Watermelon Drink Recipe - Sparkling Watermelon Limeade

This watermelon drink recipe is a refreshing, exciting, flavorful, sparkling pomegranate and watermelon juice limeade, the perfect summer drink for kids and a fancy alcohol-free cocktail for grownups too. Say hello to your new favorite on a hot day, and one of my favorite watermelon drink recipes!

Why I ❤️ it • Recipe • Ingredients • Preparation

Watermelon drink recipe

Why I ❤️ it

I am always looking for new and great ways to cool down, and this pomegranate and watermelon mocktail recipe benefits from being a great combination of fruits that nearly everyone likes and makes a delightful summer beverage.

You'll also love to hear that this lovely drink is a quick and easy recipe, and I have included easy instructions to make it even faster if you are short on time. There's so much to love about the flavor combination in this fabulous summer treat.

Utensils and tools

• Blender
• Fine-mesh strainer

Ingredients

• 1 medium watermelon, diced: about 6 cups of diced watermelon, plus some watermelon wedges to garnish. You can use ½ quart of watermelon juice if you don't have fresh watermelon.
• 2 pomegranates, rind removed, and seeds separated: about 1½ cup of pomegranate seeds, you can also use 1 cup of pomegranate juice if you don't have fresh pomegranates.
• 1 cup of lime juice, you'll need 4-5 limes, depending on their size.
• ½ cup sugar (white, granulated).
• 3 cups of crushed ice or ice cubes.
• ½ quart [½ liter] of carbonated water or club soda.

Preparation

Before starting, please make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.

Step 1: Blend the fruits

Pour watermelon and pomegranate into the blender vase. Blend to crush the pomegranate seeds.

Strain into a large pitcher, pressing with a spoon to squeeze as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.

Step 2: Combining juices

Mix the watermelon/pomegranate juice with the lime juice and add sugar (or sweetener) to taste.

Step 3: Pouring

Pour equal portions of the juice mixture into 6 highball glasses.

Add equal amounts of ice.

Step 4: Serving

Pour equal amounts of carbonated water into each glass and serve immediately (before the water goes completely flat).

Garnish with watermelon wedges.

Variations

You can leave out the pomegranate juice if you are not a fan, and just add an equivalent amount of extra watermelon juice, and some extra lime juice if you find you need it (it'll depend on the level of acidity you prefer).

To make a watermelon lemonade, simply use lemon juice instead of lime juice. Orange juice also works great in this drink.

If you want to turn this from a watermelon mocktail to a cocktail (no judging), stir in ½ cup of vodka, tequila, or white rum (they all worked great), right before adding the ice and serving.

Serving suggestions

You can also garnish it with lemon wedges, or add some pomegranate seeds to it for extra fanciness.

To fancify your watermelon cocktail, even more, you can also decorate it with lime slices, and even add frozen watermelon cubes to it.

Nutritional information

Calories: 132kcal - Carbohydrates: 34g - Protein: 1g - Fat: 1g - Saturated Fat: 1g - Sodium: 19mg - Potassium: 250mg - Fiber: 1g - Sugar: 29g - Vitamin A: 885IU - Vitamin C: 25.8mg - Calcium: 20mg - Iron: 0.5mg

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Originally published Sep 8, 2014