These refreshing, fruity margaritas have been my drink of choice lately. I highly recommend them. A word of warning, though—do not overfill your blender with melon. I learned that the hard way today. Honeydew melon went everywhere!
Honeydew on the window. Honeydew on the rug. Honeydew on my camera. Honeydew on the walls. Honeydew on the dog. Honeydew in my hair.
Does anyone know how to clean honeydew juice off velvet curtains? Serious question. I think I’ll ponder the matter over a honeydew margarita.
Fresh Honeydew Margarita
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- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 cocktail 1x
- Category: Cocktail
- Cuisine: Mexican
Cold, refreshing, fruit-sweetened margaritas. These summer cocktails are really easy to make with fresh honeydew melon, lime juice and tequila!
Ingredients
Honeydew juice
- 1 honeydew melon
Salted rims
- 3 parts kosher salt
- 1 part ancho chili powder or regular chili powder
- Lime wedges
Ingredients per margarita
- 2 ounces fresh honeydew juice
- 1 ½ ounces tequila, preferably 100% agave silver or blanco tequila
- 1 ounce fresh lime juice
- Entirely optional: ½ teaspoon agave nectar or simple syrup, more to taste
Instructions
- To make the honeydew juice: Use a chef’s knife to slice the melon in half. Use a big spoon to scoop out the seeds, then discard them. Use the spoon to scoop pieces of melon into the blender. Put on the lid of your blender and blend until there are no remaining bits of melon. Do not overfill your blender! Work in batches if necessary.
- Prepare your margarita glasses: On a small, rimmed plate, mix together the salt and chili powder. Run a wedge of lime around the top of each glass. Dip the top of the glass into the salt blend at a 45-degree angle and roll it from side to side to catch the salt. Add ice cubes to your glass and set it aside.
- To make margaritas (feel free to make multiple margaritas at once): Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the honeydew juice, tequila and lime juice.
- Put on the lid and shake for 30 seconds. Taste and add sweetener if desired (mine didn’t need any). Strain the liquid into your prepared glass(es). Cheers!
Notes
Change it up: Not feeling tequila? This drink is also fantastic with white rum.
Recommended tequila brands: Espolón or Milagro.
Recommended equipment: Love my Blendtec blender, which I received from the company a few years ago.
If you love this recipe: You’ll also love my classic agave-sweetened lime margaritas, pear nectar with reposado tequila, cantaloupe fiesta cocktails and serrano-spiced paloma cocktails.
Vegetable enthusiast. Dog lover. I'm probably making a big mess in my Kansas City kitchen right now. 
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
I’ve never put honeydew in the blender! Thanks for taking the hit for us!! lol LOVE this :)
Baby June
Those look so wonderful and refreshing! Great use for fresh honeydew, one of my favorite fruits of the season :)
Liz @ Floating Kitchen
These look delicious. Love the color. And oh my that mess. I’m so sorry Kate. Ack. The photos of Cookie’s tongue are pretty priceless though!
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
It’s 100 degrees outside and these look so cool and refreshing – love the salted rim!
katie
These look amazing! And I love Cookie’s enthusiasm about the spill :)
Trisha
Love the idea of honeydew margaritas! Love even more the fact that you showed us pictures of the mess and Cookie helping to clean it up!!
Deepa@onesmallpot
Oh no! I did a similar trick when I tried to puree spinach once. The ivory coloured cupboard doors still carry a greenish tinge :-) Good thing you have Cookie around to help with the clean up.
These look wonderfully refreshing. . ….will try them out when summer finally hits oz.
Kare @ Kitchen Treaty
This looks incredibly refreshing, and totally worth the mess – which looks similar to a green smoothie incident I had recently. Those green drinks man, they’re sassy.
Kate
Those green drinks will turn on you in a split second! Gotta watch out!
Zoe
These look great plus they sound super yummy as well! Amazing idea!
Sini | My Blue&White Kitchen
Love the color and the simplicity of this drink. You’re my cocktail goddess, Kate!
P.S. Honeydew juice on curtains…ooops! True life of a food blogger, huh?
Kate
Thank you, Sini! #foodbloggerproblems, for sure! ;)
Cris
What a great idea! :) These Margaritas look so refreshing! Need to try them out as soon as possible. Thanks for sharing. P.S. By the way, I love your blog :) Cheers, Cris
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Kate
Thanks, Cris!
Minna
Oh my goodness your puppy didn’t mind the blender explosion! So adorable. This looks so refreshing!!
Julia | Orchard Street Kitchen
These look so refreshing, Kate! All of your cocktails are so creative. I’m glad Cookie was there to lick up all the melon – good luck with those curtains!
Padaek
Looks delicious! The honeydews are such a gorgeous tint of green. Would make a wonderful wall colour. ;) Seriously. :)
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Sandy
Oh my goodness! How did that happen? I’m going to try this drink, but will definitely not overfill the blender AND will keep my hand on the lid. LOL
Kate
Well, I was lazy and used my little blender jar instead of washing the big one. Now I know better!!!
