Add some fruity tropical flavor to your next party with this Blended Piña Colada recipe. Loaded with creamy coconut flavor and bursting with fresh pineapple, this delicious cocktail will pull you into paradise with each sip!
Pina Coladas are an easy recipe to make and are one of my favorite rum cocktails. It is one of the best classic cocktail recipes packed with pineapple flavor.
Jump to:
❤️ Why You'll Love This Recipe
✔️ This rum cocktail is a simple recipe and is a delicious drink that will take you back to your tropical vacation.
✔️ It's a classic drink with the flavors of pineapple and coconut that blends up icy and creamy.
✔️ It will be one of your favorite tropical cocktails made with simple ingredients making it the best piña colada recipe to serve at your next party!
🥘 Ingredients
Ice
White rum
Dark rum
🔪 Instructions
- Place the ice in a blender.
- Add the pineapple, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, white rum, and dark rum.
- Blend until frosty and no large ice chunks remain.
- Pour piña colada into a frosty glass and garnish with pineapple slices and maraschino cherries.
🙋 Recipe FAQ's
The classic Piña Colada is a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple chunks or juice. It can be served blended or shaken and is usually garnished with a maraschino cherry and/or pineapple wedge served in a hurricane glass.
You'll want a blender powerful enough to produce crushed ice, preferably one that gets up to 1000 watts.
Cream of coconut is sweetened and processed coconut cream and is often used in cocktails and desserts.
Yes, however, if doing so, be sure to add simple syrup to taste to replace the sugar in the cream of coconut.
💭 Tips
- Freeze the glass the pina colada will be served in at least an hour before making.
- Crushing the ice before blending the drink will help to achieve a smooth texture.
- The pineapple can be frozen to eliminate the ice.
📖 Variations
- Use your favorite rum, preferably a white rum and a gold rum.
- Substitute vanilla ice cream for the cream of coconut for a pina colada shake.
- Make this a virgin pina colada and substitute ½ coconut water and ½ pineapple juice for the rum.
- Switch to a shaken piña colada by substituting ½ cup of pineapple juice for the pineapple chunks, add the ingredients to a shaker with a generous amount of ice, and shake vigorously, pouring the contents into a tall glass.
🍽 Equipment
🏫 What I've Learned
There are many versions of when the original recipe was invented. The name means strained pineapple and the first record of its creation is by a pirate in 19th century Puerto Rico to boost the morale of his crew. That recipe was lost on the pirate's death and while the story of who invented it change, its origin is always in Puerto Rico.
Serving Suggestions
Serve this blended Pina Colada recipe at your next party with some fun appetizers.
Storage
It is recommended that this pina colada recipe be made when it will be consumed due to the icy consistency of the drink.
Related Recipes
Cookie lovers will love these Pineapple Cookies with Orange Glaze.
Coconut Lime Margaritas are another blended drink made with cream of coconut.
Coconut Lime Refresher is a refreshing drink made with fresh limes.
This Pina Colada Smoothie is a tropical breakfast drink the whole family will love.
When you make this recipe, please comment below and let me know what you think. I'd love it if you tag me on Instagram @grumpyshoneybunch or #grumpyshoneybunch so I can see your photos!
If you love this recipe, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating
📖 Recipe
Blended Pina Colada Recipe
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups ice
- ½ cup fresh pineapple
- 2 ounces pineapple juice
- 2 ounces cream of coconut
- 1½ ounces white rum
- 1½ ounces dark rum
- 1 chunk fresh pineapple
- 1 maraschino cherry
Instructions
- Place the ice in a blender.
- Add the pineapple, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, white rum, and dark rum.
- Blend until frosty and no large ice chunks remain.
- Pour into a frosty glass and garnish with pineapple slice and maraschino cherry
Carlee says
Yum! And so refreshing for these hot summer days!
Monica says
This looks amazing! What a perfect way to cool off on a hot summer day.
Paige @ Where Latin Meets Lagniappe says
So yummy! A perfect summer treat!
Hezzi-D says
Yum! Blender drinks are the best in summer!
Laura Dembowski says
I will happily take one of these! So refreshing. And I will be looking for that coconut cream because I hate using cans, so I want that bottle.
Liz says
This is the perfect patio sipper! It's hot and humid and this would be the most delicious way to cool off!!
Cindys Recipes and Writings says
What a great treat for summer nights!
Constance Smith | Cosmopolitan Cornbread says
This is PERFECT for summer!
Denise Wright says
That looks delicious! I think it's going to be a hot one today so I'll have to see if I have some rum in the house. By the way, what brand of cream of coconut is that? I like that it's not in a can.