🍹🍊💖 Balboa Island *Fun Forward* Bikini Martini 💖🍊🍹

One sip will transport you straight to your favorite beach! Think oversized sunnies, salty air, and sand between your toes. The Balboa Island Bikini Martini has hints of luxury sunscreen and tastes like the pure summer vacations we all love. It’s bright, tropical, and just flirty enough to make us completely forget what day it is. 🍸✨

Ingredients: (makes 2 martinis)

• 1+ ounce Malibu Rum

• 1 ounce Stoli Raspberry Vodka

• 1 ounce Ketel One Oranje (Orange Vodka)

• ½ ounce simple syrup

• ¼ ounce blood orange bitters (such as Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters)

• ¼ - ½  ounce Cointreau

• 1 ounce unsweetened 100% cranberry juice

• Juice of 2-3 fresh limes

• Ice

Optional Garnish

• Orange wheel or lime wheel

• Sugared rim for beach-glam vibes

• Skewer of raspberries + citrus peel twist

Directions

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with plenty of ice.

2. Add Malibu, raspberry vodka, orange vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and bitters.

3. Shake hard for 30–45 seconds until fully chilled and slightly frothy.

4. Double strain into a chilled martini or coupe glass.

5. Garnish with citrus or a playful berry skewer.

Beach-Mode Tips

• Shake aggressively — this drink is meant to be ice-cold with ice shards!

• If you want it brighter, add an extra squeeze of lime right before shaking.

• For a softer, more “sunset” version, reduce the cranberry slightly and add a splash more orange liqueur.

Sip it slow… or don’t. It doesn’t really behave like a slow drink.