Updated on Aug. 26, 2024
Get ready for Taco Tuesday with the very best margarita mixes as chosen by a team of culinary experts (and cocktail fanatics). Find out which brand you need for your next fiesta.
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Craving margaritas? Us too! That’s why our team of Test Kitchen pros (and marg fanatics) had to find the best margarita mix on the store shelves. After all, what’s Taco Tuesday (or Wednesday or Thursday…) without a refreshing cocktail?
And, yes, you can absolutely make margaritas from scratch and customize them to your liking. However, if you’re hosting a major fiesta or just don’t want the fuss of squeezing all those limes, a bottle of mix is your best amigo.
When you think of a margarita, you think of a few basic flavors: citrus, sweet, salt and tequila. Agalima Margarita Mix provides you with the first three; all you need to bring is tequila.
This golden-hued organic margarita mix is made with lime and agave nectar for that tart and sweet combo we all love in a margarita. But Agalima is more than just tart and sweet; this bottled mixer gets the balance of the two just right. According to our Test Kitchen’s Mark Neufang, “There’s a nice balance of sweet and citrus here and it plays so well with the tequila.”
Agalima takes balance to the next level by including a touch of salt. You don’t even need to salt the rim of your margarita glass.
If you look forward to Key lime season every year, you’ll want a margarita made with Stirrings Simple Margarita Mix.
This mix uses only Key lime juice which imparts a sweet, smooth flavor rather than the acidic and tart taste of traditional Persian limes. Thanks to these limes, the Stirrings mix even has some subtle floral notes which you can get from these limes as well as the paler, yellow color.
Stirrings margarita mix is also infused with triple sec flavor which means when it’s time to mix, you only need to grab a bottle of tequila. All you have to do to enjoy a drink with this mix is rim a glass with salt and splash a bit of tequila inside.
Prefer a sweeter marg with that salted rim? Try Tres Agaves Organic Margarita Mix.
While on the sweeter side, this mixer isn’t boring and sugary. Instead, Tres Agaves is sweetened with—you guessed it—organic agave nectar. This marg mix has a pleasant, mellow sweetness about it. In fact, Josh Rink in the Test Kitchen compares it to honey.
Paired with tart lime, this bottled beverage works well when shaken up with your favorite tequila. This is precisely the drink you want in hand when relaxing on your patio. Per Mark, “this is a refreshing one to have over ice on a hot summer day.”
