The addition of mint adds a little more freshness to an already refreshing Cuban cocktail.

2 oz. Bacardi Light Whte Rum
1/2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
1/2 oz. Grey Goose Citron Vodka
1/2 Lime - Wedged
12 Fresh Mint Leaves
Ice
3 oz. Club Soda
2 Teaspoons Sugar

Muddle the lime, mint, and sugar into a tall glass, but be easy on the mint leaves. Then pour in the alcohol and lightly stir to dissolve the sugar in the alcohol. When the sugar has dissolved, fill with ice and top the cocktail with club soda. Stir to mixture, drop in a straw and relax!

You do not have to be a mathematician to know that coconut plus mojito equals tropical.

1 oz. Malibu Coconut Rum
1 oz. Club Soda
3 Lime Wedges
4 Mint Leaves
1 Teaspoon Sugar

Muddle and mix the lime wedges, mint leaves, and sugar with a splash of club soda. Fill glass with ice and add the Malibu Rum. Mix together, but try not to shake too hard

You can party with a mojito and never feel guilty.

2 Sprigs Fresh Mint
3 Wedges Fresh Lime
Sugar Substitute
Crushed Ice
2 Ounces White Rum
6 Ounces Club Soda

Muddle the mint sprigs and lime wedges together with a sugar substitute in the bottom of a tall glass. Once the ingredients are well mixed, fill the glass with ice. Add white rum and club soda and stir well.

Add a little punch to your mojito with blackberries.

1/4 Cup Blackberries
3 Mint Leaves
1 Teaspoon Raw Sugar
1 Tablespoon Lime Juice
3 Ounces White Rum
Ice

In a shaker crush together blackberries, mint leaves, sugar, and lime juice. Add rum and ice, shake and serve in a Tom Collins glass garnished with a lime slice.

The Apple Mojito is all about apple rum.  We like to say, “an Apple Mojito a day keeps the blues away”!

INGREDIENTS:

2 oz. Bacardi Big Apple Rum
6 oz. Club Soda
3 Lime Wedges
2 Teaspoons Sugar
3 Mint Sprigs

PREPARATION:

Combine and muddle the lime, sugar and mint sprigs in a highball glass. Add several ice cubes and pour in the Bacardi Apple Rum. Top off with club soda and stir well. Garnish with an apple slice or a lime wedge, and drink!

Bacardi the maker of white rum stakes claims as the rum of choice for the Mojito.  Bacardi best known as a producer of rums, including Bacardi Superior and Bacardi 151.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Part Bacardi Rum
3 Parts Club Soda
12 Mint Leaves
1/2 Lime
1/2 Part Sugar

PREPARATION:

Place 12 mint leaves, 1/2 part sugar and 1/2 lime in a glass. Muddle. Add Bacardi, pour club soda, stir and top the drink off with sprigs of mint or a lime wheel. Kick back and enjoy!

The mojito is a refreshing rum cocktail that is said to have originated in Havana, Cuba. The cuban rum drink is commonly created with five ingredients, including white rum, sugar, lime, carbonated water, and mint.

The mojito combines citrus, mint, and sweetness to cover the taste of white rum.  This unique mixture has made the highball cocktail a refreshing summer drink. It has been said that the mojito’s name originates from mojo sauce, a Cuban lime seasoning used to flavor various foods.  Potentially the name made reference to the lime ingredient and the drink became known as the cocktail with “a little mojo” in Spanish, or the “mojito”.

The popularity of the mojito has increased over the past decade. Once native to Cuba, Key West, and Miami the Cuban cocktail has spread into many trendy bars and restaurants across many cities.