This blue Hawaiian mai tai cocktail is a cross between a mai tai and a blue Hawaiian. It’s a fruity blend of two popular tropical drinks and is perfect for summer, pool parties, and cookouts!
Why this recipe works
Both a blue Hawaiian and a mai tai have a rum base, so combining the two cocktails to make this blue Hawaiian mai tai makes a whole lot of sense.
It’s swimming with mango and tropical flavors that’ll make you dream of soaking up the sun in Hawaii! So go ahead and conjure up the feelings of laying on a beach listening to the waves crash around you with this beautiful tie-dye drink.
Ingredients you will need
Get all measurements, ingredients, and instructions in the printable version at the end of this post.
JUICE – Mango juice can easily be found at your local grocery store, but you can substitute for mango purée, mango nectar, or even the bottled mango smoothies you find in the refrigerated section. It’s ok if it’s thick like nectar or thin like juice, it’s really the mango flavor you’re looking for. The colors will still separate properly.
ALCOHOL – For this recipe we used blue curaçao, but it’s really just a blue version of triple sec. It gives you that beautiful blue color with orange citrus notes. Dark rum is also used because it pairs perfectly with tropical flavors and it adds to the color however, if you only have light/white rum you can certainly use that instead.
How to Make a Blue Hawaiian Mai Tai
These step by step photos and instructions are here to help you visualize how to make this recipe. You can Jump to Recipe to get the printable version of this recipe, complete with measurements and instructions at the bottom.
- Fill a glass with ice to the top.
- Next, add 1 ½ oz. of dark rum into the glass using a cocktail jigger.
- Pour in pineapple juice, and then mango juice.
- Add grenadine.
- Finally, add blue curaçao last.
- Garnish with a palm leaf from the head of a pineapple, a pineapple slice, and a cherry.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can certainly pour slowly if you’d like to have clear layers, however, it’s not necessary for this drink. As you can see in the photos, this cocktail doesn’t have any absolute layers to it, instead it looks like a colorful tie dye drink! The most important part while making this blue Hawaiian mai tai is to pour the layers correctly, with rum being the first thing added so it stays at the bottom. If you’d like, you can swirl it all together in the glass to create a pretty aqua blue color.
With tropical pineapple and mango flavors complemented by dark rum, blue curacao, and grenadine, this fruity blue Hawaiian mai tai is sweet and refreshing. It’s the perfect summertime drink to sip on!
More Summer Cocktail Recipes
- Rum Punch
- Peach Mojito
- Pina Colada Recipe
- Sex on the Beach
- Pineapple Rum Slush
- Blue Mermaid Cocktails
- Tropical Rush Slush
- Spiked Cherries
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Blue Hawaiian Mai Tai
IMPORTANT – There are often Frequently Asked Questions within the blog post that you may find helpful. Simply scroll back up to read them!
Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 1 cup ice
- 1 ½ oz dark rum
- 2 oz pineapple juice
- 2 oz mango juice or mango puree
- 1 ½ Tbsp grenadine
- ½ oz blue curaçao
Optional Garnish
- pineapple slice
- maraschino cherry
- pineapple palm leaf
Things You’ll Need
Before You Begin
- You can drink this as is or stir it up. If you stir it up, it will turn a beautiful aqua color.
Instructions
- Fill a glass with ice to the top.
- Next, add 1 ½ oz. of dark rum in to the glass.
- Pour in pineapple juice, and then mango juice.
- Add grenadine.
- Finally, add blue curaçao last.
- Garnish with a palm leaf from the head of a pineapple, a pineapple slice, and a cherry.
Nutrition
This post was originally published on this blog on June 5, 2021.
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Beachbum Hooch says
Jebus. This is not a Mai Tai nor Blue Hawaiian. It’s not even a Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai.
Why do people feel the need to take classic cocktails and do a “spin” on it and it’s nothing like the original cocktail.
If you want to create a “cocktail,” just make one and give it a new name instead of creating confusion. In reality, it’s a better move. If it takes off, you’re the creator of the new cocktail. In this case, it’s just a mish-mash name of something that resembles neither cocktail in that name.
Heidi Wells says
Looks amazing
Amber Walters says
What size cup would be the right size? 6 Oz, 8 Oz or what? Don’t want to get to big or too small for all ingredients to fit correctly without overflowing. Lol
Thanks for the help!
Amanda Formaro says
Since you’ll be adding ice, I would go with an 8-oz glass
Mark says
Followed this to a tee trying to get the colors picture perfect but kept coming up with what looked more like mud water the taste was great, just wanted that picture d signature dring…soooo aFTER using 3 different types of rum nd ithiink 6 maitais later… wait what was I getting aT 4getit, they are taste great.
Cash says
Mine doesn’t seem to have the vivid colors as these photos do. Much darker. Do these pictures even have the dark rum? Is it in the pour? Followed directions but not quite as pretty as the picture. Still delicious 😋
Amanda Formaro says
There are so many brands of dark and gold rum that it’s possible yours is darker than ours. We used Goslings Black Seal Bermuda Black Rum. It is in the pour. If you take a look at the step by step photos in the post, you will see the rum in the glass in the first photo.
Laura Clark says
I have never seen mango juice before. Where do you usually get it?
Amanda Formaro says
Checking is the Mexican food aisle of your grocery store :)
Beachbum Billy says
It’s actually amazing that this recipe misses the defining ingredients of both drinks. No orgeat, no coconut creme, no multiple rums. No lime juice?? But does add the totally unrelated flavors of mango (?!?) and cheap grenadine. It does look nice, and is probably tastey, but dang. Has very little in common with it’s namesakes.
Adam Hostetler says
While I’m sure this is a taste drink the only thing it shares with an actual Mai Tai is ice and Rum. Nothing else here is in an actual Mai Tai. Hers an actual Mai Tai (try it they’re great!): https://www.liquor.com/recipes/maitai/