Acapulco Twister

• This easy recipe is for the rum lover who enjoys a drink with a citrus twist with a zip of the hot stuff. It calls for the following ingredients:

  1 1/2 oz. lemon rum

  4 oz. beer

  1/2 oz. clamato juice

  3 oz. lemon juice

  1 pinch each salt and pepper

  3 drops Tabasco sauce

  Ice

  Mix the juices and the Tabasco sauce together with the salt and pepper in a glass with a 2 cubes of ice. Add the rum and the beer.

Caribbean Rum Punch

• According to St.Croix.com, this drink is the most common of all island drinks. Caribbean rum punch is easy to mix. The ingredients are as follows:

  2 cups Cruzan light rum

  2 l ginger ale

  Splash of lemon juice

  1 qt. fruit punch

  1 qt. orange juice or pineapple juice

  Ice cubes

  Mix the ingredients in a large punch bowl. Place one cube of ice in each serving glass. Pour the punch into glasses before serving.

Citrus Rum Cooler

• This tropical citrus drink has a spiced coconut flair mixed with lemon-lime refreshment. Drinksmixer.com suggests using a collins glass and a shaker for this citrus drink. Ingredients are as follows:

  1 1/2 oz. spiced rum

  1 1/2 oz. Malibu coconut rum

  2 oz. orange juice

  1 oz. lemon juice

  1 oz. lime juice

  1/2 tsp. sugar

  2 - 4 oz. lemon-lime soda

  Mix the juices and the spiced and coconut rum together with the sugar in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a collins glass with ice, suggests Drinksmixer.com. Fill the glass with lemon-lime soda.

Caribbean Cheesecake

• This easy recipe calls for very few ingredients, so it can be thrown together quickly. Ingredients, suggested by St.Croix-Beaches.com are:

  1 part light Cruzan rum

  1 part cranberry juice

  1 part pineapple juice

  Mix the juices and the rum and pour into a glass filled with ice.