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The combination of club soda, cherry syrup and ice creates some incredible fizz in this sparkling cherry lemonade. Seriously, don’t take your eye off it when you’re adding the club sodie pop. Consider yourself warned.
This sparkling cherry lemonade is so delightful and thirst quenching. It’s perfect on a hot day and makes an impressive party drink. You can make the syrup ahead of time and keep it in the fridge up to a week!
This is how we used up the rest of the cherries sent to us from NW Cherry Growers and OXO as part of the 10lb cherry challenge. We went wild and made 2 recipes; the first was this Drunken Cherry Cake. Of course there are ~7 lbs that went unaccounted for. We ate them. They were so tasty and I’m not sorry.
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#82: Olivia of Servingsisters.com who wrote: “I would do the same thing you did. Experiment.:) …After eating a few pounds worth.;)”
#70: Inna who wrote: “With 10 pounds of cherries, I would make some preserves, cherry vareniki, and eat some fresh cherries. (Subscribed to your youtube channel)”
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Simple Ingredients for Easy Cherry Lemonade:
Everything you need to make a refreshing and thirst-quenching summer party cherry lemonade!
How to Make the Best Cherry Lemonade Syrup:
1. Weight out 1 lb of cherries. P.S. This is the OXO Food Scale
Rinse, drain and pit your cherries. These OXO strainers and bowls
The OXO cherry pitter
If your children are using these, make sure they are wearing an apron or their ugly clothes. Despite the brilliant splash guard on the pitters, my son ended up with cherry juice everywhere. He’s 4. He’s a boy. Need I say more
2. In a blender, combine 3 cups pitted cherries, 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (you might extract more if you really get angry with your lemons) and 1 cup sugar. If you’re cutting down on sugar in your life, feel free to use 3/4 cup sugar. Blend until smooth. You don’t want pieces of cherry to get stuck in your straw
Creating Sparkling Cherry Lemonade:
1. Fill a glass half way with ice. Pour 2-3 Tbsp of your cherry syrup over your ice and add club soda to taste. I used roughly 1/4 cup syrup to 3/4 cup club soda. You can do it to taste.
Top with a fresh cherry (or 5) and serve. You’re gonna love the fizzle. My sisters both said this was restaurant quality except WAY cheaper!
Sparkling Cherry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 3 cups about 1 lb Fresh (or frozen) Northwest cherries
- 1 cup lemon juice, from about 6 medium lemons
- 1 cup sugar, you can use 3/4 cup if you like
- 6-8 cups club soda, to taste
- Lemon slices and Ice to serve
Instructions
How to Make the Best Cherry Lemonade Syrup:
- Rinse, drain and pit your cherries.
- In a blender, combine 3 cups pitted cherries, 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice and 1 cup sugar. If you're cutting down on sugar in your life, feel free to use 3/4 cup sugar. Blend until smooth. You don't want pieces of cherry to get stuck in your straw.
Creating Sparkling Cherry Lemonade:
- Fill a glass half way with ice. Pour 2-3 Tbsp of your cherry syrup over your ice and add club soda to taste. It's usually 1/4 cup syrup to 3/4 cup club soda. Top with a fresh cherry and serve. You're gonna love the fizzle. My sisters both said this was restaurant quality except WAY cheaper!
Enjoy this refreshing and crisp sparkling cherry lemonade! So yum!
This looks scrumdiddlyumptious! Can’t wait to try at our New Years Eve party!
Let us know how they turn out, Tate!
can i use sparkling water instead?
Hi Jen, that should work! I hope you love this recipe.
This is our go to summer drink (we use water instead of seltzer). This weekend we’re making it into a cocktail by adding a splash of vodka. I can’t wait.
That’s just awesome!! Thank you for sharing that Tams!
Hello Natasha,
This is my first time I have made fruit syrup. It tasted divine and got me though teacher correction. Hoe long does it last in the fridge and can you freeze it?
Hi Anne, after adding the carbonated portion, it’s best to serve it right away or within a couple of hours since it will be less fizzy but the syrup will keep covered in the fridge for about 5 days.
We did this using plain water instead of the club soda (we’re not fans of club soda). It was a HIT. Everybody loved it. Will definitely be a summer staple for us.
That’s great! I’m glad to hear everyone enjoys the recipe! Thanks for sharing your great review Tammy!
Probably needs a 10 star rating option here.
Have you ever added any alcohol and if so…what would be best?
Might be lovely with a Prosecco or a champagne?? mmmmmmm
Hi Helyn, I haven’t tried either of those but if you try it out, let me know how it goes! I searched through the comments and couldn’t find anyone who has turned it into an adult drink. Thank you for the awesome review!! 🙂
Hi
If using frozen cherries do I thaw them first.
Hi Jackie – it would be easier to blend if they are thawed. I think a high powered blender would do the job even if they go in frozen.
The sparkling cherry lemons looks very good
Thank you 🙂
I love this cherry lemonade. I will be making it for new years eve! Cheers!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Happy New Years!
Love cherries and would eat as many as possible. I’d make and freeze cherry pies for later use.
Love cherries. I would eat as many as possible and make cherry pies for the freezer for later use.
With that much cherries I would eat them and share with family 😉
I would eat as many as possible and do some baking for the freezer. Thank you.