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Sparkling Cherry Lemonade

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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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#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!

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How to Make the Best Cherry Lemonade Syrup:

1. Weight out 1 lb of cherries. P.S. This is the OXO Food Scale. If you don’t already have one, I highly recommend it. If you do already have one, give it to your sister and get this one.

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Rinse, drain and pit your cherries. These OXO strainers and bowls were handy; great for rinsing and storing cherries. I really really liked this set of bowls/colanders and they nest and store away really well.

How to Pit cherries

The OXO cherry pitter makes it easy and little hands love to use it too. (P.S. We’re giving a couple of these OXO pitters away; see details below!). These two kiddos sure got a kick out of the OXO pitters.

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

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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

Four photos of the process to make sparkling cherry lemonade

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!

Best Cherry Lemonade! Combining club soda, cherry syrup and ice creates incredible fizz. Seriously, don't take your eye off this sparkling cherry lemonade! | natashaskitchen.com

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Best Cherry Lemonade! Combining club soda, cherry syrup and ice creates incredible fizz. Seriously, don't take your eye off this sparkling cherry lemonade! | natashaskitchen.com

Sparkling Cherry Lemonade

5 from 11 votes
Author: Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com
Best Cherry Lemonade! Combining club soda, cherry syrup and ice creates incredible fizz. Seriously, don't take your eye off this sparkling cherry lemonade! | natashaskitchen.com
The combination of club soda, syrup and ice creates some serious fizz. This drink is so delightful and thirst quenching. You can make the syrup ahead of time and keep it in the fridge up to a week!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients 

Servings: 8
  • 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!
Course: Beverage
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Sparkling Cherry Lemonade
Skill Level: Easy
Cost to Make: $
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Enjoy this refreshing and crisp sparkling cherry lemonade! So yum!

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  • Terri B
    August 17, 2013

    I would make cherry pie filling and can it!

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  • Jessica
    August 16, 2013

    I’d eat them raw!

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  • Vera
    August 16, 2013

    What I will do with 10lbs of cherries? I will #1 eat them, #2 make this beautiful fizz drink and then make the cherry cake. 🙂

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  • Vera
    August 16, 2013

    http://m.pinterest.com/pin/151574343682290270/
    Pinned it

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  • Ana
    August 16, 2013

    Shared on fb!

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  • Ana
    August 16, 2013

    pinned here: http://pinterest.com/pin/417427459182800466/

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  • elena
    August 16, 2013

    Cherries r one of my favorite fruits, so i would eat alot of the cherries raw, with the help of my family of course (there is five of us) so at least half would be gone just like that. I would
    definitely freeze some for later, we like compot . I would probably try the cake recipe too 🙂

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  • Ilona
    August 16, 2013

    With 10 lbs of cherries, i would eat about half. I love Cherries!! and with the rest, make vareniki, cherry jam, and lots of pies!

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  • Oksana
    August 16, 2013

    Tweeted! https://twitter.com/ombabich/status/368454689580269568

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  • Oksana
    August 16, 2013

    Pinned!

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  • Christina
    August 16, 2013

    FB’d
    https://www.facebook.com/Teawench/posts/10200489198968588

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  • Christina
    August 16, 2013

    Pinned before I even knew it needed to be. I’m def. making this, maybe over the weekend.
    http://pinterest.com/pin/272749321155906290/

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  • Christina
    August 16, 2013

    10 pounds means I get to make scones & pie & cake & beverages! Of course, some need to be just eaten.

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  • Jessica
    August 16, 2013

    With 10 lbs of cherries, I would make a decadent fruit salad

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  • Erin R.
    August 16, 2013

    Well, I (like most people, probably) can eat my weight in cherries so I’d probably take most of them down fresh. But a small batch of cherry jam might be in order!

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  • Liz
    August 16, 2013

    I would eat what I could and make cherry pies for the freezer. Thanks.

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  • Ana
    August 15, 2013

    I would probably leave a bowl on the table for me to grab whenever I laid my eyes on them, also would probably bake some muffins with cherries and give a shot at baking your cherry drunken cake!

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  • anna
    August 15, 2013

    I would make cherry pie.

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  • Liz
    August 15, 2013

    Eat as many as possible and then make and freeze cherry pies for later use. Thank you.

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  • Elina
    August 15, 2013

    I would make cherry cheesecake!

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