All the flavors of fall are here in this delicious Thanksgiving Margarita including apple cider, pear juice, orange liquor, tequila. This Fall cocktail is a favorite for any Holiday gathering.
I love a good traditional margarita, but also love creating unique flavors like our Christmas margarita, pomegranate margarita, pineapple margarita and blueberry margarita to name a few.
The Fall flavors in this margarita recipe – apple, orange, pear, apricot – go together so well.. If you’re busy planning your Thanksgiving menu this week, go ahead and add these ingredients to your list. This Fall margarita recipe is perfect for sipping on while you prepare your Green Bean Casserole and Pecan Pie.
Thanksgiving Margarita Ingredients
Grab these ingredients for a delicious Harvest Margarita (get the full amounts in the recipe card below).
- Tequila. I used Tequila Reserva 1800 Reposado, but you can use any gold tequila (or brand) that you prefer.
- Orange Liquor. Grand Marnier is my favorite.
- Apple Cider. Homemade fresh apple cider or store-bought.
- Juices. Apricot Juice and pear juice.
- Brown Sugar. Used for the rim (optional).
- Simple Syrup or Lime Juice. Also for the rim and also optional.
- Pear or Apple Slice. For garnish (optional).
- Cinnamon Stick. Optional.
How To Make A Thanksgiving Margarita
All of our by the glass cocktail recipes are super easy because essentially, you are just adding the ingredients in and then stirring them up. It’s almost too easy to make a delicious drink!
- Prep your glass. Pour a little simple syrup into one shallow dish and a little brown sugar on another small plate. Dip the top edge of the glass into the syrup and then into the brown sugar. Give the glass a couple of minutes for the sugar to harden up before you add the juice in.
- Make the cocktail. Pour the juices and the cider into the glass and stir (the order is not important.) Then, add in ice. Top the drink with tequila and orange liquor, then give it a stir (or use a cocktail shaker if you prefer).
- Garnish. Grab a cinnamon stick and slice of an apple (or a pear) and add to the top of the glass (if desired).
Tips
Individual servings. I like making cocktails that are made individually because each glass has the perfect ratio of ingredients and you don’t have to worry about it getting watered down quickly. However, you can multiply this recipe and add to a pitcher for however many you are serving.
Glass. You can use margarita glasses for this (or any glass, really) but I prefer to use wide, stemless wine glasses. They’re just easier to hold onto.
Can I Make This A Frozen Margarita? Sure! I prefer this margarita on the rocks, but feel free to turn this into a Thanksgiving frozen margarita. Keep in mind that smaller pieces of ice will dilute the drink a bit quicker.
Thanksgiving Margarita Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 ½ ounces gold Tequila
- 1 ounce Orange liquor
- 2 ounces Apple Cider
- 2 ounces Pear Juice
- 2 Tablespoons Simple syrup or Lime wedge for rim (optional)
- 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar or Salt for rim (optional)
- apple slice for garnish (optional)
- Cinnamon stick for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Dip the cocktail glass into a simple syrup mixture or run a lime wedge on the edge of a glass. Then dip the edges into brown sugar (or salt).
- In your rimmed cocktail glass, add the cider and pear juice. Stir to combine and fill with ice.
- Pour in the tequila and stir. Then add the orange liquor.
- Top with a apple (or pear) slice and cinnamon stick. Serve!
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7 comments on “Thanksgiving Margarita”
These are delicious.
I’m going to try this recipe out for Thanksgiving. Do you think I can prepare a pitcher of the juices ahead and pour into the glasses and top with the tequila?
Yes, that would work!
Loved it!
Delish! Only change I made was doubled pear and left out apricot as don’t like. SO good! And less acidic than my usual lime margs…. now going to test with rum Thanks for the recipe!
This looks delicious!!! If I wanted to make a non-alcoholic version would you suggest swapping the orange liquor for orange juice and leave out the tequila?
You don’t need to swap out as there are many non-alcoholic spirits and liqueurs available these days. A once unmet market niche for the non-alcoholic versions of “everything” has evolved 🙂 In Australia Lyre’s is probably the best for the variety of non-alcoholic ‘adult’ drinks including Tequila. There is also Monday Distillery, Seedlip, Banks & Burbidge, Spirits of Virtue, Ovant, Ritual Zero Proof to name a few. Just google 🙂