From Better Homes and Gardens

Cranberry-raspberry juice gives these festive cocktails their bright red color. Serve these frosty drinks at your next party.

Icy Holiday Margaritas

From The Food Channel

Mexico celebrates the bicentennial of its Independence Day this week and what better way to join in the festivities than with a refreshing Margarita. This Blood Orange variation will set you free.

Blood Orange Margarita

From The Food Channel

Light a fire to evening with this flaming cocktail featuring the favorite south-of-the border spirit: tequila, of course. It's an especially good choice in 2010, the Mexican Bicentenial year. This drink will be a real crowd pleaser whenever you serve it.

Burning Love Cocktail

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make-ahead punches ease party-day chores. Prepare the base for this fruit punch up to 24 hours ahead. Then add carbonated water and ice just before serving.

Tropical Punch

From Fine Cooking Magazine

This beer cocktail is simple and delicious. For an even simpler version--the Chelada--salt the rim of an ice-filled pint glass, add light lager and fresh lime juice, and enjoy.

The Michelada

From Food & Wine

Watermelon-Strawberry Agua Fresca

From Fine Cooking Magazine

A refreshing agua fresca is a popular drink in Mexico and all over Latin America. Agua frescas are basically fresh ripe fruit juices, sweetened and served over or blended with ice. An interesting variation is to freeze a fruity white wine and then crush it and substitute it for the crushed ice. Make two batches of this recipe to serve six people.

Watermelon Agua Fresca

From Heart-Healthy Living

For an alcohol-free drink, simply omit the tequila. The tropical fruit provides all the flavor you need.

Mango Margaritas

From Better Homes and Gardens

Soy milk and orange juice add a healthy twist to this classic drink.

Pina Colada Plus

From EatingWell

A summery take on a popular Spanish and Mexican rice-based drink.

Frozen Horchata

From EatingWell

This refreshing drink is served by roadside vendors all over Mexico. Not too much fruit, not too much sugar, just a beautiful way to quench your thirst on a summer day.

Watermelon Agua Fresca

From EatingWell

This thirst-quenching cocktail was said to be created by a bartender from Chihuahua, Mexico, in the 1940s.

Salty Chihuahua

From EatingWell

A bracing drink traditionally sweetened with unrefined sugar.

Latin Limeade

From Better Homes and Gardens

Made with cranberry juice, you could serve this summery cocktail during the winter holidays, too.

Icy Cranberry Margarita