Subtle sweetness and herbaceous flavors come together to make this Frozen Thyme and Pear Margarita a perfect Summertime or party cocktail.

This is a Frozen Pear and Thyme Margarita with thyme, a whole pear, sliced pear, and a spent lime in the background. The Pear Margarita is in a traditional margarita glass.

I love fresh thyme. If you have access to fresh thyme, you are going to want to check out our Frozen Thyme and Pear Margarita recipe. This is a twist on the old classic that brings in some garden notes and wonderful pear flavors. The combination of thyme and pear is great, to begin with, but lending that combination to a margarita is something special. Follow along in this segment of our Margarita Series as we put a new spin on the classic Margarita with our Frozen Thyme and Pear Margarita!

Salt or Sugar In Our Frozen Thyme and Pear Margarita?

I always waffle on this decision. The traditional margarita recipe has salt on the rim and there is just no question about that, however, I always say drink what tastes good. I think some flavors would be better enhanced with a sweetener than with a salt. Like our Frozen Strawberry Margarita recipe. Sugar. For sure. Yet, some others just call for salt. Sometimes, salt definitely helps bring all the flavors together a bit better than sugar.

In this case, I think the more subtle flavors of a pear and thyme combination are better served with sugar. If we added a salt to the rim, I think that would become the overpowering flavor, and that isn’t what I want. I want the rim to help the other ingredients be the star. Sugar it is.

The Amount of Thyme

I struggled a bit with this one. As we were taste testing this, it seemed that it was kind of a delicate balance between not tasting the thyme at all and it being a little overpowering. If thyme is your jam, pack it in, but I was looking for a subtle flavor. I found that the leaves of three medium sprigs worked best for us. Try it out and if you need more or less, adjust as necessary.

placing thyme in a blender that has ice and other ingredients in it already.

Don’t Use The Thyme Stem

If you are not used to working with fresh thyme, this is something you should learn. The stems are not fun to have in your food. They are not very easy to chew and they can be annoying. Pull the little leaves off of the thyme stem and only use them. Or, just spend a few minutes and watch this:

This Frozen Thyme and Pear Margarita is really tasty. I hope you give it a chance. Let me know what you think in the comments below, subscribe to get updates via email, and follow me on the Instagram!

Pouring the tequila into the blender that has ice and other margarita ingredients in it.

Getting ready to blend this frozen pear and thyme margarita with some sliced pear to the side of the blender.

Overhead shot of the frozen pear and thyme margarita with some thyme garnish. It is sitting on a white mat with a Bosch pear to the side, a spent lime and a plate that we used to rim the margarita with sugar.

This is an image of two pear and thyme margaritas sitting on a white table cloth. There is a sliced pear in the background and a whole Bosch pear.

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