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12 coconut cocktails that bring the tropics to you

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Posted 23 Oct 2025

By
Amelia Ball

The Coconut Mojito has a layer of coconut cream on top

Choose from these fresh, easy recipes that go way beyond the Piña Colada.

If your dream holiday is all about palm trees, white sandy beaches and fancy resorts, it’s time to master a coconut cocktail or two. Making drinks with this peak tropical flavour may not get you on that getaway any sooner, but it might just help to scratch the itch. That’s because there’s something about coconut’s distinctively sweet, creamy and subtle nutty flavour that instantly delivers the vacay vibes. And what’s not to love about that?

To get you started, we’ve rounded up 12 of our favourite cocktails that go big on coconut, with ingredients like coconut-flavoured spirits, coconut milk, coconut cream and coconut water, desiccated coconut and more. Each of the following cocktails is sure to bring a touch of the tropics, whether you’re in the backyard with friends on a balmy night, or on the couch on a chilly night with the heating cranked. Oh, and serving them in hollowed-out fresh coconuts is also highly recommended.

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1. Piña Colada cocktail recipe

We’re kicking off with arguably the most famous coconut cocktail; this Puerto Rican creation even has its own song. Here, coconut cream mingles with spiced rum, sweetened condensed milk, lime juice, pineapple juice and bitters in the ultimate resort-style bev. Serve it to friends in a hurricane glass with a cocktail umbrella, dish up some fish tacos, and it will *almost* feel like a holiday.

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2. Frozen Coconut Daiquiri cocktail recipe

Are blender cocktails the best cocktails? Going by this creamy number, we say yes, especially when it’s so easy to blitz up multiple serves in one go. Coconut cream, dark rum, lime juice and sugar syrup might make up this recipe, but a little forward planning to pre-freeze coconut water as the ice cubes to go into the blender will elevate this cocktail to something truly great.

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3. Coconut Mojito cocktail recipe

Didn’t think the Mojito could get any better? It must be time to try this coconut-fuelled riff. Using coconut rum instead of traditional white rum infuses a fresh classic with sweeter notes, and layering coconut cream on top of the drink adds some flair, not to mention all that extra flavour as it mixes through with each sip. Just don’t skip the crushed ice – it makes all the difference.

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4. Coconut Tamaretto Sour cocktail recipe

This sweet, sour and zesty cocktail is a creamy take on the Amaretto Sour, with coconut cream and tamarind paste giving it a decidedly exotic twist. It’s full of flavour, and we think it also makes an excellent dessert. With both bourbon and amaretto, there’s a lot going on with the flavours here, but those coconut flakes that garnish the drink might be our favourite bit.

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5. Pineapple and Coconut Margarita cocktail recipe

You can never have too many Margarita riffs, particularly when the Tommy’s collides with a Piña Colada. That’s what you get with this creamy, sweet and coconutty cocktail. Tequila, lime juice and agave syrup still lie at the heart of this recipe, but coconut milk and pineapple juice make it an unmistakably tropical treat. Dust off the deckchairs and settle in.

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6. Lamington cocktail recipe

Are you a sucker for dessert? This indulgent cake-inspired cocktail is for you. Creamy, rich and sweet, this bourbon-based Lamington might just trump the spongey baked good it was inspired by. Critical to this cocktail is the homemade coconut syrup, which is super easy – just blitz coconut cream and white sugar until the sugar dissolves. Be sure to play around with the syrup in your other go-to cocktails, too.

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7. Malibu Sunset cocktail recipe

Another very good reason to stock up on cocktail umbrellas (do we actually need one?), the Malibu Sunset is as pretty as it sounds. In this fruity number, the distinctive flavour of coconut rum is the hero in this mix of orange juice, pineapple juice and grenadine. It’s bright, sweet and juicy, and super easy to build in a tall glass. Hot tip: picking up a few hurricane glasses for summer is a pro move.

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8. Chilli Coconut Margarita cocktail recipe

Don’t love your cocktail too sweet? Balance it out with a spicy kick in this Chilli Coconut Marg. In this recipe, the traditional base of tequila, triple sec and lime juice meets coconut cream, sugar syrup and jalapenos to create a deliciously sweet and spicy Marg with a twist. This one makes another brilliant pick for dessert, too.

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9. Vintage Coco cocktail recipe

For a coconut cocktail without the creamy factor, consider the Vintage Coco. With a foundation of whisky – Canadian is ideal – this bright cocktail mixes coconut water, pineapple juice, sugar syrup and lime juice together, and gets topped with soda. A garnish of mint brings extra aromatics to this cocktail, which also has a frothy texture thanks to an all-important hard shake.

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10. Fizzy Colada cocktail recipe

We love a good cocktail hack, and the Fizzy Colada gives us one of the best. Two words: Pineapple Cruiser. Yep, this tasty premix does the heavy lifting here, in a combo of white rum, lime juice and coconut water coming together. Think of it as a light, fizzy and easy twist on the OG Piña Colada; just build it in the glass, and garnish as simply or OTT as you like.

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11. Malibu Sunset cocktail recipe

There’s a freshness to this cocktail, with coconut water lightening it up. Condensed milk and agave syrup make it creamy and sweet, and watermelon ups the summery vibes – not to mention gives it a pretty shade of pink. With cachaça as the base of this twist on the traditional Brazilian Batida, it’s an excellent cocktail to mix for friends when you want to impress with something different.

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12. Painkiller cocktail recipe

From the idyllic British Virgin Islands, the Painkiller combines navy-strength dark rum, coconut cream, orange juice, pineapple juice and sugar syrup. Feel free to mix and match to find your preferred ratios, and we fully encourage you to go wild with garnishes – think fruit wedges, mint sprigs, cinnamon sticks, skewered fruit… The more the merrier.

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