12 handy tools for summertime cocktails

Summer is nearly upon us and it's time to pour, swizzle, jigger and mix yourself into some summertime fun. Here are fifteen handy tools for making cocktails that we curated from Amazon. Stay safe, drink responsibly and enjoy your summer of memory making!

Horseshoe Margarita recipe from Tequila Herradura

 Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with this tantalizing margarita from Tequila Herradura.

HORSESHOE MARGARITA
Ingredients 

• 2 parts Tequila Herradura Ultra 
• 1 part Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice 
• ½ - ¾ part Agave Nectar (to taste) 

Preparation
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake hard so that some of the ice melts, then strain over fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Blood orange margarita recipe from Betty Crocker

Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. If you want to celebrate with something a little different this year, try this delicious sounding margarita from the Betty Crocker website.

Ingredients

• 2 cups blood orange juice, freshly squeezed (about 8 oranges)
• 1/2 cup lime juice, freshly squeezed (about 2 limes)
• 1/2 cup orange-flavored liqueur
• 1 3/4 cups silver tequila
• 2 to 3 tablespoons agave nectar, to taste
• Kosher (coarse) salt
• Ice
• 8 blood orange slices, halved, 1/4 inch thick

Directions 
1 Mix blood orange juice, lime juice, liqueur, tequila and agave nectar; strain into large pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
2 Moisten outer rim of 8 glasses with orange or lime, and dip rims into salt to lightly coat.
3 Add ice to pitcher, and stir well. Pour into glasses. Garnish with blood orange slices, and serve over crushed ice.