Malibu Rum is a sometimes underrated coconut liqueur. Some people are kind of snobby about it. But it’s delicious and always easy to take. And its tropical flavor goes so well in so many mixed drinks.
These recipes are easy to make at home. So pick your Malibu cocktail and get started!
Origins of Malibu Coconut Rum
Malibu Coconut Rum is a popular flavored rum made from a blend of Caribbean rums and coconut liqueur. The rum is produced by Pernod Ricard, a French company. Malibu was first introduced in 1981 and has since become one of the most popular rum brands in the world.
The rum is typically used in cocktails and is often served with pineapple juice or other fruit juices. It lends itself well to tropical drinks, so you can add it to drinks like the Pina Colada, even when it’s not what the recipe calls for.
Easy Malibu Rum Drink Recipes
The Coconut Pineapple Martini is a light, refreshing drink with all the flavors of a heavier Pina Colada. When you're in the mood for something tropical but sharp and vibrant, this is the drink you want.
The Malibu Driver is one of the simplest cocktail recipes out there, with just two ingredients: Malibu coconut rum and orange juice. Because it includes two ounces of the coconut rum, that flavor balances the sweet-tartness of the orange juice, and you get a flavor that’s mellow
with no rough edges.
The Ruby Relaxer gets its name from being is a great drink for kicking back and unwinding. It’s even easy to make – equal parts of three liquors, some pineapple juice, a touch of cranberry.
The Caribbean Mist cocktail is one of those drinks that’s all about the flavor, except for the part that’s about the color. It blends citrus, pineapple, lemon and coconut notes into a lovely blue-green liquid reminiscent of the Caribbean sea.
The Ultimate Junebug gets its name from its neon green color. The flavor is fruity but mellow, with dominating notes of melon and citrus and a lingering taste of coconut.
The warming gentle spice of the Ginger Apple Spice cocktail makes it perfect for cool evenings and chilly seasons. But it's wonderful all year round, anytime you want a touch of spice.
The Malibu Bay Breeze is a drink that keeps it very simple. The flavors of coconut, cranberry and pineapple join forces to create a taste that’s a little bit sweet and a little bit tart. What’s not to love?
The Urban Violence cocktail does something very delicious with the the strawberry/orange/banana flavor of Tropicana Twister. It adds coconut into the mix and enhances the orange flavor.
Despite the name, the Kali Fury is actually a rather soothing drink. It’s got plenty of pineapple and orange juice blended with coconut rum and creme de bananes. It’s your typical laid back tropical flavored drink.
As the name implies, this drink is something of a cross between a Piña Colada and a Margarita, with the mango standing in for the pineapple. Because it’s made without ice, it’s rich, creamy and luxurious rather than feeling watered down after a point.
The Island Donkey cocktail is a blend of chocolate and coconut flavors with a touch of cinnamon. Cinnamon brings out something wonderful in chocolate, and coconut is just fabulous blended with, oh, anything.
The Seaweed cocktail gets its name from its looks: it’s blueish-green and a little murky looking. But it tastes a lot better than it looks – fruity, with flavors of orange and melon, and a little on the sweet side.
The Italian Nut cocktail blends orange with the flavors of amaretto and coconut and just a touch of berry. It’s a sweet, fruity little drink that hits the spot.
“Cioccolato e cocco” is Italian and means “chocolate and coconut” in English. That’s the flavor you get with this cocktail.
The Junior Mint drink tastes exactly like you’d expect – very much like a Junior Mint candy. Only it’s a shot, not a candy, and it’s all alcohol.
The Tropico Rum cocktail blends Malibu Mango rum, Malibu Coconut Rum and lime, and it’s a fantastic combination. A friend and I created this while re-stocking his bar, and it sure made all the effort worthwhile.
It’s hard to go wrong with Malibu coconut rum, unless you hate the flavor of coconut. The Roswell cocktail makes wonderful use of it, blending three ounces of the stuff with orange juice, cranberry juice and just a little bit of pineapple.
The Geisha Delight cocktail originated in Japan. It’s fruity and fairly sweet, and the flavors are hard to separate and identify, which is part of its charm.
The Fat Charley cocktail features the flavors of orange, coconut and banana with a touch of cranberry just to marry it all together. This cocktail has enough of a tropical feel that drinking it during winter can make you feel like you’re somewhere warm and balmy.
The Hpnotiq Breeze is a – you guessed it – Hpnotiq-based cocktail. It also features coconut rum and pineapple juice to add to the tropical fruit flavors in the liqueur.
The Monkey in a Tree is supposed to be a golden cocktail with a layer of green Midori floating on top, or a golden cocktail with the Midori at the bottom like a sunrise effect. But it all depends on the brands you use for the other ingredients. Sometimes it just all mixes together.
This delicious ice cream based cocktail is like an alcoholic milkshake. Make yourself one today and enjoy!
The Prison Blues cocktail is one I created. It was the result of falling in love with Creme de Violette while binge watching “Making a Murderer.” Hey, you need a cocktail after watching that show.
The Purple Turtle cocktail blends the flavors of cranberry and orange
with coconut.
The Malibu Punch cocktail is a “sunset” style drink, with grenadine added at the end so it looks like the late afternoon sun. Really, everything about this drink is reminiscent of being in Malibu.
The Walk the Plank cocktail features spiced rum, Malibu rum and Redrum with 7-up. This combination produces a flavor that’s part citrus, part tropical fruit and part spice.
The Coconut Frappe is a sweet, creamy cocktail that blends the flavors of coconut and whiskey with cream. It’s more rich and less sweet than a lot of cocktails that use Baileys, but it is still definitely sweet.
The Chocolate Cherry Cha-Cha drink recipe was the result of an hours long recipe experimenting session with a friend. When we put coconut rum with chocolate and cherry flavors, we never expected it to taste uncannily like a chocolate covered cherry, but that’s what happened.
The Neon Iguana cocktail isn’t particularly reptilian, but it is very green. It’s a coconut, orange and lime concoction that features a lot of rum - spiced and coconut.
The Nolan cocktail takes the idea of gin with orange juice up to a whole new level, using Malibu Coconut Rum for a special added touch. Coconut and orange are surprisingly great together, and the combination brings out the citrus notes of the gin.
The Southern Pink Flamingo is a tiny little shot that somehow manages to have five ingredients. If you like things that are small and complicated, this one is right up your alley.
The Ruby Runner is in the same class as the Zombie in terms of alcohol content – nearly 5 ounces – but unlike the Zombie, this one doesn’t have quite enough fruit juice to disguise the alcohol. Which means it doesn’t sneak up on you quite the same way.
The Jamaican Me Crazy cocktail tastes like Strawberry Banana Starbursts, only better. Two ounces of rum, plus the tartness from the cranberry juice cut the sweetness to keep it under control.
The Fuka is one of those drinks that makes you feel like you’re at the beach. It’s all spiced rum and tropical flavors.