Recipe

This Homemade Margarita Mix Uses Just 3 Basic Ingredients

By Caitlyn Colton at Syracuse University

Margaritas are a summer essential, but store-bought margarita mixes are often loaded with sugar and corn syrup. With just a few simple ingredients, you can make a homemade margarita mix, so you'll be ready to wow your friends with the best Marg Monday around. Below, you'll find a recipe for my go-to homemade margarita mix, as well as my favorite way to make margaritas.

#SpoonTip: For the best tasting margs, use freshly squeezed lime juice instead of the pre-juiced stuff. 

Homemade Margarita Mix

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 15 mins
  • Servings: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups lime juice about 16-20 limes

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Step 1

Mix your sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Don't walk away from the stove yet, you just need the sugar to dissolve. This creates a mild simple syrup and is the base of your homemade margarita mix. Once the sugar has dissolved, remove the saucepan from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature.

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Step 2

While your simple syrup cools you should juice your limes.

#SpoonTip: Use a citrus squeezer to make this go faster.

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Step 3

Mix the lime juice and simple syrup. Now you're ready to make some margs!

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Simple Margaritas

  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 5 mins
  • Servings: 8
Ingredients
  • Homemade margarita mix
  • Ice cubes
  • 1 1/2 cups tequila
  • 3/4 cup orange liqueur

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Step 1

Add all your ingredients to a pitcher and mix it up. If you like frozen margaritas, add all the ingredients into a blender instead.

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There are many different ways to make your margaritas totally unique too, like flavoring your simple syrup or mixing in some other fruits. Now that you have the basics down, you can let your imagination run wild. Make sure to save a drink for me when you whip up this homemade margarita mix!