Color-Changing Margarita

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups tequila
  • 2 ounces butterfly pea flowers
  • coarse salt to taste
  • ice as needed
  • 2 ounces butterfly pea flower-infused tequila
  • 1 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1 ounce triple sec
  • 0.125 teaspoon edible glitter
  • 1 lime wedge

Steps

  1. Pour 2 cups tequila over 16 butterfly pea flowers (about 2 ounces) in a jar with a lid. Steep 3 hours or up to 1 day in a refrigerator.
  2. Strain out flowers, return tequila to jar, cover, and store in refrigerator. Makes 2 cups.
  3. Salt the rim of a glass. Add ice and 2 ounces (1/4 cup) infused tequila to glass.
  4. In an ice-filled cocktail shaker, add lime juice, triple sec, and edible glitter. Cover and shake until very cold; pour into glass with tequila and watch the color change from blue to violet. Garnish with lime wedge.
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