Our gorgeous weather on Sunday, really had me in the mood for a springy cocktail. A spring time cocktail that would use all that gorgeous citrus that is still in season. I looked through one of my favorite cocktail books, 200 Cocktails: Hamlyn All Color – because it has lots of simple cocktails and a colored photo of each cocktail. I don’t know about you, but I am very visually oriented. I love to see how something is supposed to look. Sometimes mine does and sometimes it doesn’t.
I was looking for a cocktail that I could whip up in no time and that I had all the ingredients for. This marguerite was the first one that I turned too. It sounded so wonderfully refreshing with fresh orange juice and fresh lemon juice. I wanted something light and without any simple syrup, this was perfect!
I used my favorite Blue Ice Vodka (no affiliate – it’s just my favorite!). Such an easy cocktail! In addition to the orange and lemon juice, you need to add your choice of either raspberry syrup, maraschino liqueur, or grenadine. Even though I had some of my wonderful Homemade Grenadine, I went with the maraschino liqueur, and it was the right choice! The only change I made to the recipe was to reduce the amount of vodka. It called for 6 measures of vodka. A measure is typically an ounce, and 3 ounces of alcohol sounded like a bit too much for a casual Sunday afternoon cocktail! I used four measures instead. If you are looking for citrus vodka cocktail, you have come to the right place!
Ingredients
- ice cubes
- 4 measures vodka
- juice of 2 lemons
- juice of 1 orange
- 1/2 ounce maraschino liqueur
Instructions
- Put 8-10 ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. Pour the vodka, juices and maraschino liqueur over the ice. Shake until a frost forms on the outside of the cocktail shaker.
- Strain into two old-fashioned glasses filled with cracked ice.

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I am so ready for spring cocktails too – bring on the warm weather!
This looks amazing!
Oh yum!! I’ve never heard of maraschino liqueur. Sounds amazing!! Definitely pinning this!
This sounds like a cocktail I would LOVE!
Sounds like a lovely mixture! Thanks so much for joining us at the #HomeMattersParty this week! Tell a friend, and we hope to see you both next week! Happy Saturday 🙂
I love the cocktail! Thanks Pam – I had no idea you had a cocktail blog. We are glad you have submitted and are following on all our social media!
This looks so refreshing! Cheers 🙂
This looks like one amazing cocktail!
Cheers I say! What a delicious cocktail!!!
I am so happy to have learned of your blog! I love each post I have seen lately. This one is great.
Yum and I always have these ingredients on hand!! This will be a great go-to cocktail for the summer!
Love fresh juice in my cocktails. So fresh and delightful!