16 easy and new Cinco de Mayo cocktail recipes to brighten up your holiday while at home

If you have fresh watermelon on hand, elevate your happy hour with this blended margarita recipe.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups cubed watermelon, frozen
• 3 oz. lime juice
• 3 oz. tequila
• 1 12-oz. can Reed's Zero Sugar Real Ginger Ale
• Ice, optional
• Watermelon for garnish

Instructions:

• In a blender, add watermelon, lime juice, tequila, and 6 oz. ginger ale (half of a can)
• Blend until watermelon is incorporated
• Add ice if a thicker consistency is preferred, and blend until smooth
• Serve and garnish with watermelon slices

To get back to basics, whip up this simple margarita that packs a sweet punch of ginger, recommended by all-natural American ginger ale company Reed's.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. lime juice (fresh squeezed if possible)
• 3 oz. can Reed's Original Real Ginger Ale
• 3 oz. 100% agave tequila
• 1 oz. Cointreau
• 1 oz. simple syrup
• Coarse salt, for rim
• Lime or ginger for garnish

Instructions:

• Salt the rim of a rocks glass (wet the rim with water or lime juice, the dip evenly onto a plate of coarse salt)
• Stir together all ingredients in separate glass
• Pour over ice into rocks glass
• Garnish with a slice of ginger or lime

New York-based mixologist Max Nussbaum recommends trying a classic mojito, which is traditionally made with white rum — but can be substituted with gin or vodka if you have either on hand. He also recommends squeezing fresh lime juice if you can — it'll make an huge difference.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. rum
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup
• Club soda
• Limes
• Fresh mint leaves and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions:

• Muddle fresh mint leaves at the bottom of the cocktail shaker (you can use the handle of a wooden spoon if you don't have a muddler)
• Add all ingredients to shaker and shake vigorously
• Serve over ice
• Garnish with lime slice and mint sprig

If you want to stick to margaritas but trade out tequila for something different, try this recipe from Sagamore Spirit using their Signature Rye Whiskey for a warm and earthy twist.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. Sagamore Spirit Rye Whiskey
• 1 oz. Triple Sec
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. agave nectar
• Crushed ice
• Jalapeño and lime for garnish

Instructions:

• Shake all ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice
• Serve over crushed ice in a coupe glass
• Garnish with sliced jalapeño and a slice of lime

Nothing beats the classic combination of cucumber and line. Mix them together with Casamigos Silver tequila for a refreshing margarita.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. Casamigos Silver
• 1/2 oz. Dolin Blanc Vermouth
• .75 oz. lime juice
• .75 oz. cucumber and mint infused agave
• Cucumber slices and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions:

• Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice
• Double strain with a standard strainer and a fine mesh strainer
• Serve in a rocks glass with ice, add garnish

If you prefer a fruitier option, try this margarita flush with flavors of hibiscus, orange, and lime.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Casamigos Tequila
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. Combier Orange Liquer
• 1/2 oz. hibiscus cordial
• Raspberries for garnish

Instructions:

• Shake all ingredients vigorously in a cocktail shaker with ice
• Double strain with a standard strainer and a fine mesh strainer
• Serve in a rocks glass over ice
• Garnish with raspberries

For the perfect combo of sweet and spicy, with an extra kick of energy, try this popular cocktail from Miami-based eatery Bodega Taqueria y Tequila.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Cazadores Tequila
• 1/2 oz. pineapple juice
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1 oz. jalapeño infused agave syrup
• 2 oz. Red Bull Tropical

Instructions:

• Build all ingredients in a glass with ice and stir together
• Top with Red Bull

If margaritas aren't your thing, consider a twist on the sour into something more refreshing — and swap tequila for the whiskey.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Corralejo Reposado Tequila
• 1 oz. grapefruit juice
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. jalapeño simple syrup
• 1 egg white

Instructions:

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice
• Shake hard to chill and combine ingredients
• Strain out ice and shake hard again
• Strain into your glass and garnish

Normally the welcome cocktail at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya near Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Margarita de Miel features lavender-infused honey. Although the resort has beehives churning fresh honey on spot, an alternative like honey from your local grocer can make a similarly sweet treat.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. lavender honey simple syrup
• 3 oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
• 1.25 oz. silver tequila
• 1/4 oz. lime syrup

