What I love about a good New Orleans Hurricane is how smooth it goes down boos. It’s strong y’all so don’t even play. But the passion fruit, orange, and lime juices make it all tropical and refreshing, while the syrup and grenadine add just the right amount of sweetness.
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New Orleans Hurricane Ingredient Notes
- Light Rum: Bacardi is a classic, but use any fave brand. Flavored rum is also an option!
- Dark Rum: Cognac is a good swap.
- Passion Fruit Juice: If you can’t find it, try pomegranate, guava or even pineapple juice.
- Orange Juice: You can also substitute with any citrus juice.
- Lime Juice: Fresh is best, but bottled lime juice will get the job done.
- Simple Syrup: If you don’t have it, it’s equal parts sugar and water heated until the sugar dissolves. Takes about two minutes.
- Grenadine: Raspberry syrup works too. The OG version from the 1940s at Pat O’Brien’s didn’t even have grenadine (or simple syrup!).
How to Make a New Orleans Hurricane Drink
Step 1: Pour the simple syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Step 2: Pour in the grenadine.
Step 3: Pour in the rest of ingredients and give it a shake!
Step 4: Strain into a hurricane glass then garnish with orange slice and cherry and serve.
New Orleans Hurricane Drink Recipe
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Equipment
- Cocktail Shaker
Ingredients
- 2 oz light rum
- 2 oz dark rum
- 2 oz passion fruit juice
- 1 oz orange juice
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- 1 tbsp simple syrup
- 1 tbsp grenadine
- Garnish: Orange Slice and Cherry
Instructions
- Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Strain into a hurricane glass then garnish with orange slice and cherry and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe Tips
- Juice the oranges and limes before you start. Makes life easier when everything’s prepped and ready to pour.
- Use hurricane glasses. Hurricanes are traditionally served in those curvy glasses, shaped like a lamp. You don’t need them, but they sure are fun to have around! Try to get them if you can.
- Chill the glass in the freezer for a few minutes. A cold glass keeps the drink icy longer.
- Shake the cocktail hard. Shake, shake and shake again to get everything mixed and ice-cold. Don’t hold back boos!
Recipe Variations
- Make it frozen. Toss everything in a blender with some crushed ice and blend until smooth. It’s like a boozy slushie, so good y’all!
- Muddle in fresh fruit. Try fresh strawberries, raspberries, or pineapple before shaking.
- Make it a mocktail. Ditch the rum and add some club soda or ginger ale.
- Adjust the sweetness. If it’s too sweet, cut back on the grenadine or syrup.
Recipe help
You can use a mason jar with a tight-fitting lid. A protein shaker works too… Just maybe rinse out the protein powder first.
Nah, any tall glass works. A highball glass, a mason jar, even a plastic cup if that’s all you’ve got.
Yup! Just multiply the ingredients and mix it all in a big pitcher. Keep it chilled and give it a stir before serving. Bonus points for tossing in some fruit slices!
More Cocktail Recipes
- Sugar Cookie Martini
- Rum Punch
- Honey, BlackBerry, and Sage Refresher
- Mint Julep
- Tropical Wine Slushie
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This is a wonderful, talented, and so happy menu for pleasure and great eating and drinking on our national holiday, July 4th! Thank you, Jocelyn Delk Adams. Your site is always a pleasure to read, with good recipes to enjoy, beautifully presented. Happy 4th
Stephanie McNicholas
Great recipe!
I added in some lemonade and reduced the grenadine to tame the sweetness!
I still have my hurricane glass from 25 years ago. Still have fond memories of my first hurricane drink in Florida