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17 Colorful Rainbow Cocktails

Taste the rainbow with these delicious and fun cocktail recipes! Perfect for parties and gatherings they are as delicious as they are colorful! 

Whether you are planning a St. Patrick’s Day party, looking to celebrate pride month, or just want a visually stunning and delicious cocktail to enjoy on a hot summer day these mixed drinks are perfect! You can drink the colors of the rainbow with these fun and fancy beverages! 

Fun Ways to Dress Up Your Rainbow Drinks

While these cocktails use colorful ingredients like grenadine, blue curacao, pineapple juice, and jello to create a fun spectrum of colors there are lots of other fun ways to dress up your cocktails and make them even more colorful! 

Dress up the rim – a great way to decorate your glass or shot glass is by dressing up the rim! A great way is to trim the rim with sprinkles- This post has great instructions! You can dress up the rim with rainbow sprinkles or rainbow sanding sugar for a fun and festive touch! 

Add a garnish – After you fill the glass with ice and pour your drinks a great way to dress them up is with some fresh fruit or even candy! Some of our favorites for these rainbow cocktail drinks are orange slices, or a slice of lemon or lime! Berries like, strawberry, raspberry or cherries make great additions. A slice of pineapple adds a fun tropical vibe especially to drinks with a pineapple-rum layer. 

Candy makes another great garnish, colorful candies like rainbow airheads, nerds ropes, or even jelly beans make a fun addition!

Tips for Making Layered Cocktails 

When you’re making these fun cocktails you want your layers to look beautiful. Even if your blue layer runs into your yellow layer it will still taste amazing, but for the presentation here are some tips to keep your layers separate and make you look like a pro bartender! 

Density Matters: The key to successful layering is understanding the density of your ingredients. Heavier liquids sink while lighter ones float. Typically, the denser ingredients, like syrups and liqueurs, should be at the bottom, and the lighter ones, like spirits, on top. Thankfully these recipes have been developed with that in mind, make sure to pay attention to the recipe so they turn out well! 

Use the Back of a Spoon: Slowly pour your ingredients over the back of a spoon. This helps disperse the liquid gently, preventing it from mixing with the layer below. Hold the spoon close to the surface of the drink and pour the liquid slowly and steadily.

Chill Your Ingredients: Make sure your ingredients are chilled before layering. Cold liquids have a better chance of maintaining their density and not mixing with the layers below.

Use a Proper Glass: Tall, narrow glasses like a Collins glass, hurricane glass or a flute work best for layered cocktails. The smaller surface area makes it easier to pour the layers without them mixing together.

Mix ingredients separately-   If one of your layers is a mixture of ingredients like vodka and blue curaçao you want to mix them together before adding the mixture into the glass. Use a cocktail shaker or a glass measuring cup with a spout so that it is easy to pour. 

