Strawberry Watermelon Slushie Spritzer
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Strawberry watermelon slushie is an easy and refreshing summer spritzer, with a cocktail option.
Recipe Overview
Why you’ll love it: Make your leftover watermelon into a refreshing summer drink!
How long it takes: 5 minutes
Equipment you’ll need: blender
Servings: 1 (but it’s super easy to make more)
Juicy strawberries and watermelon, with a touch of lime and a spritz of sparkling water, blended into an icy refreshing drink is summer perfection. It’s slushy, it’s spritzy, it’s refreshing and it is summer in a glass.
It’s a great tasting drink that is non-alcoholic. Great for those of us who happen to not be drinking alcohol for one reason or another.
Recently I went to a graduation open house with my husband and daughter, and it was a hot, beautiful day. I watched as he drank an ice-cold beer and I drank a bottle of water. Ho-hum! Parties should be required to serve fun drinks for pregnant ladies and other non-drinkers, don’t you think?
This strawberry watermelon spritzer won’t leave you longing for an ice-cold beer or a vodka lemonade. It has plenty of refreshing flavor!
P.S. If you want, add a shot of vodka to your spritzer to make a cocktail. Totally up to you! Or try frosé (a frozen rosé slushie) or a frozen Sangria slushie.
I’ll run through the basics of this beverage recipe but as always, look for the recipe card near the end of the post for complete instructions, measurements, and nutrition information.
What You’ll Need
- Watermelon: This recipe is a great way to use up that extra watermelon you may have. Make sure it’s a seedless watermelon or you’ll have to pick out the seeds.
- Frozen Strawberries: The strawberries are frozen so you get the slushie effect. Other frozen fruit can be substituted.
- Fresh Lime Juice: A good squeeze of lime brightens up the flavor and keeps it from becoming too sweet.
- Sparkling Water: Either plain or flavored is fine. Sparkling water is carbonated and makes the drink fizzy. It’s what makes this beverage a “spritzer.”
How To Make This Recipe
Put ingredients into a blender. You’ll need a blender to make your slushie. Simply add the watermelon, frozen berries, and lime juice to the blender.
Process until smooth. Give it all a whirl until the mixture is nice and smooth.
Add sparkling water. Pour it into a glass, either over ice or just as it is. Top it with sparkling water.
Add garnishes. Garnish your slushie spritzer with a slice of lime and a fresh strawberry. Add a couple of festive straws and you’re on your way to cool summertime bliss.
Make it your own
There are lots of ways to vary this drink:
- Make a double or triple batch. Why not, you already have the blender out!
- Make it a slushie. Add ice when blending for a slushier drink.
- Try different fruit combos. Use frozen blueberries, peaches, mango or another fruit of your choice instead of the strawberries. Substitute a different fruit for the watermelon.
- Substitute a flavored sparkling water. Add a flavored sparkling water drink, like LaCroix or Bubly. There are lots of options that are really popular right now.
- Use lemon instead of lime. Instead of lime juice, add a squirt of lemon juice. Garnish with a fancy little lemon twist. Or try watermelon lemonade with mint (cocktail option included).
- Make it sweeter. Add simple syrup, agave, or sugar, to taste. 7-up or a different lemon-lime soda can be used instead of sparkling water for a sweeter drink.
Cool off with more summer drinks
- Raspberry Rosé Spritzer
- White Wine Spritzer
- Green Smoothie
- Strawberry Milkshake with Basil
- Blueberry Mint Ice Tea
- Tropical Smoothie
- Red Wine Spritzer
- Sparkling Pink Lemonade (with cocktail option!)
Did you make this? Be sure to leave a review below and tag me @rachelcooksblog on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!
Ingredients
- 4 cups seedless watermelon, cubed and frozen for at least 24 hours (see note)
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 1 lime)
- 2 tablespoons honey, or to taste (substitute sugar if desired)
- Fresh mint leaves for garnish (optional)
- Lime slices for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Place the frozen watermelon, water, lime juice, and honey in a blender.
- Blend on high speed until all the ingredients are fully combined and the mixture becomes slushy and smooth.
- Taste the mixture and adjust the sweetness with more honey (or sugar) if needed. If it’s too thin, add a few ice cubes and blend again. If it’s too thick, add a little water and blend again.
- Serve immediately garnished with a sprig of fresh mint and a slice of lime.
Notes
- How to freeze watermelon: To keep the watermelon cubes from freezing into one solid mass, arrange them in a single layer, sides not touching as much as possible, on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Freeze until the cubes are solid and then transfer to an airtight container or freezer bag until ready to use.T
- Try different fruit combos: Substitute frozen strawberries, blueberries, peaches, mango, or another fruit of your choice for a portion of the watermelon.
- Make it a cocktail: Add chilled vodka, white (silver) rum, or white tequila (silver or blanco), to taste.
- Recipe completely revised 3/2024 (previously strawberry watermelon slushie spritzer).
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
Jennifer | Mother Thyme says
Yum! This looks so refreshing!
Ali @ Gimme Some Oven says
Ooooh – this looks so fresh and delicious! And love that it’s sparkling – fun!!
Deborah says
This is my kind of drink – love it!!
Sommer@ASpicyPerspective says
Rachel, this look HEAVENLY. I think I’m going to surprise my kids with it later today!
Mackenzie @SusieFreakingHomemaker says
… and this will be served at the baby shower I’m planning. Thanks!! :-)
Stephanie says
Anything with watermelon is good in my book. I’ll try this out, thanks!
Maureen @ Orgasmic Chef says
This sounds like an absolutely perfect drink for a woman on a hot day, pregnant or otherwise. :) It’s lovely to look at!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts says
I made something similar, and it was amazing. Mine didn’t have strawberries though, love that idea!
Heather says
i’m going to be dreaming of this all day now – it sounds amazing!
Barbara | Creative Culinary says
What I love about serving a drink like this is that it’s perfect as is but a splash of vodka would also make it a cocktail. Makes everyone happy!
Lesa @Edesia's Notebook says
What a beautiful drink. I’ll have to make this for my sister who is preggo too and totally feels your pain on being left out of the “fun beverage” department.
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says
Perfect! Fun fruity drinks around here always have to be non-acoholic…little curious boys are pretty good at stealthy drink sipping.
melissa@IWasBornToCook says
Love how refreshing this looks!
Blog is the New Black says
oooooh, so want this!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
This looks super fun! I love these flavours together :)