Frozen cocktails (18+)
Vodka & lemonade slush
The classic “vodka slushie”: lemonade, a little lemon and a measured amount of vodka — about 1 unit a glass.
18+1.1units / serving
Photo: Lutoma, CC BY-SA 3.0
Frozen cocktails (18+) · adults only
Frozen margarita
Tequila, orange liqueur and lime, diluted to slush properly — 1.5 units a glass, worked out below.
- Batch
- about 1.33 litres
- Serves
- 6 × 221 ml
- Setting
- Ninja SLUSHi: Frozen Cocktail · Tower Slushie Fusion: Cocktail
18+1.5units / serving
Margarita is one of Ninja’s own examples for the cocktail setting. A bar margarita is far too strong to freeze in a home machine, so this batch is diluted with water and sugar syrup — that is what lets it slush.
Ingredients
- 150 ml tequila (40% ABV)
- 75 ml orange liqueur (triple sec) (40% ABV)
- 150 ml lime juice
- 200 ml sugar syrup (120 g sugar and 120 ml water)
- 750 ml cold water
Allergens to watch: None of the 14 regulated allergens in the basic recipe — check liqueur labels. Always check the labels of the brands you use.
Method
- Make the sugar syrup and cool it.
- Mix the tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice, syrup and water.
- Chill, then pour into the machine below the maximum fill line.
- Run the Frozen Cocktail setting.
- Serve in salt-rimmed glasses if you like.
Sugar check
120 g of sugar in about 1,325 ml is roughly 9.1 g per 100 ml, plus the sugar in the orange liqueur.
Strength and UK units
UK units = ABV (%) × volume (ml) ÷ 1,000 (the NHS formula)
| Ingredient | Sum | Units |
|---|---|---|
| tequila | 40 × 150 ÷ 1,000 | 6 |
| orange liqueur (triple sec) | 40 × 75 ÷ 1,000 | 3 |
| Whole batch | 9 | |
| Per serving (6 servings) | 1.5 |
The mixed batch is roughly 6.8% ABV (90 ml of pure alcohol in about 1.33 litres) — inside the 2.8–16% range Ninja gives for the original SLUSHi (FS301UK) cocktail setting.
Spirits and liqueurs vary: if the bottle you use has a different ABV, the units change. Our serving size is 221 ml; a bigger glass means more units.
Tips
- Many UK tequilas are 38% and some orange liqueurs are much weaker than 40% — check your bottles; weaker bottles mean fewer units.
- If your machine says the mix is too strong, Ninja’s fix is to dilute with about 59 ml of water per 237 ml of mix.
Sources for the rules we followed
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