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Rainbow Shots - The Littlest Crumb
Rainbow Shots – The Littlest Crumb
These bright colored rainbow shots are easy to make with only 3 ingredients: grenadine, orange juice and blue curaçao. These are great shots to make for a party or a large group of guests.
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Taste the Rainbow: Rainbow Paradise Cocktail Recipe
Taste the Rainbow: Rainbow Paradise Cocktail Recipe
Get ready to taste the rainbow with this Rainbow Paradise cocktail recipe! This rainbow cocktail is easy to make and looks beautiful! Celebrate, St Patrick's Day, Pride Month, or any other colorful occasion with a drink!
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Rainbow Jello Shots (Easy Recipe!) - Balancing Motherhood
Rainbow Jello Shots (Easy Recipe!) – Balancing Motherhood
Rainbow Jello Shots are made by layering fruity jello mixed with vodka into small cups, and topping it off with Cool Whip and Rainbow Berry Airheads to finish!
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Rainbow Pot O’ Gold Jello Vodka Shots
Rainbow Pot O’ Gold Jello Vodka Shots
Look at these magical rainbow pot o’ gold Jello vodka shots! These rainbow shots with a Jello sky and Cool Whip clouds are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or Pride Day. I am quite certain this is the cutest St. Patrick’s Day cocktail ever!
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Starburst Duos Jello Shots
Starburst Duos Jello Shots
Starburst Duos Jello Shots Starburst Duos Jello Shots Recipe If you’re looking for a perfect party treat for adults, then look no further!
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Rainbow Rim Green Irish Whiskey Cocktail
Rainbow Rim Green Irish Whiskey Cocktail
Isn’t this rainbow Irish whiskey cocktail the cutest St. Patrick’s Day or Pride Day idea ever? It’s made with Irish whiskey, sour apple schnapps, and melon liqueur. The rainbow sugar rim makes this Irish whiskey mixed drink even more special.
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Rainbow Sherbet Martini
Rainbow Sherbet Martini
This Rainbow Sherbet Martini is sweet, refreshing and perfect for summer days. Your friends and family will love this rainbow cocktail.
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Rainbow Sherbert Mimosa Recipe - My Suburban Kitchen
Rainbow Sherbert Mimosa Recipe – My Suburban Kitchen
A mimosa is the total queen of breakfast alcoholic drinks! This mimosa recipe swaps the typical ingredients for rainbow sherbert for a brunch cocktail that is high on fun and taste!
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The Rainbow-jito — Drinking With Chickens- Craft cocktail recipes
The Rainbow-jito — Drinking With Chickens- Craft cocktail recipes
A tropical, refreshing mojito cocktail recipe in honor of Pride Month. This festive drink features boozy rum-soaked melon and pineapple, melon liqueur, mint, lime, and sparkling water.
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Rainbow Rum Cocktail Recipe | Candy Drink Recipe - Dylan’s Candy Bar
Rainbow Rum Cocktail Recipe | Candy Drink Recipe – Dylan’s Candy Bar
Now you can make a cocktail that’s as tasty as it is eye-catching. Follow Dylan’s “Sip The Rainbow” rum drink recipe and serve it at your next party.
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Super Simple Rainbow Cocktail Slushy
Super Simple Rainbow Cocktail Slushy
A fun rainbow cocktail recipe to make for St Patrick’s Day or PRIDE, this vodka slushy cocktail is a bright and fruity drink your guests will love
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Rainbow Sangria | Gimme Some Oven
Rainbow Sangria | Gimme Some Oven
This colorful rainbow sangria recipe is truly easy to make, and tastes just as beautiful as it looks!
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Rainbow Slushie Party Drink - Made by a Princess
Rainbow Slushie Party Drink – Made by a Princess
Make a colorful and fun Rainbow Slushie with flavored popsicles for your next party! Want to make a tipsy slushie? Just add champagne and a fireball cherry!
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Rainbow Cocktail
Rainbow Cocktail
Our bright layered rainbow drink will bring plenty of fun to your next party with its tropical and fruity flavors and pretty presentation.
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Tropical Pineapple Confetti Cocktail
Tropical Pineapple Confetti Cocktail
Tropical Pineapple Confetti Cocktail – a rainbow beverage that will transport you to paradise, this Tropical Pineapple Confetti Cocktail is party ready!
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RAINBOW WARRIOR
RAINBOW WARRIOR
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Loco Unicorn, Rainbow Colored LocoNut Cocktail
Loco Unicorn, Rainbow Colored LocoNut Cocktail
The delicious Loco Unicorn drink recipe looks as great as it tastes. Captain Morgan’s LocoNut, Curacao and Grenadine make a beautiful rainbow.
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  1. Thanks so much for sharing this! We made the rainbow warrior for a midweek date night and loved it! I’m not a big drinker and I definitely overdid it a bit. Would recommend switching to a 1/2 oz of coconut rum if you’re a bit more sensitive. Unless you like having to call in a carpet cleaner after your date nights haha

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