Black Cherry Mojitios

I made these yesterday and they were really good and different, a twist on the typical Mojito. This is the recipe but you can tweak it to your taste - I found it a bit sweet so I just added more lime juice and it was perfect.

Bag of frozen pitted black cherries (I used a 12 oz. bag)
2 cups of crushed ice, plus extra to serve (you can also use regular ice if you have a really heavy duty, good blender)
1/2 cup packed fresh mint leaves
1/3 cup fresh lime juice (about 3 limes)
1 cup lite citrus rum (Bacardi Limon is a good choice ... you could also replace with a citrus vodka if you don't like rum)
1 2/3 cups Lime Simple Syrup (recipe below)
Lime wedges for garnish

Place the frozen cherries, crushed ice, mint leaves, lime juice, rum and lime simple syrup in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into chilled tall glasses and top with more crushed ice. Garnish with lime wedges (you could also garnish with a mint leaf or a black cherry)

Lime Simple Syrup
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
Zest from 3 limes
In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, water and lime zest over med. heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes stirring occasionaly until all the sugar has dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat and allow the syrup to cool for 20 minutes and then strain and store until ready to use.