An orange-flavored liqueur identical in flavor to regular curaçao but dyed bright blue with food coloring. It is used primarily for its color in tropical and visually striking cocktails.

Harry Yee's 1957 Waikiki creation — born to showcase Bols blue curaçao — paints its glass an impossible ocean blue and delivers a bright, tropical punch of pineapple and citrus that made tiki culture even more colorful.

Blue Hawaii

A 1950s Waikiki creation layering rum, pineapple, and blue curaçao into a vivid azure pour that drinks sweet, tropical, and unmistakably vacation-coded.

Blue Hawaiian

A 1970s disco-era cooler pouring vodka and blue curaçao over lemon and soda, landing somewhere between an aquamarine lemonade and a candy-bright highball.

Blue Lagoon

A dazzling azure cocktail from the Savoy Cocktail Book, named for the famous luxury train running from Paris to the French Riviera. Cognac, blue curaçao, and pineapple juice create a jewel-toned drink of surprising tropical elegance.

Blue Train

A vivid purple cocktail combining vodka, blue curaçao, cranberry, and pineapple juice. The blue curaçao reacts with the cranberry's red to produce a striking purple hue that made this a bar staple of the 1980s and 1990s.

Blue Curaçao