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Do you love delicious and unique cocktails?


Then look no further than these two great margaritas!

In this post we are going to take one of the most popular cocktails to the next level by using Hennessy cognac to create a nontraditional delicious homemade margarita, not once but twice!

There is a stemmed clear glass with a blue rim. There is frozen strawberry margarita mix in the glass. The glass has sugar around the rim and a fresh strawberry on it. There is a second clear stemmed glass with light brown liquid and ice cubes in it. The rim of the glass has salt on it and an orange slice on it. There is a bottle of Hennessy Cognac next to the glasses. Items are on a light gray surface.

Both of these recipes make the perfect drink for Cinco de Mayo which is coming up soon.


If you want some really good food recipes to serve with these drinks, I have some great recipes further down on this post!

#1 – The Hennessy Margarita

The first cocktail is the classic margarita recipe with basically a shot of Hennessy in it.

Who knew it could taste sooo good!

Simple Ingredients For A Hennessy Margarita

There is a bottle of Hennessy Cognac. There is a bottle of margarita mix to the left of the Hennessy bottle. There is a bottle of tequila blanco to the right of the Hennessy bottle. There is a half of an orange and 3 limes lying in front of the bottles. Items are on a white marble surface with a white tile back splash.

What You Will Need:

  • Margarita mix
  • Fresh orange
  • Fresh lime
  • Hennessy cognac
  • Tequila
  • Simple syrup (if you want it on the sweeter side)
  • Garnish (lime wedge or orange slice)

Helpful Tools

  • Cocktail shaker
  • Hand juicer
  • Jigger or shot glass
  • Cocktail glass- tall glass, highball glass, or margarita glass

How To Make A Hennessy Margarita

  1. Add fresh ice cubes to a cocktail glass
  2. Add all the liquid ingredients
  3. Shake, shake, shake
  4. Salt the rim of the glass
  5. Put a few fresh ice cubes in the glass
  6. Strain into the glass
  7. Add your favorite garnish
  8. Say a toast and enjoy
Short clear glass with light brown liquid in it. There is salt around the rim of the glass and a lime wedge is sitting on the rim. There are ice cubes in the drink. There is a bottle of Hennessy Cognac in the background as well as a lime cut in half. All the items are in a white marble surface.

About Hennessy Cognac

The Hennessy company is headquartered in Cognac, France and makes around 85% of the world’s cognac.

Cognac is a variety of brandy made from white wine.

Hennessy VS (Very Special) is one of the most popular cognacs in the world.

It is matured in new oak barrels and has a rich, sweet, oaky, fruity, slightly spicy taste.

#2 – Frozen Strawberry Hennessy Margaritas (also called – A Red Hennessy Slushie)

There are two stemmed clear glasses with blue rims. The glasses have frozen margarita in them. There is sugar around the rim and 1 fresh strawberry lying on the rim of each glass. There is a bottle of Hennessy cognac sitting to the side of the glasses. Items are on a light gray surface.

Ingredients

There is a bottle of Hennessy cognac, a bottle of red strawberry syrup, a bottle of tequila blanco, an orange, 3 limes, and a white bowl with fresh hulled strawberries in it. All the items are on a light gray surface.

What You Will Need:

  • Fresh strawberries
  • Tequila
  • Hennessy cognac
  • Strawberry syrup
  • Fresh lime
  • Fresh orange
  • Fresh ice
  • Sugar (for the rim)
  • Garnish – fresh strawberry

Helpful Tools For Hennessy Slushies

  • Blender or a slushie machine (if you happen to have one)
  • Hand juicer
  • Jigger or shot glass
  • Cocktail glass- tall glass, highball glass, or margarita glass

How To Make Frozen Strawberry Hennessy Margaritas

  1. Rinse and hull the strawberries
  2. Add strawberries to a blender
  3. All all the liquid ingredients
  4. Add the ice
  5. Cover the blender
  6. Pulse until completely blended with a slushy consistency
Stainless steel blender bass with a glass pitcher with a black lid on top of it. There is a red frozen slushy drink in the pitcher. The blender is sitting on a light gray surface.

7. Sugar the rim of the glass

8. Add your favorite garnish

9. Say a toast and enjoy

Varieties And Substitutions

Tequila blanco – tequila reposado (see FAQ’s)

Fresh juices – try lemon juice, pineapple juice, or fruit juice.

Lime juice – sour mix

Simple syrup – pump up this strong drink even more by adding a shot of orange liqueur such as Grand Marnier, Cointreau, or Triple Sec. I have and it makes a delicious drink!

Bottle of Grand Marnier with a bottle of simple syrup to the left it and a bottle of triple sec to the right of it. Bottles are on a white marble surface in front of a white tile backsplash.