Instructions:

1. Shake and serve on the rocks

Based in San Antonio, Hyatt Regency Hill Country's signature prickly pear margarita provides Texas-style twist to the classic cocktail.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Codigo Rosa Tequila
• 2 oz. sweet and sour
• 1 oz. Triple Sec
• 1 oz. prickly pear syrup
• Squeeze of lime juice

Instructions:

1. Build all ingredients in a shaker over ice
2. Shake vigorously and strain into a salt-rimmed glass

If spicy isn't your thing, try sweet with famed tequila-maker Patrón Tequila's recommendation.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. PATRÓN Silver
• 2 oz. coconut water
• 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup
• 7 thin slices of cucumber, 3 for garnish

Instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients (including 4 of the cucumber slices) in a cocktail shaker
2. Shake vigorously with ice to chill
3. Strain onto fresh ice in a highball glass
4. Garnish with remaining 3 cucumbers

A refreshing twist on the traditional margarita, this is a simple recipe that calls for ingredients that are typically already in one's home. The Texas Margarita originates from The Mansion Bar at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas and packs a jalapeno punch.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. favorite tequila
• 1 oz. fresh lime juice
• 3/4 oz. Cointreau
• 1/2 to 3/4 oz. (adjust for sweetness) jalapeno agave
• 1 lime

Instructions:

1. Place all ingredients into shaker tin
2. Shake vigorously
3. Pour into glass rimmed with Tajin
4. Garnish with lime wedge

Hailing from Showfish at Gurney's Star Island Resort & Marina in Montauk, New York, this spicy mix would be great to show off at your next virtual party.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. blanco-infused pepper tequila
• 1/2 oz. Reposado tequila
• 1/2 oz. fresh lime
• 1/2 oz. agave mixture
• 2 strawberries (green tops cut off)
• Garnish with Aleppo pepper/kosher salt rim

Instructions:

1. Take a lime wedge and coat 1/3 of the rim (about ½ inch deep) of your glass; dip it into your salt/spice rim
2. Muddle strawberries in your mixing tin, add the rest of your ingredients with ice to the tin
3. Shake and then strain over fresh ice into your rimmed glass

All the way from Rosewood Miramar Beach in Montecito, California, its maker described this concoction as "an earthy and smoky cucumber Mezcal margarita." This margarita is meant to remind drinkers of the Pacific air at the beach.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Del Maguey Vida or mezcal of choice
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 3/4 oz. agave syrup
• 3/4 oz. cucumber juice
• 3 drops habanero tincture
• Garnish with cucumber peel roll-up and mint sprig

Instructions:

1. Add all the ingredients in a shaker tin
2. Fill the shaker tin with ice cubes
3. Shake well and double strain
4. Pour over rocks.
5. Garnish with cucumber peel roll up and mint sprig.

Make your paloma a touch earthier with basil, like this recipe recommended by Los Arango Tequila.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Los Arango Reposado Tequila
• 1 oz. grapefruit juice
• 1/2 oz. agave syrup
• 2 chopped strawberries
• 5 basil leaves
• Soda to top
• Smoked sea salt for rim

Instructions:

• Rim your glass with smoked sea salt
• Combine all ingredients except soda in a cocktail shaker with ice
• Shake to chill and combine ingredients
• Fine strain into a hi-ball glass over fresh ice
• Top with soda and garnish

A classic Cinco de Mayo sipper, the Paloma is commonly referred to a the "working person's drink." So if you're looking for something fruity and spicy to take a load off, try a recommendation from famed Correlejo Tequila using natural ingredients around the house.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Corralejo Silver Tequila
• 1/2 oz. grapefruit juice
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 sliced Serrano pepper
• 3/4 oz. agave syrup
• Pineapple soda (to top)
• Tajín (for rim)

Instructions:

• Rim your glass with Tajín
• Add all ingredients except the pepper into a cocktail shaker with ice
• Shake hard to chill and combine ingredients
• Strain into your glass over fresh ice
• Top with pineapple soda and garnish