Name: Pina Colada Cocktail (Puerto Rican style)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 90 ml Pineapple juice; 20 ml Cream of coconut; 15 ml Lime juice

Pina Colada Cocktail (Puerto Rican style)
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Serve in a Pineapple shell (frozen) glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3 oz	Pineapple juice
²⁄₃ oz	Cream of coconut (e.g. Coco Lopez, Re'al etc.)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Pineapple shell (frozen) glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry speared with a parasol.
BLEND all ingredients with 7oz scoop of crushed ice.
Garnish with parasol speared pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry.

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10th July 2025 is Today is Piña Colada Day

Review:

A wonderful creamy, fruity concoction that's not half as sticky as the world would have you believe. Too much ice will detract from the creaminess and kill the drink.

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Variant:

Piña Colada (Difford's recipe)
Piña Colada (Cuban style)
Champagne Piña Colada
Temperance Piña Colada

History:

Piña Colada

Nutrition:

One serving of Pina Colada Cocktail (Puerto Rican style) contains 215 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
9.47% alc./vol. (9.47° proof)
17.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Aaron Fredriksson

9th April at 12:51

Was so excited for this but just kind of tastes like slush with no oomph.. no extreme sweetness, but no flavor either. Just like a ghost water made into slush ah

Aaron Fredriksson

9th April at 13:12

Rating on recipe is 3/5 but if u do as the comments say, Lessen the ice a little and twice up on the creme the coconut and u have a solid drink thats 4/5

狐狸屑

5th January at 12:54

这款鸡尾酒一定要使用椰子奶油制作，用椰子汁或椰奶做出来的口感完全不一样。我尝试了这三种材料，使用椰子汁和椰奶时让我一度以为它是款很寡淡的酒，直到我使用了椰子奶油！一定要尝试

Vera Lycaon

13th April 2023 at 11:51

Had to improvise on this one after *finally* obtaining some cream of coconut (not exactly a grocery store staple where I live) since I don't own a blender, but this was delightful. Choice of rum feels somewhat important here, judging by the comments - though El Dorado 3 years certainly wasn't the most authentic choice, it did a handsome job balancing the pineapple, coconut and lime for me.

Chris Dimal

5th February 2023 at 09:44

Was really good. I do not care for anyone who says a Piña Colada is a weak/wimpy drink. When made correctly, it is delicious. I did find the pineapple predominant in the final drink. I do think that maybe 4 oz or less of ice is better than the listed 6 oz. Finally, I added 15ml more of Cream of Coconut, and it was much better and creamier.

Miguel Perales

8th July 2022 at 22:13

I really liked the suggestion of adding just enough ice to make it cold/slightly slushy but still have the coconut cream texture come through. Also, that decreases the dreaded "brain freeze" :) Will have to try John's Demarara rum float suggestion.

John Hinojos

21st January 2022 at 02:30

This was great and perfectly blended. The cocktail in pineapple forward, which it should be, with a hint of the coconut and lime. I am not a fan of blended drinks, so did ours on crushed ice with a 151 Demerara float. It was wonderful.