Add texture and flavor to your drinks with a sweet sugar rim. You traditionally see sugar rims with margaritas, but you can serve them with virtually any drink–coffee, hot chocolate, cocktails, lemonade or even regular fruit juice.
The sugar adds an extra kick of sweetness, plus some zest or spice if you mix it with other ingredients. Here are some fun and fancy, flavored sugar rims you can make easily at home.
Cinnamon Sugar Rim
A cinnamon sugar rim tastes great with hot drinks, especially during the autumn months. Start serving homemade coffee, hot chocolate or pumpkin beer with a spicy cinnamon rim.
This rim also pairs well with cocktails that have a lot of milk or cream. The creaminess offsets the kick of the cinnamon, creating a delicious drink that pairs well with holiday dinners.
Lime Zest Sugar Rim
Lime zest sugar rims are perfect for cocktails and margaritas. Rim the glass with fruity sugar, then pour your favorite cold drink and enjoy margaritas on the beach.
If lime zest doesn’t pair well with the cocktail, try another citrus fruit like orange, lemon or even grapefruit. Lime sugar is also perfect for non-alcoholic drinks like fruit juice, flavored water or non-alcoholic mint juleps.
Pink Lemonade Sugar Rim
Pink lemonade sugar rims bring out the sweetness in your favorite fruity drinks. You can serve them with any type of lemonade or pair them with a different drink that needs a kick of citrus. Try it with our strawberry-flavored virgin daiquiri.
Try experimenting with different colors to match your favorite drinks. To complete the flavor profile, you could add a lemon wedge that your guests can squirt directly into the cocktail.
Which one is your favorite and which drink do you normally pair it with? Let us know what you thought of these sugar rim flavors in the comments.
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Sugar Rim 3 Ways
Ingredients
Cinnamon-Sugar Rim:
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
Lime Zest Sugar Rim:
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp. lime zest
Pink Lemonade Sugar Rim:
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp. lemon zest
- 5 drops red food coloring
Instructions
Cinnamon-Sugar Rim:
- Mix the sugar with the cinnamon.
- Store in an airtight container.
- This sugar rim flavor goes well with coffee using a glass mug, or for creamy cocktails.
Lime Zest Sugar Rim:
- Mix the sugar with the lime zest.
- Spread it out onto a wax paper lined baking sheet and let dry for about 1 hour.
- You can break up any clumps by hand or by giving it a quick pulse in the blender.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 months.
- This sugar rim flavor goes well with margaritas or other cocktails.
Pink Lemonade Sugar Rim:
- Add the sugar and food coloring to a blender jar.
- Pulse until the color is blended well. You can add more drops to reach desired color. (Alternatively you can hand-mix the sugar with the color in a bowl.)
- Mix the lemon zest into the colored sugar.
- Spread the colored sugar out onto a wax paper lined baking sheet and let dry for about 1 hour.
- After it dries, you can break up the clumps by giving it a quick pulse in the blender again.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 months.
- This sugar rim goes well with hard or regular lemonades (like pink lemonade) or other cocktails.
Notes
- The lime zest sugar rim recipe would also work with grapefruit, orange or lemon zest.
- The nutrition information is only for the sugar per tablespoon.
Nutrition
Nutrition information on In the Kitch is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It may not include toppings and/or sauces.
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