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3 Prickly Pear Cocktails to Celebrate Arizona’s Birthday

By: Dana Vollmer

Happy Birthday Arizona!

February 14th is not just Valentine’s Day but it’s also Arizona’s birthday. And nothing is more Arizona than Prickly Pear. Iconic Cocktail Co. recently released a limited edition Prickly Pear Sour mixer. To get your mixer, check their website or Facebook page for their next market. Hurry, this limited release flavor is only available in February.

Iconic Cocktail Co Prickly Pear

To celebrate, we’ve created three cocktails using Iconic Cocktail Co.’s Prickly Pear Mixer.

Prickly Pear Margarita

Prickly Pear Margarita

3 oz Tequila Blanco
2 oz Iconic Cocktail Co. Prickly Pear Sour mixer
1 Lime
0.5 oz  Cointreau

Salt your glass. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the Tequila, Prickly Pear mixer and Cointreau to shaker. Squeeze the juice from a lime into the shaker (about 1 ounce). Shake and strain into glass. Enjoy!

Iconic Cocktail Co Prickly Pear Sour

Arizona Martini

2 ounces Jalapeno Vodka
2 ounces Iconic Cocktail Co. Prickly Pear Sour mixer
1 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 Jalapeno
0.5 ounces Cointreau

Chop half a jalapeno and add to a mixing glass. Add vodka, Prickly Pear mixer, lemon juice and Cointreau. Muddle jalapeno. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a slice of jalapeno. Enjoy!

Arizona Martini with Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear Mule

2 ounces Vodka
2 ounces Iconic Cocktail Co. Prickly Pear Sour mixer
1 Lime
Ginger Beer

Fill a copper cup with ice. Add vodka and prickly pear mix, stir. Fill to top with Ginger Beer. Squeeze lime into drink. Garnish with a lime wedge. Enjoy!

Prickly Pear Mule

Prickly Pear Mule with Iconic Cocktail Co

 

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Disclosure: This is a sponsored post collaboration between Cocktails and Cactus and Iconic Cocktail Co. Iconic Cocktail Mixture was provided to develop these cocktail recipes. All opinions are my, Cocktails and Cactus, own. This post also contains affiliate links.

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