Mojito Cocktail Recipe with Coca-Cola – A Coke-jito

My favorite mojito cocktail is made with Coke! I jokingly call it a “Coke-jito!” You’ll just call it AMAZING.

Botran Rum sent me samples to taste.  I used on in this post.

My Favorite Mojito Cocktail

I love a good mojito.  And I love Coke.  I don’t drink it very often, but it is my soda of choice.  So while in Mexico this summer, I was trying to find a drink that would be super yummy that no one could screw up (seriously, we were at an all-inclusive resort that I thought would excel at margaritas and they just butchered them).

This is how I invented the Coke-jito

Mojitos can be made different ways by different bartenders but I thought to my self, “self – if you have them make it with Coke instead of a combination of simple syrup and soda water or some other way bartenders make them, it will be less likely to taste bad.”

So basically I invented the Coke-jito.  Which I realize is basically rum and coke…And then I found out that other people have posted about Coke-jitos.  Long story short, I think I’m a genius but turns out I’m just average.  But I still like this drink and I think you will too.

What You Need

You need all the basics for a mojito:

• Lime
• Mint
• Rum
• Agave syrup if you need it to be sweeter
• Coca-Cola instead of club soda

How to Make It

And you make it the same way.

1.) Muddle your lime and mint.  And take a deep breath because this is quite possibly the best smell ever!  Unless you add in some newborn baby.  But I do not suggest muddling your infant.

2.) Then you add some rum.  I chose to do a dark rum, although a traditional mojito is a light rum.  I don’t know all the nuances of the two types, but I feel like dark rum adds a nice sweetness to drinks it is mixed with.

3.) Drink and enjoy! 

The Coke-jito is that easy.  And so yummy.  I like to think of this as my winter mojito.  Or a way dirtier version of the Dirty Diet Coke craze that was happening over the summer because of the addition of alcohol.

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Mojito Cocktail - Coke-jito Recipe

This mojito cocktail uses Coca-Cola instead of club soda. 

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword easy cocktails, mojito, summer cocktails

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 1

Author Sharon Garofalow

Ingredients

• 1.5 - 2 oz rum light or dark - to your liking
• 1 lime (quartered and quarters cut in half
• 8 mint leaves
• 1 can of Coke
• Agave Syrup optional

Instructions

1. To a tall glass, add lime and mint.
2. Muddle.
3. Add ice.
4. Top with a can of Coke.
5. Give it a light stir.
6. If you need it a little sweeter, add agave syrup to taste.

Boom.

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