28 Blueberry Cocktails That Are Taking Over — Try Them Before Everyone Else

The Lavender Blueberry Bees Knees Cocktail is a mix of gin, fresh lemon juice, honey syrup, ripe blueberries, and a hint of lavender, served in a sugar-rimmed martini glass. With a fruity blueberry taste and a hint of lavender, this refreshing drink is perfect for sipping on hot summer days or as a pre-dinner drink.

The Blueberry Mojito is a refreshing twist on the classic cocktail, blending the sweet and tangy flavors of blueberries and lime with the coolness of mint. This cocktail features a base of white rum and is topped with soda water, creating a fizzy, delightful drink perfect for any summer occasion. Its vibrant color and mix of sweet and sour notes make it a hit at parties or as a relaxing treat.

The Blueberry Margarita is a creative twist on the traditional margarita, featuring a combination of smooth tequila, lime juice, and triple sec, with the added sweetness and vibrant color of fresh blueberries. This cocktail delivers a perfect balance of sweet and tangy flavors, making it an exceptional choice for those who appreciate a fruity variation of the classic margarita. The use of fresh blueberries not only enhances the taste but also adds a visually appealing aspect to the drink.

This tart and sweet blueberry lemon drop recipe makes a pitcher’s worth for a lively summertime happy hour. It is a fruity, feminine take on the classic lemon drop martini, infusing lemon vodka with scratch-made blueberry simple syrup and lemon juice. There’s no need for a shaker with this recipe. Simply place the ingredients in a pitcher and stir vigorously. 

You’ll enjoy the Blueberry Bourbon Smash, a refreshing blend bursting with ripe blueberries and the smooth warmth of bourbon. Enhanced with a dash of lemon for zest and simple syrup for a hint of sweetness, this cocktail offers a unique twist on traditional whiskey drinks. It’s a favorite because it combines the fruit’s natural juiciness with the rich complexity of bourbon, creating a beverage that’s both satisfying and intriguing.

The Spiced Blueberry Rum Punch blends sweet blueberries with a hint of spice, creating a vibrant, refreshing cocktail. Made with rum, it’s a delightful mix that’s not too complicated to whip up. Perfect for gatherings, its bold flavors and festive look make it a crowd-pleaser. You’ll love its unique taste.

When it’s hot outside, nothing beats a refreshing drink to cool down. The Blueberry Colada is a favorite because it mixes the rich flavors of blueberries and coconut with a tangy splash of pineapple. This drink is perfect for those who enjoy a sweet treat with a twist. The best part is how the blend of natural fruit flavors comes together with or without rum, making it great for everyone at your party.

Many drinkers want something a bit different from the usual cocktail. The Blueberry Old Fashioned is a standout option, merging the richness of bourbon with the freshness of blueberries. It’s got a great balance of sweet and aromatic flavors, thanks to a splash of simple syrup and a hint of Angostura bitters. Garnished with orange peel, it offers a refreshing twist on a classic favorite.

You can skip the blueberry pie with this dessert-like cocktail. It’s a vodka martini that combines equal parts pineapple juice, blueberry lavender simple syrup, and lime juice with two parts vodka. The lavender adds a botanical aroma and a deeper purple coloring to the drink. The piece de resistance is the dash of coconut milk that adds a creamy, dessert-like top foam. 

Blueberries aren’t the only ingredient that turns this cocktail bright blue. While this version of the classic vodka cocktail uses blueberries as a garnish, the blue color of the liquid comes from blue curacao. Blue curacao is also the key ingredient that adds a sweeter citrus flavor to the classic ginger beer, lime juice, and vodka recipe.

This versatile and easy recipe muddles blueberries with a sprig of thyme, lemon juice, and sugar before adding the spirit of your choice. The recipe suggests either gin or vodka. Vodka blends in with any flavor, but the thyme brings out the botanical flavor of gin. The final touch is topping each glass off with soda water for a refreshingly bubbly finish.

This highly alcoholic cocktail features three spirits including bourbon, Lillet Blanc, and absinthe. All that alcohol gets a luxuriously sweet and velvety compliment from the scratch-made blueberry compote. Compote is a reduction of blueberry and sugar with lemon juice. It’s the gift that keeps giving, as you can use it in this cocktail as easily as you can spoon it over ice cream or breakfast toast. 

This beautiful blueberry ginger bellini recipe is an elegant upgrade to your Sunday brunch. It makes two tall glasses of rich blueberry bellinis. You begin by smashing blueberries, ginger, and lemon juice into a delicious juice you strain into each half-full glass of sparkling wine. The trifecta of spicy, sweet, and sour gets a refreshing bubbly, and dry finish from the prosecco.

Blueberry lemonade is a special summer treat, so adding booze and bitters to the mix makes it the ultimate summer cocktail. This recipe combines blueberry simple syrup with lemon juice, orange liqueur, and orange bitters for a balanced cocktail. The tart and bitter citrus ingredients complement the sweet blueberry syrup.

Just as strawberry and basil have become a popular dessert duo, basil and blueberry is an equally delicious cocktail duo. This simple cocktail muddles lime juice, basil, and blueberries for an aromatic and rich infusion. You can use vodka or gin for this cocktail and easily scale the recipe up to make a pitcher’s worth. 

This recipe proves that blueberries are both a flavoring agent and a sweetener. Blueberry daiquiris are a simple, three-ingredient recipe that involves throwing blueberries, lime juice, and light rum into a blender with ice. I recommend using frozen blueberries, so you don’t have to use ice, which waters down the sweetness and taste of the white rum.

Another one-shaker recipe, this vodka cocktail infuses mint and blueberry by muddling the two at the bottom of the shaker. Instead of simple syrup, this cocktail calls for honey, which imparts a richer flavor. The presentation of this cocktail is quaint, using oversized mason jars topped with seltzer water and garnished with lime and mint. 

This flavorful gin punch recipe makes the perfect pitcher for a boozy backyard barbecue with friends. The key to this recipe is making the sage, blueberry, and lemon syrup the night before, letting the reduction marinate overnight before straining it into the pitcher. All that’s left to do is add copious amounts of gin and prosecco.

This sweet and smokey smash recipe uses fresh blueberries and blueberry jam to smash with thyme and lemon juice in a shaker before adding bourbon. This recipe has a solution for every scenario. If you don’t have jam, use extra blueberries and sugar. If you don’t have bourbon, you can get the same smokey finish from tequila or mezcal.

This vodka cocktail is similar to the blueberry colada mentioned earlier on my list, blending fresh blueberries with pineapple juice and cream of coconut. It uses scratch-made blueberry syrup for a stronger blueberry flavor and lemon juice to tamper with the sweetness. It’s a mix of tropical and Nordic summer flavors in one cocktail.  

This bright blue vodka martini gets a double dose of blueberry by using blueberry vodka and fresh blueberry juice. The triple sec and lemon-lime soda add a strong citrus flavor with a bubbly finish. It’s a single-shaker ingredient that you can easily make two off for a special date night cocktail.