This cocktail’s purple hue and sweet blackberry flavor will appeal to mixologists who favor a show-stopping drink that goes down easy — in other words, plenty of booze, but not too stiff.

The heart of the drink is an ingenious blackberry syrup: Blackberries whirled up with simple syrup, who knew? It could be too sweet, so we added a little lime juice to give it brightness and depth, like you would a fruit pie. Those jammy flavors soften the tequila and triple sec, so that the overall impression is a perfectly ripe, slightly tipsy blackberry. It’s a refreshing break from citrus-forward margaritas, love them though we do.

Our tip: This cocktail is stunning and will be perfect for a Cinco de Mayo celebration with the S.O. It’ll also give your Taco Tuesday a Saturday night polish.

Servings: 1

Ingredients

2 oz tequila

½ oz triple sec

1 oz blackberry syrup

1 oz lime juice

Lime wedges and remaining blackberries for garnish

Kosher salt for rimming the glass

Directions

1. Pour enough salt onto a small plate to rim your margarita glass.
2. Run a lime wedge along the rim of the margarita glass, and then dip the glass in salt.
3. Fill a cocktail shaker ⅓ full of ice and add the tequila, triple sec, blackberry syrup, and lime juice. Shake it for 15 seconds, and then strain into the salt-rimmed glass.
4. Garnish the glass with a lime wedge and blackberries — and enjoy!

Blackberry syrup

Ingredients

4 oz simple syrup

4 oz blackberries

Directions

1. Combine the blackberries and simple syrup in a blender, and whirl them up until liquified.
2. Strain and reserve the liquid. Blackberry syrup will keep for one week in the fridge.