Halloween Margarita

This Halloween Margarita brews up a naturally green glow thanks to kiwano fruit—no potions or food dye required. It’s tart, a little mysterious, and perfect for casting a spell during cocktail hour.

You live a sheltered life if you exclusively buy your fruits and vegetables from chain store supermarkets.And even if you don’t, you can easily get bored with the usual apples, oranges and bananas that you habitually purchase every week.

But there’s a world of unusual treats out there for you to choose from and experiment with in the kitchen.

The fruit I want to share with you today, is the Kiwano. That strange looking spiky orange melon thingie. I didn’t know what to expect to find inside when I cut it open for the first time.

It has membranes like an orange, with bright green pulp inside. But there are seeds, like a cucumber, inside each green sacks of juice. The flavor is mildly sweet, and yet mildly sour like a kiwi.

Ingredients needed

• Kiwana fruit:
• Tequila: You can use white or gold tequila.
• Grand Marnier: You can also use Triple Sec.
• Lime: I added a little squeeze of lime for another sour flavor.

Step by step directions

1. Remove flesh. Cut Kiwana in half and squeeze out all of the pulp-seeds into a blender.
2. Blend. Add tequila, Grand Marnier and lime juice to the blender as well. Pulse until well blended.
3. Strain. The kiwano seeds are edible, but you can pass the drink through a fine mesh strainer if you prefer. Using the back of a spoon, press the green liquid, through the strainer into your serving glass.
4. Serve. Pour into a glass with or without ice.

Expert tips and recipe FAQs

Kiwano should not be refrigerated and can be eaten right out of the spiky shell or scooped out and juiced. I thought the green juice would make a great halloween cocktail, so I made a Kiwano Margarita. I like salt with my margaritas, so that’s charcoal salt on the rim.

Because it is October and because of its gorgeous color, I spooked up the name a little. What kind of creepy treats do you enjoy for Halloween?

And if you want another dye-free halloween cocktail, try my Purplicious Potion! For some spooky eats to go with your drinks, check out my list of Halloween Potluck Recipes.

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Halloween Margarita

Laura Bashar | Family Spice

This Halloween Margarita brews up a naturally green glow thanks to kiwano fruit—no potions or food dye required. It’s tart, a little mysterious, and perfect for casting a spell during cocktail hour.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Cocktails

Cuisine American

Servings 1 Cocktail

Calories 165 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 Kiwana fruit
• 1 oz tequila
• ½ oz Grand Marnier
• ½ lime juiced

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Instructions

 

• Cut Kiwana in half and squeeze out all of the pulp-seeds into a blender. Add tequila, Grand Marnier and lime juice to the blender as well.
• Pulse until well blended.
• The kiwano seeds are edible, but you can pass the drink through a fine mesh strainer if you prefer.
• Using the back of a spoon, press the green liquid, through the strainer into your serving glass.
• Serve with or without ice.

Notes

Serving Suggestions: Salt the rim of your glass with charcoal salt for a spooky effect.

Cooking Tips: You can also omit the alcohol for a kid-friendly drink.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 165kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 1gSodium: 3mgFiber: 3gSugar: 17g

Keyword halloween cocktail, hallowen drink, kiwano margarita, kiwano recipe

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