Tiki drinks are extravagant and tropical rum-based cocktails with fresh fruit juices and eye-catching garnishes. Most tiki drinks are vibrantly colored and have fruity components. You’ll often find these drinks at tiki bars and restaurants, one of the most famous drinks being the Mai Tai.
Tiki Cocktails
If you’re looking for a dreamy and easy-to-make cocktail, look no further than one of these classic Tiki drinks that will instantly transport you to a white-sand beach. These cocktails provide the perfect balance of sweet, spicy, and sour with their unique ingredients.
Olive Garden’s Blue Hawaiian offers a vibrant blue, eye-catching display, and sweet and tart flavor with sour mix, pineapple juice, Malibu rum, and more.
This Trader Vic’s favorite has fresh lemon and lime juice and a Jamaican rum base, making it impressively succulent.
Enjoy this copycat Red Lobster recipe of a tiki classic with pineapple, orange, and lime flavors and white rum, dark rum, triple sec, and grenadine.
Steal the show with this copycat TGI Friday’s tiki drink– spiced rum, dark rum, and amaretto team up with different fruit juices for a tropical taste.
A fusion of banana, coconut, and other fruity flavors, this Applebee’s copycat tiki drink is the perfect refreshing beverage to accompany seafood.
Sip on PF Chang’s version of a timeless Mai Tai, with hints of almond and orange and three types of rum. Garnish with pineapple and maraschino cherries for a show-stopping appearance!
Painkillers are one of the most well-known tiki drinks, and this recipe is super easy to make with orange juice, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, and Pusser’s rum. A pinch of nutmeg adds some spice.
Cranberry, pineapple, peach, and coconut combine in this fruity and vibrant copycat tiki drink that tastes exactly like it came from Joe’s Crab Shack!
The Tropical Itch is another tiki classic with bourbon, rum, bitters, and triple sec. The passion fruit puree and lemon juice add a refreshing twist, and the bamboo back scratcher for garnish is surely unique.
Perfectly balancing sweet and tart flavors, the Red Zombie Cocktail has a simple ingredient list and will impress you with its rum-forward flavor.
Make Trader Vic’s Grog with Jamaican rum, bitters, lemon and pineapple juice, and exotic passion fruit syrup. This drink also has assorted garnishes for an enticing look.
With Hamilton 151, Puerto Rican, and Jamaican rum, the Trader Vic’s Zombie doesn’t come to disappoint. With this iconic copycat recipe, you’ll enjoy citrusy flavors over shaved ice, perfect for enjoying in warm weather.
From Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar at Disney, this copycat tiki drink has warm spices, fresh fruit juices, cream of coconut, and either gold or dark rum, depending on your preferences.
This unique beverage resembles a beach with its bright blue and yellow hues; its flavor also impresses with sweet and sour mix, mango puree, and Malibu coconut rum being among the ingredients.
Make a true Hawaiian Mai Tai with light and dark rum, tiki syrups, and orange curacao, which you can garnish with fresh lime and mint sprigs.
Whichever tiki drink you choose, It will refresh you with its exotic and fruity flavors. Of course, part of the appeal of tiki drinks is their unique presentation, and these recipes definitely don’t disappoint in that department, either. Whether you want a classic Mai Tai or want to experiment with something you’ve never made before, these copycat recipes can help you out!
