This Creamy Coconut Mojito recipe is perfect for the summer. It’s like a pina colada and mojito in one cocktail. Mint, rum and lime juice combine with cream of coconut, served up on ice with a sugar-lime rim.
Now that the warm weather is here, there are certain cocktails that I can’t wait to sit and sip on the patio with – margaritas, moscow mules, gin & tonics, and of course mojitos.
And today I’m here with a fun twist on the classic mojito recipe.
🥥 Creamy Coconut Mojitos 🥥
Why You’ll Love It
It’s like a pina colada and mojito got together and had a baby. An amazingly delicious, creamy, refreshing baby.
I added some cream of coconut to my classic mojito recipe, and served it up with a super addictive lime-sugar rim (that I now want to rim all my cocktails with). The result was heaven. Super refreshing. But with all the feelings of decadence.
Ingredients Needed
- Rum: white rum or silver rum (or use coconut rum for more coconut flavor)
- Lime Juice: fresh squeezed
- Fresh Mint
- Cream of Coconut
- Club Soda
What is the Best Rum for a Mojito?
You’ll want to use light rum in this easy mojito recipe (also called silver rum or white rum). Since rum is the only alcohol in the drink, you want to be sure to use a rum that you love. However, this is also not the time to reach for your most expensive bottle of rum, since its flavor will become diluted.
Here are some of the rums for a Mojito, that come in at under $30 a bottle:
- Bacardi Silver
- Mount Gay Eclipse Silver Rum
- Cruzan Aged White Rum
- Havana Club Anejo Blanco Puerto Rican Rum
Equipment Needed
- Cocktail Muddler (or use the handle of a wooden spoon)
- Cocktail Shaker
- Highball Glasses
- Straws
How to Make It
- Muddle the mint. Add mint to a cocktail shaker and use a muddler (or the back of a wooden spoon) to gently muddle the mint and release its aromas.
- Add rum, lime juice, and cream of coconut.
- Shake with ice. Add ice to the cocktail shaker, then cover and shake well, until chilled.
- Strain & top with club soda. Strain the mixture into a highball glass filled with fresh ice. Top with club soda.
- Garnish with fresh mint and a lime wheel, if desired.
- Serve.
Recipe Variations
- Coconut Rum. I used white rum in this recipe, but if you’d like even more coconut flavor, you can use coconut rum.
- Frozen Coconut Mojito. Instead of serving this drink on the rocks, you can blend it all together with some ice for a frozen drink.
- Pitcher Coconut Mojitos. Using the recipe card below, adjust the serving size to 6 or 8. Add all ingredients to a pitcher and serve. Great for parties!
Mojito Variations
- Mint Julep – Similar to a Mojito, but made with bourbon.
- Vodka Mojito – Swap out the rum for vodka.
- Tequila Mojito – Swap out the rum for tequila.
- Mojito with Gin – Swap out the rum for gin.
- Blackberry Coconut Mojito – Add in some fresh blackberries.
- Strawberry Mojito – Muddle in some fresh strawberries with the mint.
More Tropical Cocktail Recipes
- Mai Tai
- Jungle Bird Cocktail
- Tropical Pineapple Cocktail Recipe
- Grilled Pineapple Margarita with Jalapeno
- Cherry Moscow Mule
- Paloma Cocktail Recipe
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Coconut Mojito
Ingredients
- 8 fresh mint leaves
- 1 1/2 ounces white rum (or coconut rum)
- 1 lime (juiced)
- 2 ounces cream of coconut (¼ cup)
- Ice
- Soda water (for topping)
- Mint sprigs (to garnish)
- Lime wheels (to garnish)
Sugar Lime Rim:
- Zest of 1 lime
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- Pinch of kosher salt
Instructions
- To make the sugar lime rim, combine the lime zest, sugar, and salt on a shallow plate. Run a lime wedge around the rim of your glasses then dip into the sugar mixture. Fill with ice.
- Lightly muddle the mint in a cocktail shaker.
- Add the rum, lime juice, cream of coconut and ice and shake.
- Strain into rimmed glass. Top with club soda.
- Garnish with a mint sprig and lime wheel.
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This puerto rican coconut mojito recipe was originally published in 2020. It was updated in 2023 to add new information. The recipe remains the same. Enjoy!
This truly looks just so refreshing!
Thanks Lola!
Is the salt used in this sentence an error? Here is part of the sentence from your recipe:
combine the lime zest, sugar, and salt on a shallow plate.
Thought I would find out for sure!
Hi Lee – I do a combination of salt and sugar. It’s a little strange, but I think it works here! Feel free to leave the salt out if you’d like too though!
Can your recipes be made with no alcohol. With the new guidelines on alcohol consumption wanting to try new things..thanks
This mojito is delicious! I loved the salted sugary lime zest rim as well. Thank you.
Thanks Glennie!
I’ve never made a mojito with coconut cream before, but I’m excited to try it. I love the combination of coconut and mint, and I think it would be really refreshing in a mojito.