Mixed Drinks With Tropical Fruit

Tropical fruit is an ingredient as well as a garnish for mixed drinks.

Tropical fruit is rich in vitamins, and its bright colors make a mixed drink look very appealing. Many flavored liqueurs are excellent for mixing with alcohol and sliced fruit. Mixed drinks with tropical fruit are often served during summer months and in warm locations. According to the website Drink Jockey, tropical mixed drinks can cause an individual to become intoxicated quickly because the fruit flavors often disguise the taste of alcohol.

Tropical Storm

The tropical storm is featured on Drinknation.com. This drink combines rum, banana liqueur, grenadine, orange juice and one sliced banana. This drink is blended with ice and served in a hurricane glass.

Pina Colada

The typical pina colada recipe, as outlined by What To Drink, calls for crushed pineapple, coconut milk and light rum. The bartender combines the ingredients in a blender and serves the drink in a collins glass.

Mango Daiquiri

According to Drinknation.com, a mango daiquiri includes 1/2 of a mango, triple sec, light rum, lemon juice and lime juice. These ingredients are blended and served in a collins glass.

Barbados Bowl

Drink Jockey lists the ingredients in a Barbados bowl: light rum, dark rum, two limes, one banana, sugar, lime juice, mango nectar and pineapple juice. The bartender chills and blends the ingredients and serves them in a punch bowl.

Tropical Paradise Cocktail

The tropical paradise cocktail contains 1/2 of a banana, orange juice, coconut-flavored rum, non-flavored rum and grenadine, all stirred together in a cocktail shaker. Drink Recipes suggests that this cocktail be served in an unusually shaped glass.

Kiwi Colada

What to Drink recommends that the ingredients for a kiwi colada be blended together and served in a highball glass. This drink recipe calls for crushed ice, creme de coconut, two kiwis, light rum, Midori, pineapple juice and whipped cream.

Tropical Mocktail

The website Drink Recipes provides a non-alcoholic option that is still fun and fruity. The tropical mocktail contains fresh lemon juice, crushed ice or ice cream, two mandarin oranges, pineapple yogurt, cold milk and either orange juice or apple juice. Serve this drink in a cocktail glass.

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