Blue Hawaiian

The Blue Hawaiian has a sweet, tropical, fruity, coconut, citrusy flavor profile. A vibrant tropical cocktail that transports you to a Hawaiian beach with its stunning blue color and tropical flavors. This rum-based drink combines coconut, pineapple, and blue curaçao for a sweet and refreshing escape. A true tiki classic that's as beautiful as it is delicious.

A Blue Hawaiian requires 6 ingredients: Blue Curacao, Fresh Lime Juice, Pineapple Juice, Coconut Cream, Light rum, Crushed ice.

A Blue Hawaiian takes about 3 minutes to prepare and is considered easy difficulty.

A Blue Hawaiian is traditionally served in a hurricane, garnished with pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry.

Yes, you can make a mocktail version of the Blue Hawaiian by substituting the spirits with non-alcoholic alternatives such as seedlip, non-alcoholic distilled spirits, or flavored syrups and juices that mimic the original flavor profile.

The Blue Hawaiian emerged during the mid-20th century tiki boom, though its exact origins are delightfully murky – much like many tales from the tiki era. Most cocktail historians credit Harry Yee, the legendary head bartender at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki, with creating this azure beauty in 1957. Yee was commissioned by a Bols blue curaçao representative to create a drink featuring their product, and the Blue Hawaiian was born as a vibrant variation of the classic Piña Colada. The cocktail perfectly embodied the post-war American fascination with Polynesian culture and exotic escapism. Its striking blue color was revolutionary – no tropical drink had ever looked quite so otherworldly. The Blue Hawaiian quickly spread from Hawaii to tiki bars across the mainland, becoming a symbol of vacation indulgence and tropical sophistication. While some variations emerged over the decades, the core combination of rum, blue curaçao, coconut cream, and pineapple juice has remained constant, cementing its status as a true tiki classic that continues to transport drinkers to paradise.