Raspberry Mojito Cocktail

This Raspberry Mojito recipe is a refreshing, effervescent mixed drink made with rum, mint, lime, and fresh raspberries. It’s a lightly sweetened cocktail with hints of citrus that you can make in three simple steps. This drink adds a colorful twist to your favorite get-togethers.

If you love fruit-inspired cocktails, be sure to try these skinny piña coladas or these hibiscus margaritas.

Two tall glasses full of raspberry mojitos have lime wedges as garnishes. There are mint sprigs, limes, and raspberries around the glasses.

Maybe it’s the tennis match on TV or the smells of the grills firing up in the neighborhoods, but summertime seems to beg for the mojito cocktail. This delightful Cuban drink is served with lime and mint, which is in full swing come this time of year.

Why is This the Best Recipe?

  • This Raspberry Mojito is both colorful and refreshing. It’s lightly sweetened and can even be made sugar-free if you’d like a lower-carb version.
  • Using lime and raspberries means this refreshing cocktail is made with easily found, fresh ingredients.
  • Adding sparkling club soda makes this fizzy drink perfect for summertime!

Let’s talk about how to make this delightful raspberry rum drink.

Raspberry Mojito Ingredients

You can find the full printable recipe, including ingredient quantities, below. But first, here are some explanations of ingredients and steps to help you make this recipe perfect every time.

This flavored mojito recipe is easy to make. It includes on a few simple ingredients:

  • Fresh raspberries — You can use fresh or frozen raspberries.
  • Crushed Ice — Cubes are always an option, but crushed ice is preferred.
  • Fresh Mint — You can buy fresh mint in the produce section, but I recommend growing your own. Just be sure to plant it in containers because mint grows like a weed!
  • Fresh Limes — Fresh is best. Besides, you can use fresh-cut lime wedges to create beautiful garnishes.
  • White Rum —The best rum for mojitos is white rum, it’s the traditional flavor of the mojito!
  • Simple Syrup — We’ll make a simple syrup with water and agave nectar, and you can choose how sweet you want it to be.
  • Club Soda — all the sparkly water is best!

What is the Best Rum for Mojitos?

You can’t go wrong with a white rum when making homemade mojitos. You might recognize Bacardi Silver, one of the most well-known white rums. It’s a great rum for the price. Another great option is the Cruzan Aged Light Rum.

How to Make a Raspberry Mojito

It’s easy to make Raspberry Mojitos! You can make it with four simple steps:

  1. Muddle the Mint — Combine the raspberries, mint, rum, lime juice, and lime wedges, in a glass or cocktail shaker. Next, use a cocktail muddler to gently press the mint and lime wedges a bit (referred to as muddling).
  2. Raspberry Mojito Syrup — Add the simple syrup and ice to the cocktail shaker and give it a good shake to chill the liquids.
  3. Add Sparkling Water and Serve — Pour equally into individual glasses and add the club soda to fill up the glasses.
  4. Add Some Bling — I love adding lime slices, fresh raspberries, and sprigs of mint to my raspberry mojito. It gives it some colorful bling.
A hand holds a can of club soda and is pouring it into a glass with crushed ice and limes, and a raspberry mixture in the bottom of the glass.

Quick Fix Tip

You can also make your flavored mojito right in the glass. Simply muddle and mix the ingredients directly in the serving glass, add the club soda, and serve!

A cocktail muddler is in a glass with fresh raspberries, mint, and lime wedges.

How to Muddle Mint

When you muddle mint, it breaks down the leaves to release the flavors into the rest of the beverage. However, you can muddle too much, which will result in a bunch of tiny pieces of mint throughout the drink. This can make the drink taste bitter.

The best way to muddle mint is to place the mint leaves in the cocktail shaker. If you don’t have a cocktail shaker, just do this in the individual serving glasses or even a bowl. Use a wooden cocktail muddler and press in very gently, to mash the mint. Do this 3 or 4 times. Again, the goal is to allow the mint to release its juices, not to break it into a bunch of tiny pieces.

