A Key Lime Pie Martini is a refreshing cocktail that brings the taste of the classic dessert into a drink. Made with lime vodka, fresh pineapple and lime juices, it's lightly tart and sweet. This easy-to-drink sophisticated martini is my go-to cocktail any time of year.

What You'll Learn:

How to Make a Key Lime Pie Martini
A tidbit about Midori Liquor
Substitutions

Then & Now

This blog is not a cocktail website. However, I like to put my favorite cocktails here so I will have them saved in one spot.

I had this drink at a nice restaurant in Chicago several years ago and came home and re-created it.

I always loved mixology as much as cooking. It's pretty much the same thrill. Mixing and matching to find your very own combination. If you liked my Blue Margarita Recipe then you will probably like this one too. However, there is no coconut in this drink. Plus, it's non-dairy.

Most of the recipes online call for something coconut flavored or crunchies on the rim. Not this recipe! These boots are made for drinkin'.

5 Ingredients for Key Lime Pie Martini

Fresh pineapple, lime, lime vodka, midori, vanilla rum.

Fresh Pineapple, Juiced with a Juice Extractor or Can of Dole 100% Pineapple Juice. Learn How To Juice a Pineapple.
Fresh lime, squeezed
Lime Flavored Vodka
Midori Melon Liquor
Vanilla Rum, Clear

Midori, The Melon Liquor

This not not a vintage cocktail itself, but every ingredient has a history. The ingredient that makes my Key Lime Pie Martini shine- is the Midori.

Midori is made with special Japanese melons and other fruits. A few years back, they re-worked the ingredients so it would have less artificial ingredients.

The funny fact about Midori is the connection to John Travolta. According to Liquor.com, "It turns out John Travolta was one of the first people to sample the Japanese melon liqueur, as it was launched in 1978 at famed New York City discotheque Studio 54 during a cast party for “Saturday Night Fever.” The neon-green-hued liqueur in the frosted bottle was sipped with tonic on the iconic dance floor that night."

This is a Print Ad from 1979.

Directions:

1. Juice your ripe pineapple. This pineapple gave me exactly two cups of juice. It was a juicy one. Or use 100% Dole can pineapple juice.

2. Pour all ingredients into an ice filled shaker. Shake and Strain.

3. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Substitutions

Pineapple Juice- You can use Dole 100% Pineapple Juice from the can. I like to buy the mini-cans. Very handy for many recipes and you can barely tell the difference between fresh and canned.

Vanilla Rum, and Lime Vodka- You can substitute out any brands you like. Just make sure you get the clear rum or else your cocktail color will be off.

Sometimes I do put ice cubes in it!

Lanie's 🔅Recipe Reflections

Fresh Ripe Sweet Pineapple Juice takes this cocktail to PERFECT.
It's wonderful as a martini or in a glass on the rocks too.
Refreshing and sweet, but not too sweet.
You can add a red cherry and consider it a Holiday Cocktail.
This post does not come with a recommendation for the juice extractor I have featured here. I purchased this one at a thrift store a few years ago. It's been holding up great and does a nice job for the price I paid. All of my juicers have come from thrift stores for less than $10.

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Key Lime Pie Martini

Easy to make and easy to drink Key Lime Pie Martini Flavored Cocktail. The key is fresh pineapple juice.

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Total Time: 5

Servings:

Author: Lanie Smith

Equipment

1 shaker

Ingredients

4 ounces pineapple juice
1 ounce vanilla rum, clear
¾ ounce Midori melon liquor
½ ounce lime vodka
¼ ounce lime juice, fresh squeezed

Garnishes

1 lime wedge
1 cocktail cherry

Instructions

Measure and pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake vigorously with the ice, 27 times.
Strain into chilled martini glass and garnish as desired.

Notes

Makes one 7 ounce martini.