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Because all Christmases should be white.
Or at least that’s my thinking. I’ll never fully understand you guys out there who travel to warm places for the holidays, that’s just not me. I am all about the very snowy white Christmas, and I am pretty excited because as I type this, it’s snowing! Yeah! What’s kind of odd is that while today’s drink is very white and festive, it’s actually the most tropical of all the Christmas Drink Saturday drinks yet. Guys, say hello to this creamy coconut white Christmas mojito!
Full of…
…fresh mint
…lime juice
…white rum
…coconut rum
…coconut milk
…sparkling water
…pomegranate arils (for topping – because you know I love a good garnish!)
I’m just going to put it out there that in order to love this drink, you have to love coconut because this is a very coconutty drink. I’m personally all about coconut, so the more the merrier! This drink is simple as can be, and perfect for all your holiday parties. When I made the Pomegranate Palomas a few weeks ago a lot of you were asking for the measurements to make a large batch, so today I’m giving both the measurements for a single drink and a pitcher. Yup! Just trying to make your holidays a littler easier…and apparently a little boozier too!
Here’s my quick run-down of this white Christmas mojito. This drink is creamy, fizzy and full of yummy coconut and lime flavors, basically it’s my dream drink, I just LOVE how festive and EASY it is. My brother Brendan and his girlfriend Lyndsie rolled into town Thursday night, just in time for the 5 o’clock cocktail hour, so these were their cocktail of the day. They of course loved them 1) they pretty much love anything with a little rum and 2) they are both coconut loving people…especially after their trip to Thailand. <–jealous.
It was snowing really hard (it has been all week), so these were the perfect thing to cap off a bitter cold night off. A little tropicalness in the middle of a freezing cold snowy night! Alright, so Christmas Drink Saturday #4 is a wrap…any guesses what #5 and #6 are going to be? Hint, one plays off some inspiration from my hometown Cleveland, Ohio, and the other is going to be Santa’s bestest friend. Get excited!
White Christmas Mojito.
Servings: 1 drink
Calories Per Serving: 441 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- juice of 1 lime
- 8 leaves mint
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons white rum
- 1 tablespoon coconut rum
- 1/4 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
- sparkling water for topping
- pomegranate arils for serving
Instructions
- In a glass, muddle the lime juice, sugar and mint leaves until the leaves have broken down. Fill the glass half way with ice.
- In a blender, combine the white rum, coconut rum, and coconut milk and pulse until smooth. Pour over the ice and stir to combine. Top with sparkling water, mint and pomegranate. Drink!
White Christmas Mojito Punch.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories Per Serving: 210 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1 cup lime juice
- 1/4 cup packed fresh mint leaves plus more for serving
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup white rum
- 1/4-1/2 cup coconut rum dependent on your taste
- 1 cup canned coconut milk
- sparkling water for topping
- pomegranate arils for serving
Instructions
- In a large pitcher, muddle the lime juice, sugar and mint leaves until the leaves have broken down.
- In a blender, combine the white rum, coconut rum, and coconut milk and pulse until smooth. Pour over the mint/lime sugar mixture and stir to combine. Chill until ready to serve.
- To serve, divide ice among glasses and fill halfway with the mojito mix. Top with sparkling water, mint and pomegranate.
Have a snow filled white mojito kind of Saturday!
Tried to make these twice–wonderful flavor, but how do you keep the coconut milk from getting hard? Mine gets cold from the ice and then lumps up, even tried putting it in a blender. Do you know what I’m doing wrong? I want them to look pretty like yours, but there are chunks of hardened coconut milk/oil floating around in the glass.
Hey Leah! Ugh, it sound like you just have REALLY thick coconut milk. Try using coconut milk that comes in a carton. This should solve the problem. Sorry for any trouble!
Great idea! Thank you!!
Your welcome Leah!
Hi!!! Love this recipe and waiting to make it this year for Christmas. I wanted to know what brand did you use for the coconut rum and the white rum.
Thank you
I use Malibu Coconut rum and Bacardi. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Happy Thanksgiving! ?
Maybe it was cream of coconut….this happens to me with a punch that calls for it. The punch is delicious, but isn’t very pretty.
I am glad you enjoyed this! Thank you!
It was delicious!! My kind of mojito!! I couldn’t wait to have another glass!! Looking forward to more of these with my family! Thank you!!?????
So happy you liked them, hope you and your family have an amazing new year!
Enjoying this very moment! Thank you and Merry Christmas! And PS – my fam is from Ohio…Huron and Sandusky! Yay Cleveland teams and Cedar Point! ??
Ah so awesome! Cavs had a big win! Thanks Heather!
Oh! I have got to try this soon. Wishing I had all the ingredients to make some right now!
Hope you love it! Thanks!
Okay, so I’m a little bit obsessed with these. Coconut + mojito = everything I love about a cocktail. So good!
Thanks so much!! Its a favorite around my house!! Merry christmas!
Most beautiful drink ever!!
Wow thanks so much Sara!
This is SO delicious! It’s like if a piña colada and mojito had a baby. A delicious minty limey coconutty baby.
Ah! So happy you liked it!!
Where do u get white cranberry juice? I can’t find it anywhere!
Oceanspray brand makes it, most grocery stores sell it. It would be in the aisle with all the room temp juices.
My friend made these over the weekend, and they were so delicious! She doubled the alcohol, and they were still amazing. This will be on my rotation of holiday drinks now
Awh thats awesome!! So happy they were a hit!!
I’m so making these! I love your glassware too. Where are they from?
Thank you! Those are from Anthropologie. Merry Christmas?
Do you use sweetened or unsweetened coconut milk?
Hey Mary! I use unsweetened. Merry Christmas?
Just love the sound of this cocktails and it looks so festive!! Can’t wait to make it!
Thanks Vicky! Hope you love it!! Happy holidays!!
Do you have extra room in your barn? I might need to move in. Sipping weekly cocktails and playing with all your gorgeous Christmas-y props might be all I need in life. Except chocolate, which I know you have plenty of. 🙂
Lol!! Sounds perfect too me!! Always plenty of chocolate here!!
Oh my! Love these mojitos! I absolutely agree with you that Christmas should be white! I am a bit jealous of your snow situation 🙂 – wish it was snowing around here!
Hopefully it snows soon!! Thanks so much Julia!!
I love all things coconut, so this is my kind of drink! I love how you’ve managed to create something that looks so festive and is full or warm tropical flavours at the same time 🙂
Me too its just so good!! Thank you!!