Piña Colada Classic & Skinny, a Toast to Puerto Rico

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

Did you know the piña colada is the official cocktail of Puerto Rico? The frothy drink was dreamed up by a 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.

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

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.

Let’s Celebrate with 2 Piña Colada Recipes

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!

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

Piña Colada Classic

Recipe by Don Q Rum

5.0 from 2 votes

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 2 votes

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.