Tiki Cocktails
Explore 21 Tiki cocktail recipes.
Tiki cocktails are a category of their own — built on rum, citrus and orgeat, dressed up with theatrical glassware, and arranged in ratios that look chaotic on paper but read coherent on the palate. The Mai Tai is the working anchor: aged rum, orange curaçao, orgeat, lime, sometimes a float of dark rum, served over crushed ice with a mint sprig and a long lime peel. The Zombie pushes the same idea into stronger territory with three rums layered against pineapple, lime and grenadine.
The Three Dots and a Dash adds honey and falernum to the rum framework for a sweeter, spicier read. What you'll see across this list is how often the drink stacks two or three rums on top of each other rather than picking one — a white rum for brightness, an aged rum for body, occasionally a Jamaican rum for funk. Citrus does the structure work, orgeat or honey does the sweetening, and the glassware is part of the recipe.
Most are shaken hard with cracked ice rather than cubes, most reward a finished pour with crushed ice rather than a strained one, and most are best served with the garnish that the recipe calls for — the umbrella and the mint sprig aren't decoration, they smell the way the drink is meant to smell when it lands at the table.
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Zombie Punch
Absinthe, Dark rum, Gold rum, Overproof rum, Aromatic bitters, Lime juice, Grenadine, Grapefruit juice
Zombie
Gold rum, Jamaican rum, White rum, Aniseed liqueur, Lime juice, Grenadine, Falernum, Aromatic bitters
Mai Tai
Jamaican rum, White rum, Orange liqueur, Lime juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Orgeat syrup
Three Dots and a Dash
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, Allspice dram, Honey syrup, Falernum, Lime juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters
Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Black rum, Gold rum, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Lemon
Fog Cutter
White rum, Brandy, Dry gin, Sherry (sweet), Orange juice, Lemon juice, Orgeat syrup
Dead Man's Chest
Gold rum, Amaro, Falernum, Pineapple juice, Lemon juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Aromatic bitters, Pepper
Coco Loco
Vodka, White rum, Coconut rum, Melon liqueur, Pineapple juice, Coconut cream
Frozen Zombie
Vodka, Bailey's, Vanilla ice cream
White Lion
White rum, Orgeat syrup, Raspberry syrup, Lemon juice
Ancient Mariner
Aged rum, Dark rum, Allspice dram, Lime juice, Grapefruit juice, Sugar
Sunset Mai Tai
Dark rum, White rum, Triple sec, Aromatic bitters, Velvet Falernum, Orgeat syrup, Lime juice, Grenadine
Zombie Punch
Absinthe, Dark rum, Gold rum, Overproof rum, Aromatic bitters, Lime juice, Grenadine, Grapefruit juice
Zombie
Gold rum, Jamaican rum, White rum, Aniseed liqueur, Lime juice, Grenadine, Falernum, Aromatic bitters
Mai Tai
Jamaican rum, White rum, Orange liqueur, Lime juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Orgeat syrup
Three Dots and a Dash
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, Allspice dram, Honey syrup, Falernum, Lime juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters
Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Black rum, Gold rum, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Lemon
Fog Cutter
White rum, Brandy, Dry gin, Sherry (sweet), Orange juice, Lemon juice, Orgeat syrup
Dead Man's Chest
Gold rum, Amaro, Falernum, Pineapple juice, Lemon juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Aromatic bitters, Pepper
Coco Loco
Vodka, White rum, Coconut rum, Melon liqueur, Pineapple juice, Coconut cream
Frozen Zombie
Vodka, Bailey's, Vanilla ice cream
White Lion
White rum, Orgeat syrup, Raspberry syrup, Lemon juice
Ancient Mariner
Aged rum, Dark rum, Allspice dram, Lime juice, Grapefruit juice, Sugar
Sunset Mai Tai
Dark rum, White rum, Triple sec, Aromatic bitters, Velvet Falernum, Orgeat syrup, Lime juice, Grenadine
More top Tiki cocktails
Zombie Punch
Absinthe, Dark rum, Gold rum, Overproof rum, Aromatic bitters, Lime juice, Grenadine, Grapefruit juice
Zombie
Gold rum, Jamaican rum, White rum, Aniseed liqueur, Lime juice, Grenadine, Falernum, Aromatic bitters
Mai Tai
Jamaican rum, White rum, Orange liqueur, Lime juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Orgeat syrup
Three Dots and a Dash
Jamaican rum, Gold rum, Allspice dram, Honey syrup, Falernum, Lime juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters
Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Black rum, Gold rum, Pineapple juice, Orange juice, Aromatic bitters, Falernum, Lemon
Fog Cutter
White rum, Brandy, Dry gin, Sherry (sweet), Orange juice, Lemon juice, Orgeat syrup
Dead Man's Chest
Gold rum, Amaro, Falernum, Pineapple juice, Lemon juice, Sugar / simple syrup, Aromatic bitters, Pepper
Coco Loco
Vodka, White rum, Coconut rum, Melon liqueur, Pineapple juice, Coconut cream
Frozen Zombie
Vodka, Bailey's, Vanilla ice cream
White Lion
White rum, Orgeat syrup, Raspberry syrup, Lemon juice
Ancient Mariner
Aged rum, Dark rum, Allspice dram, Lime juice, Grapefruit juice, Sugar
Sunset Mai Tai
Dark rum, White rum, Triple sec, Aromatic bitters, Velvet Falernum, Orgeat syrup, Lime juice, Grenadine
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