Malibu Bay Breeze

Malibu Bay Breeze is a fruity, layered cocktail bursting with the best tropical flavors! Just one sip of this refreshing drink of coconut rum, pineapple juice, and cranberry juice will have you wishing you were on island time!

  • Prep5 min
  • Total5 min
  • Yield1 drink
  • Calories283

Ingredients Steps

Malibu Bay Breeze
Close up photo of a Malibu Bay Breeze drink garnished with pineapple, cherry, and lime.

You Will Love This Malibu Bay Breeze Cocktail!

This Malibu Bay Breeze combines two popular island flavors of pineapple and coconut to really bring out the vacation vibes! All that will be missing is the sand under your feet and the ocean breeze combing through your hair!

What I love about this tasty cocktail is how easy and fun it is to whip up! With just one kind of liquor, a couple of juices, and garnishes, it makes a great drink for beginner bartenders!

Although if you do have more experience behind the bar, this isn’t a drink to skip over! After just one glass, you’ll find yourself making another and another until it becomes your new quick, go-to cocktail! I promise you’re really going to love the vibrant cranberry and pineapple mixed with coconut flavor!

Straight on photo of two malibu bay breeze cocktails on a wooden tray with a pineapple and bottle of malibu in the background.

Malibu Bay Breeze Ingredients

  • Ice
  • Malibu coconut rum
  • Pineapple juice
  • Cranberry juice
  • Lime slice (for garnish)
  • Maraschino cherry (for garnish)
  • Pineapple wedge (for garnish)

To mix up this delicious drink, you’ll need ice, Malibu coconut rum, pineapple juice, and cranberry juice. Slice up lime and pineapple for garnish, along with a maraschino cherry!

How To Make Malibu Bay Breeze

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice.
  2. Add rum and pineapple juice, then top with cranberry juice.
  3. Serve garnished with a lime slice, a maraschino cherry, and a pineapple wedge. Stir before enjoying.

This drink is not only pretty but so yummy! I made these for a little get together with friends and everyone loved them!

– Dana

Step-by-step photo collage showing how to make a Malibu Bay Breeze cocktail.

Variations To Try!

  • You could try swapping out pineapple juice for orange or grapefruit juice to switch up the tropical flavor!
  • Exchange the cranberry juice in this recipe for my Cranberry Simple Syrup! I recommend using just 1oz of syrup to replace the 2oz of cranberry juice.
  • Try another flavor of Malibu rum, such as pineapple, mango, or passion fruit!

Can I Use Cranberry Cocktail Juice For This Recipe?

For this recipe, I used 100% cranberry juice to help balance the sweetness. If you prefer a slightly sweeter drink, use cranberry cocktail juice!

Close up photo of a Malibu Bay Breeze drink garnished with pineapple, cherry, and lime.

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Steps

  1. Fill a highball glass ¾ of the way with ice.

  2. Add in the rum and pineapple juice, then top with the cranberry juice.

  3. Serve with a lime slice, maraschino cherry, and pineapple wedge. Stir before enjoying.

Nutrition

  • Calories283
  • Carbs22g
  • Protein1g
  • Fat1g
  • Saturated fat1g
  • Sugar18g
  • Sodium4mg

Estimates per serving, when a serving size is listed.