This simple margarita with apple cider is a festive and refreshing fall tequila cocktail anyone can make in minutes. It gets some fall cinnamon spice from splashes of Fireball cinnamon whiskey. Hints of fresh lime, lots of fresh red apple slices, and cinnamon sticks will spice your cocktail as you sip. Serve this fun fall apple cider margarita when you crave a delicious fall cocktail with apple cinnamon flavors.
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Make This Apple Cider Margarita with 5 Ingredients
This is a really easy apple cider cinnamon margarita that you can make with just 5 simple ingredients. However, the key to making this simple margarita recipe truly taste like fall is that cinnamon whiskey plus a few cinnamon sticks.
The Fireball cinnamon whiskey is lightly sweet with lots of warm cinnamon notes throughout. Just a little bit of Fireball whiskey goes a long way and instantly adds the perfect touch of fall spice flavor to this easy apple margarita.
If you’ve never tried it before, don’t fear the combination of spiced flavors and tequila! The cinnamon whiskey and blanco tequila actually pair wonderfully together to create a delicious yet unique margarita cocktail.
Agave Nectar Adds Genuine Earthy Sweetness
The cinnamon whiskey pairs effortlessly with a simple mixture of tequila, apple cider, and fresh lime. A dash of agave nectar will add balance to the fresh lime juice while lending a simple earthy sweetness.
Traditionally, agave nectar is one of the basic ingredients used to sweeten and balance a margarita along with good tequila and fresh lime. If you like to stick with that genuine margarita flavor profile, I highly recommend agave nectar over simple syrup in this recipe.
Just Splash, Shake, and Pour…
The rest of the drink comes together easily in a cocktail shaker. Just splash it together, shake over lots of fresh ice and pour! I like to jazz up my margarita glass a bit by giving it a salty cinnamon sugar rim. Then I’ll load up the top with fresh red apple slices and a few cinnamon sticks.
As the cinnamon sticks sit in the apple cider fireball cocktail, they steep and lightly spice the drink with warm cinnamon flavor. This easy apple cider cinnamon margarita ends up becoming a vibrant, refreshing, and zesty tequila cocktail laced with hints of fall spice. Easy, delicious, and unique in flavor. Here’s what you’ll need to put it together.
Ingredients to Make an Apple Cider Margarita with Fireball
- Blanco or silver tequila – your favorite good quality brand
- Fireball cinnamon whiskey
- Apple cider – or pure pressed apple juice such as Simply Apple
- Fresh lime juice
- Agave nectar
- Fresh red apple slices – for garnish
- Cinnamon sticks – for garnish
- Coarse sea salt – optional for cocktail rim
- White sugar – optional for cocktail rim
- Cinnamon – optional for cocktail rim
Make a Cinnamon Apple Cider Margarita
Serve as A Festive Fall Margarita or fun Thanksgiving margarita
This apple cider cinnamon margarita on the rocks makes the perfect fall tequila cocktail laced with hints of cozy cinnamon spice. Serve this drink as a super simple Fireball margarita recipe you can sip all through the autumn season.
Apple cider cocktails are festive and popular in the fall, but this is a truly versatile spiced cinnamon margarita that could be enjoyed through the winter and the holidays as well. This is a great apple cider tequila cocktail to serve in October at Halloween. Additionally, its lovely fruity cinnamon apple flavor can be enjoyed as a simple Thanksgiving margarita recipe, too.
If you love the combination of Fireball cinnamon whiskey and apples, then try it in this easy Fireball cider cocktail. This simple blood orange apple cider margarita also makes another delicious fall cocktail for all you tequila lovers out there! Alternatively, you can try these super fun apple cider fall mimosas that you can serve at a fall themed brunch!
Simple Fall Cinnamon Apple Cider Margarita with Fireball Whiskey
Ingredients
- 1½ oz Silver Tequila - your favorite good quality blanco tequila
- ½ oz Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey
- 2 oz Apple Cider - or pure pressed apple juice such as Simply Apple or Honeycrisp apple juice
- ½ oz Fresh Lime Juice - fresh squeezed
- ¾ oz Agave Nectar
- 1 tsp Coarse Sea Salt - for cocktail rim
- ½ tsp White Sugar - for cocktail rim
- 2 pinches Ground Cinnamon - for cocktail rim
- 3 slices Red Apple - for garnish
- 2 sticks Cinnamon - optional for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a cocktail shaker with fresh ice about three-quarters of the way.
- Splash in the silver tequila and Fireball cinnamon whiskey. Next, in the same cocktail shaker, splash in the apple cider, fresh lime juice, and agave nectar.
- Cover the cocktail shaker and shake all ingredients together vigorously until everything is cold and combined.
- If desired, make a cocktail rim. On a small flat plate combine coarse salt, white sugar, and cinnamon. Stir gently and swipe your margarita glass with fresh lime. Dip the rim of your cocktail glass in the cinnamon, salt, and sugar mixture.
- Open the cocktail shaker and pour the mixture into your margarita glass.
- Garnish your spiced Fireball apple cider margarita with lots of sliced red apple and a few fresh whole cinnamon sticks. Serve cold.
