Try a tropical twist on a Christmas cocktail with this Jack Frost cocktail. The rum, blue curaçao, coconut and pineapple will transport you to a beachy winter holiday.
Jack Frost Cocktail Recipe: How to Make It
Updated on Dec. 21, 2023
A Jack Frost cocktail is the perfect thing to sip on during the holidays, especially when you’re munching on coconut rum balls or rum brickle bites. It looks wintry with an icy blue color and snowy coconut rim but tastes like the beach. It’s the definition of a tropical heat wave in December! Made with white rum, blue curaçao pineapple and coconut, this is a fun alternative to classic pina coladas.
If you’re investing in blue curaçao for the first time, have no fear, there are tons of ways to use it. I like to whip up Caribbean blue margaritas or blended blue lagoon margaritas.
How to Make a Jack Frost Cocktail
This recipe makes one cocktail.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces white rum
- 1-1/2 ounces pineapple juice
- 1 ounce blue curaçao
- 1 ounce canned coconut cream or canned coconut milk
- 1/4 ounce simple syrup, plus more for rimming glass
- Shredded unsweetened coconut, finely chopped
Directions
Step 1: Combine ingredients
Add rum, pineapple juice, blue curaçao, coconut cream and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker partially filled with ice.
Step 2: Shake cocktail to chill
Secure the cocktail shaker lid and shake vigorously for 20 seconds until cocktail is chilled.
Step 3: Rim glass
Dip the rim of a rocks glass in simple syrup, then dip the rim in shredded coconut. Fill the rocks glass with ice.
Step 4: Strain and serve
Strain the cocktail into the prepared glass and serve.
Can you make a nonalcoholic Jack Frost cocktail?
The cocktail is best when made with the ingredients listed above, but if you want to try making this nonalcoholic, there are a couple options! You could swap the rum out for a nonalcoholic clear spirit. There are quite a few zero-proof brands out these days—try Lyre’s or Ritual.
And instead of the blue curaçao, use a dash of butterfly pea flower powder mixed with a bit of orange juice. The powder is similar to matcha powder and comes from the butterfly pea plant. Its deep blue hue flavored with orange juice should achieve a similar color to blue curaçao and still create a tasty mocktail.
