Outback Steakhouse Bestselling Cocktails

Since cocktails are amongst the biggest moneymakers at most restaurants, chains like Outback are constantly fiddling with creative new drink formulas, hoping one will break out as the next Wallaby Darned, the chain’s most famous bestselling cocktail (cloned here).

Most of the chain's new drinks are usually quite delicious, but apparently not delicious enough, since the next seasonal batch of new drink recipes will often replace them. But these two cocktails are a couple of standout exceptions that have been on the menu for some time. They’re both fruity and smooth and refreshing and they each feature rum.

Use my Aussie Rum Punch recipe here to make a drink just like the original with white rum and Malibu rum, plus mango, cranberry, and lime juices, and finished with a splash of Sprite. The Castaway Cocktail recipe is made with Absolut Mandarin vodka, two kinds of rum, plus pineapple, blood orange, and lemon juices.

Instead of using flavored syrups as they do in the restaurant, these recipes are made with real fruit juices, so even though they might look different than the drinks at the chain, they’ll taste just as good. And perhaps even a little better.

See if I cloned more of your Outback Steakhouse favorites here.

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Aussie Rum Punch

1 ounce Don Q Cristal Rum (or other white rum)
1 1/2 ounces Malibu Coconut Rum
2 ounces cranberry juice
1 ounce mango juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1/4 ounce lime juice
2 ounces Sprite soda

Garnish

1 orange wedge
1 lime wedge
1 maraschino cherry

Castaway Cocktail

1 ounce Absolut Mandarin Vodka
3/4 ounce Cruzan Passion Fruit Rum
3/4 ounce Malibu Coconut Rum
3 ounces pineapple juice
2 ounces blood orange juice (fresh squeezed)
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1/4 ounce lemon juice

Garnish

1 pineapple wedge
1 orange slice

Do This

Aussie Rum Punch

1. Drop a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker, then add all the ingredients, except the Sprite, and shake well.

2. Pour all the contents of the shaker into a 12-ounce glass and pour the Sprite on top.

3. Drop the garnishes into the drink and serve.

Castaway Cocktail

1. Drop a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker, then add all the ingredients and shake well.

2. Pour all the contents of the shaker into a 12-ounce glass.

3. Use a knife to make a short slice in the orange and pineapple so that you can arrange the garnishes on the edge of the glass.

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