Strawberry Piña Colada with Malibu Frosting sounds like a tropical dessert cocktail dream! 🍓🍍🥥 Whether you’re thinking of it as a drink, a dessert, or a cupcake flavor combo, I’ll break it down both ways so you can pick your paradise:
🍹 Strawberry Piña Colada (Drink Version)
A fruity, frozen cocktail with a tropical twist. Malibu rum gives it that smooth coconut flavor, and strawberries take it to the next level.
🍍 Ingredients:
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- ½ cup pineapple chunks (fresh or frozen)
- ¼ cup cream of coconut (like Coco Lopez)
- ½ cup Malibu rum (or adjust to taste)
- ½ cup pineapple juice
- 1–2 cups ice
- Optional: splash of lime juice for brightness
🧊 Instructions:
- Combine everything in a blender.
- Blend until smooth and creamy.
- Pour into a chilled glass.
- Garnish with a pineapple wedge, strawberry, or a toasted coconut rim.
🧁 Malibu Frosting (for cupcakes or desserts)
This is a fluffy, coconut-rum frosting that pairs perfectly with tropical or strawberry-based desserts — like strawberry cupcakes or a piña colada cake.
🥥 Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3–4 cups powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp Malibu rum
- 1 tbsp cream of coconut (optional, for extra coconut flavor)
- Pinch of salt
- Optional: ½ tsp vanilla or coconut extract
🧁 Instructions:
- Beat butter until light and fluffy (about 2–3 minutes).
- Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time.
- Add Malibu, cream of coconut, and salt.
- Beat until smooth and fluffy — adjust consistency with more sugar or a splash of milk/rum.
🍓 Pipe it onto strawberry cupcakes, or layer it between strawberry-pineapple cakes.
🍓 Combine It All – Dessert Idea:
Strawberry Piña Colada Cupcakes with Malibu Frosting
- Cupcake Base: Strawberry cake or piña colada cake (pineapple + coconut milk)
- Filling (optional): Pineapple curd or strawberry jam
- Frosting: Malibu coconut buttercream
- Top with: Toasted coconut, fresh strawberry, mini umbrella 😎