Frozen Lemonade Recipes
Have fun this summer and create your own frozen lemonade bar! Get creative with flavours and use fresh blueberries, strawberries and lemons.
If you’re looking for a fun, delicious and interactive drink for summer, this Frozen Lemonade Recipe is it! Refreshing, flavourful and a great idea for a summer backyard barbecue.
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Frozen Lemonade!
Who doesn’t love lemonade, especially the homemade kind? There’s nothing like a cold glass on a hot summer day! And why not take it up a notch and make it a frozen lemonade…like a slushie but without all the added chemicals and dyes! You can make the most delicious frozen lemonades right at home with fresh ingredients! Just look how vibrant the colours of the slushies are with just fresh fruit!
Add Fresh Summer Berries
Not only did we make frozen lemonade, but we kicked things up a notch and made different kinds with a variety fresh summer berries. I set it up as a self-serve bar and let everyone pick their own flavour.
Make it Self-Serve!
This is a fun way to serve up a frozen treat for family and friends. Line up some bowls with different kinds of berries and fruit and add them to the basic frozen lemonade recipe. That way each person can make what ever kind they like, and everyone is happy!
Fresh and Delicious!
We made Strawberry, Original Lemon, and Blueberry, and they were all SO delicious. I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to lemonade so the original one was my favourite, but both the strawberry and blueberry versions were a close second. Next time I’m going to make a Raspberry Frozen Lemonade…yum. All this frozen lemonade talk is making you thirsty isn’t it? 😉
Frozen Lemonade Recipe Tips:
- LEMONS: Use fresh lemons (or fresh frozen lemon juice). For a real lemon zing you can add a little lemon zest to the lemonade.
- SWEETNESS: Depending on how sweet or tart you like your drink, you can use 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar.
- FRESH LEMON TIP! I often keep 1/4 cup cubes of frozen fresh lemon juice in my freezer and will use those to make this recipe. Just toss the frozen cubes into the blender with the other ingredients. You might need to add about 1 cup water to the blender to allow the mixture to blend well.
- FRUIT TIP: If you’re adding fruit to the frozen lemonade, it can be either fresh or frozen. BUT frozen fruit works best because it adds more frostiness to the drink.
- GARNISH: Add fresh fruit like berries and lemon slices to the tops of the individual frozen lemonades. It looks nice and tastes delicious.
- MAKE IT A COCKTAIL: Feel free to add a splash of vodka or stir in some rum to these frozen lemonades…this makes a great adult summer drink.
This is such a fun way to quench your thirst and get some reprieve from the heat of summer! Enjoy!
Frozen Lemonade Recipe
Have fun this summer and create your own frozen lemonade bar! Get creative with flavours and use fresh blueberries, strawberries and lemons!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 5 drinks 1x
- Category: Drink
Ingredients
Basic frozen lemonade recipe:
- 5 fresh lemons (juiced)
- 5 cups ice cubes
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup sugar (depending on how sweet or tart you want it)
Fruit options (I use about 1 cup of fresh or frozen fruit):
- fresh blueberries
- fresh strawberries
- fresh blackberries
- fresh raspberries
Instructions
Making the frozen lemonade:
- Juice the lemons, and pour the juice into the blender. (I used a hand juicer to juice)
- Add the ice cubes and sugar to the blender.
- Blend until the mixture is nice and smooth (it should be the consistency of a slurpie).
- Pour the lemonade mixture into individual glasses and enjoy!
If you’re adding fruit:
- If you’re adding fruit, you can add it to the blender at any time. I use about 1 cup of fresh fruit. You can add less or more depending on your taste.
Keywords: Frozen Lemonade recipe, frozen blueberry lemonade, frozen strawberry lemonade, frozen raspberry lemonade
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Have a delicious day!
Yum! Those look perfect for a hot day!
Thanks Carlee!
These look so refreshing! There is nothing like fresh lemonade and your idea of adding other fruits to make more flavors is wonderful.
Thanks for sharing,
Suzanne
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These look SO delicious especially that strawberry one!
Thanks Stephanie! The strawberry one was delicious!
This looks amazing and refreshing! Can’t wait for the rain to let up around here so we can try it!
I hope you enjoy them!
sounds like a summer time crowd pleaser delicious and refreshing
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Perfect for summer crowds!
This could be such a fun twist on a lemonade stand!
I love any frozen treat! I definitely have to try this one out!
This looks absolutely delicious nad just in time for hte BBQ season!!! Thank you for sharing and joining our Oh My Heartsie Girl Wordless Wednesday Link Party.. Have a great day, co-host Evija @Fromevijawithlove x
Great idea for hot summer days!
These look like such refreshing cool drinks for summer!
I have a question: Do you use 5 lemons for EACH drink?
Hi Noreen! This recipe makes 5 cups total of frozen lemonade. So it works out to be almost 1 lemon per each drink.
What a refreshing way to have a party. Thanks so much for linking up this week at #HomeMattersParty. Can’t wait to see what you link up next week.
I love making smoothies with my blender too and recently posted a Sangria Smoothie recipe.
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe! I´m so excited to try it out!
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Those look amazing! Perfect for a hot summer day! Pinned.
Hi, Jo-Anna! I just wanted to come by and let you know that we loved this post SO MUCH when you linked it up at the #HomeMattersParty that we’ve featured it THIS week! Would love for you to come by and check it out! This is two weeks in a row for you, right? Wohoo! You’re on a roll!!! http://theroadtodomestication.com/2015/06/05/home-matters-linky-party-40/ Happy Friday!!!
Looks easy and delicious – I’m in!!! Pinned this one to try for my family one weekend!
My kids simply love frozen lemonade. They would be in heaven if we could make it at home. We picked some fresh blackberries today so that would definitely have to go in the mix.
Oooooh blackberries would be delicious with frozen lemonade! So many possibilities! 🙂
Is it really that easy to make. Sounds and looks delicious.
Beti