The Hurricane cocktail is a sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice, and either passion fruit syrup[1] or fassionola.

The best representation of the original recipe and look of the Hurricane drink is depicted in the 1938 produced/1939 released Warner Bros. film Naughty But Nice, where the original Hurricane drink appears to be simply lemonade or lemon juice with the addition of a generous portion of rum with little or nothing else added to it that would give it any appearance different from lemonade.

The most popular association the Hurricane has today is with the Pat O'Brien's chain of bars and restaurants, and particularly their original New Orleans location creation of the passion fruit-flavored relative of the daiquiri is credited to New Orleans tavern owner Pat O'Brien.

[6] The bar allegedly started as a speakeasy called Mr. O'Brien's Club Tipperary and the password was "storm's brewin'".

[6] During the 1940s, O'Brien needed to create a new drink to help him get rid of all of the less-popular rum that local distributors forced him to buy before he could get a few cases of more popular liquors such as scotch and other whiskeys.