Nothing says summer like eating a ripe, juicy watermelon on a throat-parching day! With more warm days ahead of us next week, we thought we’d share a few watermelon drink recipes with you. You’ll find that most of these recipes are family-friendly but we did throw in a couple of parents only combinations because you know, it is summer and you’ve been with the kiddos all day :).
Watermelon Delight
Ingredients:
- 2 c. cubed, seeded watermelon
- 5 ice cubes
- 2 Tbsp. honey
Directions:
- Blend until smooth
Watermelon Agua Fresca
Ingredients:
- ½ seedless watermelon
- ½ c. sugar
- 2 c. cold water
- ½ c. water
Directions:
- Scoop flesh from watermelon half and transfer watermelon to a blender. Add 2 cups cold water. Blend until liquefied, about 1 minute. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a large bowl to remove fibers. Discard fibers left in the strainer. Skim and discard excess foam from juice if desired.
- Place sugar and 1/2 cup water into a saucepan over medium heat and stir until water is hot and sugar has dissolved. Turn off heat and let simple syrup cool to room temperature. Stir simple syrup into watermelon juice to taste.
- Pour drink into a 2-quart pitcher and refrigerate until cold, at least 30 minutes. To serve, fill tall glasses with ice cubes and pour agua fresca drink over ice. Serve with straws.
Watermelon Cooler Slushy
Ingredients:
- 4 c. cubed, seedless watermelon
- 10 ice cubes
- ⅓ c. fresh lime juice
- ¼ c. sugar
- ⅛ tsp. salt
Directions:
- Place watermelon and ice into a blender. Pour in lime juice, sugar, and salt. Blend until smooth.
Watermelon Margaritas
Ingredients:
- ½ c. sugar
- ½ c. water
- 3 strips orange zest
- 2 c. cubed, seeded watermelon
- ¾ c. white tequila
- ¼ c. lime juice
- salt or sugar for rimming glasses
Directions:
- Bring 1/2 cup sugar, water, and orange zest in a small saucepan to boil, stirring constantly. Simmer until sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes. Remove simple syrup from heat and allow to cool completely.
- Place watermelon in a blender or food processor. Pulse until pureed.
- Stir watermelon puree into a large pitcher with simple syrup, tequila, and lime juice.
- Place a small amount of salt or sugar into a saucer. Rub edge of margarita glasses with a lime wedge to moisten. Lightly dip the rim of the glass into the saucer to rim the glass; tap off excess salt or sugar.
- Fill rimmed glasses with crushed ice; pour margarita mixture into glasses and garnish with lime wedges to serve.
Watermelon Sangria
Ingredients:
- 12 c. cubed watermelon
- 1 (750ml) dry white wine
- 1 c. vodka
- ½ c. triple sec
- ½ c. simple syrup
- 1 medium lime
- 1 orange, cut into wedges
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
Directions:
Place 9 cups of watermelon cubes in a blender; blend on high until very smooth. Strain juice through a mesh strainer into a large pitcher. Pour the wine, vodka, triple sec, and simple syrup into the pitcher. Stir to combine. Mix the remaining 3 cups of watermelon cubes, the lime quarters, orange sections, and blueberries into the sangria. Chill for 4 hours before serving.
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2 thoughts on “Watermelon Thirst Quenchers”
oh man I’m ready for the weekend––is it 5p yet?
I totally missed this blog post somehow. These all look delicious! We’ve been blending watermelon for breakfast all summer with just a touch of lime and it’s been the best. A fellow SLOCA mom gave me the tip of keeping a few cubes of frozen watermelon in the freezer and using that as “ice,” each time replacing the watermelon with room temp cubes. That way it doesn’t get watered down and the drink ends up being nice and fresh! We’ve added mint in too – yummers!