Sparkling Cherry Lemonade
The easiest, budget-friendly lemonade that you can make in just 15 min. No simple syrup needed!
Just the other night, Jason and I were packing up some boxes for our move to LA when I came across a brand new cherry pitter that I’ve never used before. It may have been sitting in our cabinet for a year now, so instead of packing it up with the rest of our kitchen stuff, I decided to christen it with this amazing cherry lemonade.
Now if you’ve been following Damn Delicious for awhile now, you’ll know that I’ve made quite a few different kinds of lemonades – strawberry lemonade, blueberry lemonade, raspberry peach lemonade – you name it. Yes, I may just have a thing for lemonades. But out of all the lemonades, this is by far the easiest lemonade I’ve ever made.
There’s absolutely no simple syrup or straining involved here. All you have to do is pitt your cherries and throw everything else right into the blender. When ready to serve, just pour in your cherry mixture with sparkling water and that’s it! It’s incredibly refreshing with the perfect combination of sweet and tartness in a glass of bubbly goodness. It’s so good, you’ll want to sip on this all year long!
Sparkling Cherry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 2 ounces cherries, pitted
- ¾ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 4 cups sparkling water
Instructions
- To make the cherry syrup, combine cherries, lemon juice and sugar in blender until smooth. Place in the refrigerator until chilled.
- Serve over ice and sparkling water.
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LOVE cherry limeades and still pick them up from Sonic as a treat every now and then. This homemade version would beat the pants of ’em I’m sure.
I love your neverending recipes for lemonades with a twist! This looks absolutely wonderful 😀 Cherries are so moreish, mmmmm – Thanks so much for the recipe!
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This looks awesome and I love all your lemonades! I can suck down a huge mug of lemonade in record time and this would not last for an hour in my house! Gorgeous shots against Jason’s blue shirt. Nice!
I’m OBSESSED with this shirt of his. We did another drink shoot the other day and I wanted him to wear the blue again but he advised against it so we did purple instead. It came out fine but still – blue is my favorite!
Beautiful photos! This looks so incredibly refreshing!
I’ve never tried making my own lemonade but this looks pretty simple and love the addition of cherries – perfect for summer!
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Yum! Yum! Anything that fizzes is perfect for summer, particularly when cherries are involved! This looks so good! Beautiful photos as usual. Pinning!
Thanks for the awesome recipe. Jason and I had this for days on end and we loved it!
This sounds delicious! All of your lemonade recipes are definitely inspiring me to make some. Love the “sparkling” part of this recipe. = )