Looking down on a glass with a pink beverage inside. There's fresh raspberries, limes, and mint sprigs in the glass and around it.

Marly’s Tips

If you don’t have a cocktail muddler, you can use the handle end of a wooden spoon.

Flavored Mojito Recipes

The traditional mojito flavors are lime, mint, and rum. In fact, it does not include raspberries, but that doesn’t mean this raspberry mint mojito is not an improvement on the traditional recipe. And it shouldn’t stop you from including your favorite flavorings in this cocktail. For example, you can substitute any of the following for the raspberries:

  • Blood Orange Mojitos — add slices of blood oranges for a dramatic color and flavor
  • Pineapple Mojitos — fresh pineapple chunks make a delicious addition to this cocktail
  • Strawberry Mojitos — wash some fresh strawberries and slice them
  • Blueberry Mojitos — if you love mint combined with blueberries, this drink will make you very happy!
  • Guava Mojitos — either use fresh guava, or use a guava flavored kombucha drink in place of the club soda.
  • Virgin Raspberry Mojitos — You can make this one or any mojito non-alcoholic by leaving out the rum. These can also be referred to as a Nojito.

Sugar-Free Mojitos

Here are a couple of ways you can make sugar-free mojitos:

  • Make the simple syrup using a zero-calorie sweetener instead of agave. You could use something like stevia or your favorite sweetener.
  • Use a zero-calorie soda, like Sprite or Fresca in place of both the simple syrup and club soda.
  • You can even use a flavored kombucha drink instead of the simple syrup and club soda!

More Cocktails

I love this raspberry mojito, but here are even more refreshing cocktails and boozy treats:

A glass holds a red beverage with slices of lime, mint, and raspberries both in the glass and around the glass too.

I hope you love this raspberry mojito recipe as much as we do!

A glass holds a red beverage with slices of lime, mint, and raspberries both in the glass and around the glass too.

Raspberry Mojito

This may be the best summertime drink ever with hints of raspberries, mint, and lime. Add a little rum, and you have the perfect raspberry mojito that makes this refreshing drink something a little sassier.
5 from 3 votes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Mexican
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 174kcal

Ingredients

Simple Syrup

Raspberry Mojitos

  • 10 fresh raspberries or frozen
  • 4 fresh mint sprigs
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 cup Ice , crushed
  • 3 oz light rum optional

Instructions

For the Simple Syrup

  • Stir together water and agave nectar. See notes for sugar-free options. Stir these together until well-combined. Refrigerate to chill while you make the rest of the mojitos.

For the Raspberry Mojitos

  • Place the raspberries, lime juice, lime wedges, and mint in a cocktail shaker or distribute them between the two serving glasses.
  • Use a cocktail muddler to gently press the mint a bit (referred to as muddling). This breaks down the mint and lime to release those flavors into the rest of the beverage. Just don't muddle too much — we don't want a bunch of tiny pieces of mint throughout the drink.
  • Add some of the simple syrup and ice to the cocktail shaker and give it a good shake to chill the liquids.
  • Pour the cocktail mixtures evenly into two large glasses. Fill the glasses with club soda.
  • Garnish with lime slices, fresh raspberries, and sprigs of mint. Serve immediately.

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Notes

Here are some options to make sugar-free mojitos:
  • Substitute a zero calorie sweetener for the agave nectar (like stevia, monkfruit, etc)
  • Use a zero calorie soda, such as diet sprite or fresca in place of the simple syrup and club soda.
Calories: 174kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 13mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutrition information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator and should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

This post was originally published in 2013 and was updated to include new photos, new text, and an updated recipe in 2021.

2 Responses to Raspberry Mojito Cocktail

  1. Avatar thumbnail image for MarlySommer @ ASpicyPerspective Reply

    5 stars
    These look wonderful! The flavor combo sounds amazing! 🙂

    • Avatar thumbnail image for MarlyMarly

      Thanks, Sommer!

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