variety of different cocktails that our bartenders mix up. Simply check our daily Sundial to see what drink is featured each day. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this recipe for our Blue Hawaii!

Ingredients

  • 4 cup(s) ice cubes
  • 1 cup(s) pineapple juice
  • 1/2 cup(s) blue curaçao (this adds the color)
  • 1/2 cup(s) rum
  • 1/2 cup(s) cream of coconut
  • 2 oz. triple sec

Directions

Combine ice and all ingredients into a blender and blend until mixture is smooth. Pour into 4 glasses. Garnish with pineapple slices and enjoy! If you wish to make this drink on the rocks instead of blended then mix in large martini shaker and then serve over ice.