Holly @ The Very Hungry Blonde
This sounds amazing! Looks like it’s right up my alley!
sara
Lovely! Such a pretty pale color. Need to try this (minus the mess!) :)
Amy @ Thoroughly Nourished Life
Oh no! But that look on Cookie’s face and that curious tongue must have made some of the clean up worthwhile :)
Molly loves baking accidents too. Especially when they involve any sort of cake batter…
I can’t wait to sit out on the verandah with some friends, a pitcher of these margaritas and some black bean and sweet potato tacos :) Dinner a la Cookie and Kate :)
Kate
Oh well, Cookie makes everything better. :) She would go nuts for cake batter! Sweet potato tacos and honeydew margaritas sound like such a delicious pair. Enjoy!
Nancy
These look amazing! Can’t wait to make them (we love honeydew)! SO sorry the explosion happened to you…and looks like your dog enjoyed it ;). I know you love your Blendtech, but this wouldn’t have happened with a Vitamix, it has clips to secure the lid and prevent it from flying off instead of the tension grip lid :)…just sayin’ ;). Can’t wait to try the margaritas!
Kate
Aha! Bonus point for the Vitamix. I’ve never used one, but I know they’re great!
Isadora @ She Likes Food
OMG, that picture of Cookie licking the honeydew is the best thing ever!! At least she got a treat out of it! That doesn’t look like it would be fun to clean up though, so sorry about that. You should probably just have a few extra margaritas! These sound amazing and I bet they are so sweet and delicious :)
Phoebe Lapine
Looks so refreshing! Wish I knew about this over the summer! Good thing we still have a few warm weeks left.
Phoebe Lapine @ Feed Me Phoebe
Oops; the link was broken in my previous comment. These just look more delicious the more I look at them!
Alanna
That melon blending sounds like a hairy experience (har har) so I’m glad you had these to sip on at the end of it all. These are so exquisitely beautiful, and with a taste to match, I’m sure. I know what I’ll be making with the next honeydew that comes into my kitchen. Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos and recipe!
Kate
Haha! :D Thanks, Alanna!
thefolia
If it’s good enough for Cookie…it’s worth making these even with an explosion. Other than the overflow, how do you like your Blendtec?
Kate
I love my Blendtec! I especially love having two jars for it (one wildside and one twister), but I clearly should’ve chosen the larger jar for this task. I haven’t used a Vitamix, so I can’t directly compare the two, but I can say that my twister jar makes suuuper smooth nut butter in under 60 seconds.
Matt Robinson
I made the worst honeydew margarita the other day and I am so glad I found this. Especially in the midst of this 100 degree heat, nothing sounds better and we’ve got the honeydew:)
Eileen
These sound like such refreshing cocktails! Such a great plan for the last hot days of summer.
Sophie
Ohhh you poor dear! So sorry about the melon explosion. I did something similar once, with lemonade concentrate….. so so sticky, and seriously all over everything, and myself. ahk!
Love the chile powder rim here! You think of everything :)
Kate
Oh man, I feel for you on the lemonade explosion. That’s definitely worse than honeydew. I haven’t figured out the honeydew curtains yet…
Janet
Every photo of Cookie makes me smile! Dogs love melon, so my guess is that she’s thoroughly enjoying your mess!
Kate
Thanks, Janet! Cookie loves everything! Well, except for jalapeños. :)
Gaby
I would love to drink this by the pool!!!
Kasey
Ohhh…I am not 100% in with the honeydew (I tend to prefer watermelon) but after trying Yummy Supper’s honeydew popsicles, I feel like I am sold. These margs look FAB! Hope you’re having a great summer/ early fall. xo
Kate
Thanks, Kasey! Honestly, I’ve never been that into honeydew until a few weeks ago. That’s when I happened across a perfectly ripe honeydew and changed my tune. I think you’d love these!
Kelsey
GIRRRL. Made this with Mezcal last night and LOVED IT. Too much, maybe. You da best. xx
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Kate
Mezcal! Great idea. Cheers to clinking drinks soon!
Joanne
It sounds like the margarita was tasty enough that it was at least worth the mess! And that has to say SOMETHING, right? Honeydew is actually my favorite melon. Definitely want to try these!
Michelle @ Vitamin Sunshine
Those are beautiful Kate! I love drinks made of fresh fruit.
I have blender mishaps all the time :) Really need to learn to not overfill it- and to always make sure the bottom is on tight!
Pinning!
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laurasmess
Haha, don’t you love the immediate ‘clean up’ action from pups when something splashes everywhere?? I spilled tea all over the kitchen floor last week (in someone else’s house, unfortunately – so embarrassing) and their two dogs (including one wonderful rescue mutt who reminded me of Cookie) immediately started licking up the mess. So adorable. Anyway, back to the margarita recipe… gorgeous!! Super summery, fresh and delicious; I love the ancho salted rims. Yum! Cannot wait to try these Kate xx
Joyce
Can you use a electric juicer?
Cloe
Delicious!!
Very sour margarita though so you could reduce the line to 1/2 and ounce and increase the honeydew juice by an ounce.
I made recipe as is and added fine sufar(definitely needs simple syrup or agave to balance the sour) but an additional ounce of MIDORI really brought out the melon flavor, especially if your honey dew isn’t as ripe as it could be!
I’d definitely make this one again exactly the way I did but use simple syrup this time
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