June celebrates MANY things - one of my favorite food related seasonal celebrations is that of strawberries. While we aren’t able to go strawberry picking this year, we’ve loved picking up freshly picked baskets at our local grocers. If you know us, you know we love experimenting with cocktails. Since its summer and we had all these strawberries on hand I wanted to try a twist on the classic mojito - a cocktail I had never really loved but currently is my go to! Below, I’m sharing the recipe to make it one cocktail at a time, in a pitcher and as a mocktail!

Ingredients

mint leaves (some for muddling some for garnish)
strawberries (2-3 per glass)
1 oz sweet & sour
ice
1 oz white rum
soda water / club soda

Individual Cocktail

muddle 3 or so mint leaves, strawberries and 1 oz sweet and sour in bottom of glass
add ice
pour 1 oz white rum
top with soda water/club soda

Pitcher Cocktail

muddle 30 mint leaves, 20 strawberries and 6 oz sweet and sour in bottom of pitcher (be sure not to muddle mint too much or else it will get bitter!) tip: adjust mint & strawberry amount to taste!
add in ice (2 cups or so) if serving immediately or set aside ice to be served individually
pour 6 oz white run and soda water to taste + stir! tip: add sugar by the tablespoon if you want a sweeter taste or use sprite or 7up instead of soda water

Mocktail

muddle 3 or so mint leaves, strawberries and 1 oz sweet and sour in bottom of glass
add ice
pour soda water over ice to top (tip: if you want something sweeter or with more of a strawberry flavor, try out strawberry craft soda - we love Trader Joe’s Sparkling Strawberry Juice and recommend that!)