Name: Strawberry Mojito
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 3 fresh ripe strawberries (, tops removed and berries sliced (plus extra for optional garnish)); 1 tablespoon superfine sugar; 10 fresh mint leaves (, plus extra for garnish); ½ lime (, cut into 4 small wedges); 2 ounces light (white) rum; 3 ounces club soda; crushed ice ((preferred) or cubes)

This Strawberry Mojito is a fruity, fragrant spin on the classic Cuban highball — made with fresh berries, mint, lime, and white rum, all muddled right in the glass. It’s ready in about 10 minutes and is one of the most refreshing things you can sip on a warm summer day.

Want to skip the alcohol? This recipe makes a great mocktail too — just as bright, just as fizzy.

two strawberry mojitos in highball glasses with red and white paper straws and strawberry and herb garnishes

Before You Start Mixing

Use ripe, sweet strawberries. Peak-season strawberries (the kind that are deeply red all the way through) give you the best color and the most juice. If yours are on the tart side, you can bump up the sugar slightly or adjust at the end with a little simple syrup.
Superfine sugar dissolves better than granulated. Sometimes called “caster sugar” or “baker’s sugar,” superfine sugar has smaller crystals that dissolve more easily. You’ll find it in the baking aisle at most grocery stores. No luck? You can make your own by pulsing granulated sugar in a food processor — or swap in simple syrup.
Crushed ice is worth it. It chills the drink faster and gives a mojito its characteristic texture and look. I use a Lewis bag and mallet {affiliate link} at home, or a high-speed blender like a Vitamix. If you need a lot of ice for guests, many Sonic locations and convenience stores sell bags of crushed ice.

How to Make a Strawberry Mojito

You’ll need a highball glass, a muddler, and a cocktail spoon to make this Strawberry Mojito recipe.

Prep takes about 5 minutes — mainly trimming and slicing the strawberries and cutting your lime into wedges. Mixing takes another 5.

Ingredients for a strawberry mojito arranged on a marble surface: strawberries, fresh mint, lime wedges, light (white) rum, club soda, and superfine sugar.

Step 1: Muddle the Strawberries, Mint, and Sugar

Trim the tops off your strawberries, slice them, and add them to the bottom of your highball glass along with your superfine sugar.

Using your muddler, press down firmly until the berries start to break apart and release their juices. You’re looking for a chunky, jammy texture, not a puree.

Overhead view of fresh strawberries in a bowl with sliced strawberries in a glass, alongside mint leaves and a small pitcher on a marble surface.

Muddled strawberries being crushed with a wooden muddler in a tall glass, releasing juices for a strawberry mojito.

Add a small handful of fresh mint leaves and gently muddle them into the strawberries. Go easy here. You want to release their fragrant oils, not over-muddle them to the point where they’re completely broken up. It’ll turn their flavor bitter instead of fresh and herbal.

A note on mint: I grow “Mojito mint” (Mentha x villosa) and spearmint in my garden every summer — both work beautifully here. If you’re buying fresh mint, grab it from the produce section and look for bright, perky leaves with no browning.

Step 2: Add the Lime

Add the lime wedges to the glass — I cut half a lime into 4 small wedges per cocktail. Give them a gentle press with the muddler just until you feel them release their juice.

Like the mint leaves, don’t overdo it. The goal is juice, not bitterness from overworking the pith.

Muddled strawberries, lime, and mint being pressed with a wooden muddler in a tall glass, forming the base of a strawberry mojito.

Step 3: Finish the Strawberry Mojito and Serve

Without straining the muddled mixture, pour in the light (white) rum.

Then, fill the glass almost to the top with crushed ice and top off the cocktail with club soda. I like to use Fever Tree or Q mixers club soda — both have a clean, mineral quality that doesn’t compete with the other flavors.

White rum being poured from a measuring glass into a tall glass of muddled strawberries, building the base for a strawberry mojito.

Top-down view of a strawberry mojito in progress with ice in the glass, a bowl of fresh strawberries nearby, and a wooden muddler on the marble surface.

Give everything a thorough stir with your cocktail spoon, and then give it a taste.

Too sweet? Add more lime. If your cocktail leans too sweet for your taste, an extra squeeze of lime at the end balances it right out.
Too tart? Stir in a little extra superfine sugar or simple syrup after mixing, to taste.

Finish the cocktail with a sprig of mint and a strawberry slice if you’d like. Serve immediately while it’s cold and fizzy.

Strawberry mojito in a tall glass with ice, fresh mint, and muddled strawberries, garnished with a mint sprig and a red-and-white striped straw.

Variations and Substitutions

Try other berries. Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, or a mixed berry combo all work well. Just taste as you go and adjust the sugar based on your fruit’s sweetness.
Make it a mocktail. Simply leave out the rum, or substitute a non-alcoholic rum alternative like Lyre’s White Cane Spirit. The rest of the recipe stays exactly the same.

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Strawberry Mojito

by Amanda Biddle

Cool down with a fresh Strawberry Mojito — ripe fresh strawberries, mint, lime, and rum muddled right in the glass. Easy, refreshing, and ready in 10 minutes.

Prep Time: 5

Mixing Time: 5

Total Time: 10

Servings: 1 cocktail

Ingredients

▢ 3 fresh ripe strawberries , tops removed and berries sliced (plus extra for optional garnish)
▢ 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
▢ 10 fresh mint leaves , plus extra for garnish
▢ ½ lime , cut into 4 small wedges
▢ 2 ounces light (white) rum
▢ 3 ounces club soda
▢ crushed ice (preferred) or cubes

Instructions

Add the strawberries and sugar to a highball glass. Muddle them together until the strawberries start to break down into a chunky puree.
Add the mint leaves and continue to muddle to release their oils into the mixture. Be careful not to over-muddle the mint leaves so their flavor doesn't become bitter.
Add the lime wedges to the glass and gently muddle until their juices are released. Pour in the white rum. (Do not strain the muddled mixture.)
Add ice to the glass to almost fill. Top with club soda to fill the glass. Stir to combine (see Note 2).
Serve immediately with a mint sprig and/or a strawberry slice for garnish.

Notes

1. Sugar: Superfine sugar (also called caster or baker’s sugar) dissolves more easily in cocktails than granulated. You can substitute 1½ tablespoons (¾ ounce) of simple syrup.

To make simple syrup, combine equal parts sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves and small bubbles form around the edges. Remove from heat and cool before using.

2. Adjusting to Taste. Too sweet? Add an extra squeeze of lime. Too tart? Stir in a little simple syrup after mixing, to taste.

3. Mocktail: Omit the rum or substitute a non-alcoholic white rum alternative.

Nutrition Estimate

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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