Blueberries don’t actually make for a blue drink, so a little blue curacao makes this cocktail a lovely deep shade of midnight blue. A lovely wintery take on the margarita.

Midnight Blue Margarita

1.5 ounces tequila blanco
.5 ounces blue curacao
.75 ounces blueberry syrup*
.5 ounces meyer lemon juice

Shake ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker, then serve in a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with blueberries speared on a cocktail toothpick.

*Blueberry syrup

.5 cups water
.5 cups sugar
.5 cups blueberries

Bring ingredients to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Let the mixture cool, then strain out blueberries.

Photo by Jackson Stakeman