Garnish – lemon slice, lime slice, lime wheel, fresh strawberries, orange slice, or even a maraschino cherry.

Rim Salt – Tajin Classico Seasoning

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Tequila Blanco and Tequila Reposado?

The main difference between the two tequilas is that one is an aged tequila and the other is not.

Tequila Blanco is bottled right after distillation. Tequila Reposado is aged either in a steel or oak barrel.

Here is a great breakdown for you – Reposado vs Anejo vs Blanco: Which Is The Best?

A lot of Hennessy Margarita recipes call for Reposado due to its oaky, earthy undertones.

I prefer to use Blanco which has notes of pepper and citrus for these recipes because I taste more of the Hennessy. Either one is perfectly fine to use!

What exactly is triple sec?

Triple sec is an orange-flavoured liqueur that originated in France. It usually contains 20–40% alcohol by volume.

Triple sec is rarely consumed neat, but is used in preparing many mixed drinks such as margaritas, cosmopolitans, sidecars, Long Island iced teas, and mai tais. Wikipedia

Can you use frozen strawberries to make a margarita?

Yes, you can use frozen strawberries to make margaritas!

Substitute ice cubes with frozen strawberries.

If the mix seems a little thick after blending, add ice cubes and blend until you get the consistency you want.

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How To Make Two Of The Best Hennessy Margaritas

There is a stemmed clear glass with a blue rim. There is frozen strawberry margarita mix in the glass. The glass has sugar around the rim and a fresh strawberry on it. There is a second clear stemmed glass with light brown liquid and ice cubes in it. The rim of the glass has salt on it and an orange slice on it. There is a bottle of Hennessy Cognac next to the glasses. Items are on a light gray surface.

Do you love delicious and unique cocktails? Then look no further than these two great margaritas! We are going to take one of the most popular cocktails to the next level by using Hennessy cognac to create a nontraditional delicious homemade margarita, not once but twice!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • The Hennessy Margarita
  • 4 ounces margarita mix
  • 2 ounces fresh orange juice - juice of 1 medium size orange
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice - juice of 1 lime
  • 1 ounce Hennessy cognac
  • 1 ounce tequila
  • 1/2 ounce simple syrup (if you want it on the sweeter side)
  • Garnish (lime wedge or orange slice)
  • Frozen Hennessy Margaritas
  • 16 ounces fresh strawberries - rinsed and hulled
  • 6 ounces tequila
  • 4 ounces Hennessy cognac
  • 4 ounces strawberry syrup
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice - juice of 1 lime
  • 2 ounces Fresh orange juice - juice of 1 medium size orange
  • 3 - 4 cups fresh ice
  • Sugar (for the rim)
  • Garnish - fresh strawberry

Instructions

    Hennessy Margarita:

    1. Add fresh ice cubes to a cocktail shaker
    2. Add all the liquid ingredients: margarita mix, fresh orange juice, fresh lime juice, Hennessy cognac, tequila, simple syrup (if you want it on the sweeter side)
    3. Shake, shake, shake for at least 30 seconds to blend all those lovely flavors together.
    4. Salt the rim of the glass
    5. Put a few fresh ice cubes in the glass
    6. Strain into the glass
    7. Add your favorite garnish
    8. Make a toast and enjoy!

    Frozen Strawberry Hennessy Margaritas

    1. Rinse and hull the strawberries
    2. Add strawberries to a blender
    3. All all the liquid ingredients: tequila, Hennessy cognac, strawberry syrup, fresh lime juice, Ffesh orange juice
    4. Add the ice - 1 cup at a time
    5. Cover the blender
    6. Pulse until completely blended with a slushy consistency
    7. Sugar the rim of the glass
    8. Add your favorite garnish
    9. Make a toast and enjoy!

    Notes

    Helpful Tools

    Cocktail shaker

    Hand juicer

    Jigger or shot glass

    Cocktail glass- tall glass, highball glass, margarita glass

    For Hennessy Slushies

    Blender or a slushie machine (if you happen to have one )

    Varieties And Substitutions

    Tequila blanco - tequila reposado (see FAQ's)

    Fresh juices - try lemon juice, pineapple juice, or fruit juice.

    Lime juice - sour mix

    Simple Syrup - pump up this strong drink even more by adding a shot of orange liqueur such as Grand Marnier, Cointreau, or Triple Sec. I have and it makes a delicious drink!

    Garnish - lemon slice, lime slice, lime wheel, fresh strawberries, orange slice, or even a maraschino cherry.

    Rim Salt - Tajin Classico Seasoning

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