Delicious Watermelon Lemonade Recipes With a Twist

When summer gives you watermelons, you make watermelon lemonade. ?? It's our favorite season to sip on delicious and refreshing drinks, especially ones that you can make in your Welk Resorts villa. We found our favorite watermelon lemonade recipes that are sure to complement any summer vacation and keep everyone in the family cool  ?

Read on to find your new favorite summer drink!

TRADITIONAL WATERMELON LEMONADE

Ingredients:

• 6 cups cubed seedless watermelon, chilled (2 lbs after peeling)*

• 4 cups cold water

• 3/4 cup fresh strained lemon juice, chilled

• 2/3 cup sugar (more or less to taste)

• Ice and fresh mint for serving

Directions:
Add watermelon to a blender and pulse until well pureed (there should be about four cups). Pour through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl. In a large pitcher, whisk together water, lemon juice and sugar until sugar has dissolved. Stir in the strained watermelon juice from your strained puree. Stir in ice and mint (or you can add ice and mint directly to individual cups and pour lemonade over). Store in refrigerator.

*If you don't have time to chill the ingredients, just use more ice in place of some of the water.

Serving size: 2-4 drinks

SPARKLING WATERMELON LEMONADE

Now, let’s add a little fizz to the summer staple to make an oh-so-good sparkling version!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cubed watermelon

• 3 lemons

• ¼ cup sugar or sweetener of your choice

• 1 liter sparkling water {no flavor}

Directions:
Juice watermelon and lemons. Mix juice with sugar. Add sparkling water and consume your fabulously fizzy libation.

Serving size: 2 drinks

WATERMELON LEMONADE SLUSHIES

Watermelon with ICE, ICE, BABY… need we say more?

Ingredients:

• 4 cups frozen cubed watermelon

• 2 cups lemonade

Directions:
Place frozen watermelon and lemonade in a blender (if watermelon is frozen solid, let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes to slightly defrost). Cover blender with lid and blend until combined. You can always add more ice if you want it thicker. Pour into glasses and serve immediately. Enjoy!

Serving size: 2-4 drinks

SPIKED WATERMELON LEMONADE

It’s about time we made the grown-up version of this delicious concoction, and this recipe does not disappoint. It’s a special twist on a childhood favorite.

Ingredients:

• 5 cups seedless watermelon, cubed

• 1 (12 oz) can frozen lemonade

• 1 ¾ cups water

• 1 ¼ cups vodka

• Ice

• Garnish: watermelon slice and/or lemon slice

Directions:
Add the watermelon and frozen lemonade to a blender. Blend until watermelon and lemonade are mixed to desired consistency. Pour into a pitcher and stir in water and vodka.

Serve immediately by pouring over a glass of ice. Add garnish and cheers to the deliciously refreshing drink you just made!

Serving size: 2-4 drinks

Which of these watermelon lemonade variations are you most excited to try? Share photos of you and your creations in a comment below.

Happy summer, and happy sipping!