Fresh Melon Rum Cooler Cocktail | Watermelon Drinks with Rum
With juicy cooling freshness from ripe summer watermelon, fresh citrusy lime, light rum, and crisp splashes of sparkling water, you’ll have a very simple, very cool watermelon drinks with rum that go down smooth, thirst quenching, and refreshing.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 chunks Fresh Watermelon - seedless watermelon
- 2 oz White Rum - such as Cruzan
- ½ oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 1 oz Simple syrup
- splashes Sparkling Water - such as La Croix Coconut or Waterloo Coconut Lime
Instructions
- In the bottom of a cocktail shaker toss in 5 chunks of fresh watermelon cubes.Muddle the watermelon with a muddler until crushed and juicy.
- Splash in the fresh lime juice, simple syrup, and rum.Fill with ice about halfway and cover. Shake the fresh melon and rum mixture vigorously until completely combined and chilled through.
- Fill a rocks glass with a scoop of new fresh ice.Strain the shaken cocktail mixture with a strainer into the rocks glass over fresh ice, leaving old ice and mashed fruits behind.
- Top the watermelon rum drinks with a finishing splash of the sparkling water.Garnish with lime wheels, skewered watermelon cubes, and fresh mint, as desired. Serve very cold.
Nutrition
Calories: 242kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 0.1gFat: 0.02gSodium: 17mgPotassium: 40mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 36IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
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