Spiked Blended Lemonade Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan, add the sugar and water. Heat until the sugar dissolves. Chill until ready to use.
• In a small pitcher, mix together the lemon juice and chilled simple syrup. Add the syrup in stages and taste so it is the right amount of sweet and sour for your liking.
• To serve, place ice cubes in a high ball glass. Add a few mint leaves. Pour some bourbon into the glass to your taste. Add lemonade and top with club soda.

Steps:

• Combine 1 1/2 cups vodka, 1 cup lemonade concentrate, and 4 cups ice cubes in blender. Blend to just smooth but still slushy consistency. Pour into large pitcher. Repeat with remaining vodka, lemonade and ice. Add to same pitcher. (Can be made 5 hours ahead. Cover and freeze.).
• Whisk lemonade gently (do not blend again). Pour into 8 tall glasses; garnish with mint and serve.

Steps:

• In a cocktail shaker, muddle the strawberries with the lemon juice and sugar until the sugar dissolves into the lemon juice and the strawberries start to break down into a chunky paste. Add the vodka and elderflower liqueur, and stir together.
• Spoon the contents of the cocktail shaker into two Collins glasses, add ice and top off with club soda. Stir. Garnish with a few strawberry slices.

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to medium-high.
• Combine the lemons, limes and oranges in a medium bowl and toss with 1/4 cup of the sugar to coat. Sprinkle with a generous pinch of salt.
• Place the fruit, cut-side down, on the grill; cook until dark brown grill marks appear, 5 to 8 minutes. Remove to a plate and let cool. Cut 2 lemon halves into slices and set aside for garnish.
• Combine the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar with 2 cups water in a saucepot over medium heat. Cook until the sugar is fully melted, about 5 minutes. Let cool completely.
• Pour the sugar syrup into a pitcher and add the basil leaves. Juice the grilled citrus through a strainer into the pitcher. Add vodka to taste, if using. Stir, add ice, and garnish with the reserved lemon slices. Serve cold.

Steps:

• Put the fennel seeds and star anise into a small skillet and toast for 15 seconds. Grind to a powder in an electric spice grinder. Place the spice mix, 2 cups water, the ice, sugar, ginger, lemon juice and mint leaves into a blender and pulse until the ice is crushed. Serve cold.

Steps:

• Place the strawberries on a plate and freeze until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, bring 1/3 cup water and the sugar to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves. Let cool completely.
• Combine the cooled syrup, strawberries, 1 1/2 cups ice, the lemon juice and gin in a blender. Blend until thick and smooth. Pour into glasses and garnish each with a lemon slice.

Steps:

• Put 3 cups ice in a blender. Add 1/2 bottle Lemoncello, 1 cup lemonade and 1/4 cup strawberry syrup. Add more lemonade if mixture is too thick for your liking. Put a few sliced strawberries in the bottom of each glass before pouring in spiked lemonade.
• If the drink is too bitter, you may have to add a squirt more syrup.
• Feel free to blend the fresh strawberries in as well, instead of using them as a garnish.
• You can vary this reipe to suit your taste, by adding raspberry syrup and raspberries, or cranberry juice is good too. I also like to use Minute Maid Tropical Punch fruit juice in place of the one cup of lemonade added to the mix.

Steps:

• In a very large bowl, like a punch bowl, or a very large juice pitcher, mix pineapple and cranberry juices, lemonade concentrate and rum.
• Upon serving, add ginger ale and ice to bowl or serving pitcher.
• Garnish bowl/pitcher with floating fruit or use as garnish for glass, if you wish.

Steps:

• For the cocktail:
• Bring berries, sugar, and 1/2 cup water to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Remove from heat and let steep 15 minutes.
• Strain syrup through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher. Add vodka, lemon juice, rose water, and 5 cups water and stir to combine.
• Divide cocktail among ice-filled glasses.
• For the ice cube garnish:
• If using, fill 2 ice cube trays one-quarter full with water. Add berries and roses to your liking. Freeze until beginning to set, about 1 hour. Fill ice cube trays the rest of the way with water and freeze until solid, 3-4 hours.
• Do Ahead
• Berry syrup can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill. Ice cubes can be made 1 month ahead. Keep frozen.

Steps:

• Mix it up in a punch bowl and serve!