Piña Colada Classic & Skinny, to Toast Puerto Rico All Month

In honor of the Puerto Rican National Parades in New York City and at select cities (hola Chicago!) across the country on June 10 and 11, we invite you to toast the Boricua spirit all month long with the island’s most famous cocktail: la piña colada.

Get your celebracíon going in style with your choice of two official piña colada recipes — classic and a skinny version for the health conscious — from the cocktail experts and master blender at Don Q rum, the No. 1-selling Puerto Rican rum used in the first-ever piña colada when it was invented in 1954.

Which version will you make? Check out the two recipes below!

Why are we going all Puerto Rico pride this and every June? For 65 years and counting, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade has been taking to the streets of New York City to celebrate Puerto Rican pride. It’s loud, joyous and unmistakably Boricua. There’s lots of dancing, drumming and delicioso food.

Think of it as the nation’s biggest Boricua block party, and everyone is invited. 

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We’re honored and excited to invite you to enter our sweepstakes Puerto Rico Food & Rum Experience Prize Trip for two people! How would you like to win a delicioso experience for two to attend a Chef’s Dinner Table “GUSTO!” dinner series event in New York City in early October 2023, starring one of Puerto Rico’s best chefs? The prize trip includes dinner for two, a special Don Q rum tasting, and one night’s stay at a luxury hotel. Enter for your chance to win today. Enter to win here!

Let’s Celebrate with 2 Piña Colada Recipes

We’re doing our part here at Familia Kitchen by hosting a month-long salute of Puerto Rican heritage, cuisine and rum. (It’s also where our co-founder Kim is from: Boricua love is in our DNA.) As you know, we’re all about keeping things authentic and sabroso, so we’ll be cooking with lots of sofrito and sipping a piña c.

Fun fact: Did you know the piña colada is the official cocktail of Puerto Rico? The drink was invented by one wise and wonderful Boricua bartender named Ramon ”Monchito“ Marrero, who whipped up the first-even frozen libation in 1954 at San Juan’s Caribe Hilton hotel, using Don Q Gold. His recipe is below: the classic. We also like the skinny, because: summer.

Join us in raising a piña colada to salute to the sabor of the island and the spirit of Boricuas back home in Puerto Rico and here in the States. ¡Que viva!

Piña Colada Classic

Recipe by Don Q Rum

5.0 from 1 vote

Cuisine: Puerto Rican

Servings

1

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

Ingredients

• 2 oz Don Q Gold rum

• 1 1/2 oz fresh pineapple juice

• 1 oz cream of coconut

• 1 dash Angostura bitters

• 1 maraschino cherry, for garnish

Directions

• Blend ingredients with a 1/2 scoop of cubed ice.
• Pulse until light, frothy, aerated and not thick.
• Pour into a tulip glass. Garnish with the cherry.

Piña Colada Skinny

Recipe by Don Q Rum

5.0 from 1 vote

Cuisine: Puerto Rican

Serving

1

serving

Prep time

5

minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz Don Q Cristal rum

• 2 oz coconut water

• 1 tsp fine sugar

• 2 chunks pineapple

Directions

• Place all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
• Shake vigorously and double strain into a cocktail glass.

Notes

• Don Q recommends using water from a coconut that’s been freshly cracked open. If you don’t have access to fresh coconut water, Don Q recommends the brand Harmless Harvest.