This sparkling blueberry lemonade has a perfect balance of sweet and tangy. You only need 4 ingredients to make this big-batch summer drink!
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Why make plain lemonade when you could be enjoying a sparkling blueberry lemonade? Bursting with flavor, this party drink is always a hit!!
How this recipe came about:
This drink was created back in 2014 by accident. I had made a blueberry syrup to use up an abundance of fresh blueberries. And since I didn’t have any particular use for it, I added it to random things, like my lemonade along with some club soda.
And oh my goodness, was it good! A little tart, perfectly sweet, and slightly sparkling! Perfection!!
It was immediately a huge hit!
Ingredient Notes:
- Blueberries – You can use fresh or frozen blueberries for this recipe.
- Lemon juice – Forget about frozen lemonade concentrate or that plastic lemon bottle stuff! Always choose freshly squeezed lemon juice. Juicer attachment for my KitchenAid mixer makes this job super easy!
- Club soda – I love that it doesn’t add sweetness, just pure refreshing bubbles! You can also use seltzer water instead.
Don’t care for carbonation? Just substitute water for club soda!
How to make this recipe:
1. Make blueberry syrup:
- In a medium saucepan, combine blueberries and sugar with 1/2 cup of water and bring it to a boil over medium high heat.
- Once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes, mashing the berries along the way.
- Strain the mixture through a sieve and let it cool.
Tip
Make sure to press the blueberry pulp well to extract as much syrup as possible. You should get about a cup of blueberry syrup.
2. Make lemonade:
- In a large pitcher, combine fresh lemon juice and blueberry syrup.
- Right before serving, add club soda and serve over ice.
Make-Ahead Tips:
- You can make the blueberry lemonade up to 5 days in advance. Store the mixture in the fridge, covered.
- Add club soda right before serving.
Sparkling Blueberry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (240ml) fresh lemon juice Note 1
- 3 cups (720ml) club soda
Instructions
To make blueberry syrup:
- In a medium saucepan, combine 1/4 cup of water, blueberries and sugar and bring it to boil over medium high heat.
- Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes, mashing the berries as you cook them.
- Run the mixture through a sieve to remove pulp. Set aside to cool. This yields about a cup of blueberry syrup.
To make lemonade:
- In a large pitcher, combine lemon juice and blueberry syrup.
- Add club soda right before serving. Serve over ice.
Tips & Notes
Nutrition
This recipe was originally published on May 23, 2014.
Delicious, however the blueberry is way overpowered by the lemon. I used lemon-blueberry seltzer in place of the club soda.
Hi, Jaszcat. Thanks for sharing your feedback. I’ve never tried it with lemon blueberry seltzer and it was interesting to know how it turned out.
I’m just coming around to trying things with blueberries in them after my dad tricked me about 20 years ago telling me they were “blue chocolate chip” muffins. Needless to say, they were blueberries. This looks great though, super refreshing and so so pretty!
Oh my gosh, Jessica, that’s too funny! This lemonade is sure refreshing. Hope you’ll give it a try this summer.
Must try this! Shinee, looks so refreshing and a fun drink for summer parties!
Hope you try it, Allie. It’s really good. 🙂
OMG does this look GOOOOOD!!!
Thanks, Judy!
This looks so amazing and refreshing!
Thank you, Kate!
I wasn’t even thirsty until I saw this!! Seriously, love the drink and can’t believe how good this sounds right now!
Haha, Matt, thank you! It was pretty good one! 🙂