Recipe

4 Fruity Drink Creations That’ll Change the Way You Look at Lemonade

By Phoebe Melnick at Boston University

Summer might almost be over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t keep drinking lemonade all year round to remind us of sunnier days. Now that we’re all going back to school, it’s time to have a little fun with our usual lemonade by adding blackberries or even better, spiking it with vodka. It’s the ideal drink to stay classy during those back to school darties and keep the summer going year round.

Roasted Peach Lemonade

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Servings: 2
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 1 peach
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 cup lemonade

Step 1

Sprinkle peach halves with sugar. Roast peach halves 400°F for 25 minutes.

Step 2

Take skin off peach halves. Blend for 3 minutes.

Step 3

Add 1 cup lemonade and blend again for 2 minutes.

Step 4

Pour into a glass and top off with another cup of lemonade. Garnish with a peach slice.

Blackberry Lemonade Cooler

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Servings: 1
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup blackberries
  • 1 tablespoon simple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon lemonade
  • 1 cup sparkling water

Step 1

Blend blackberries into a pulp. Strain 1 tablespoon into a glass.

Step 2

Add simple syrup and lemonade.

Step 3

Top it off with sparkling water and fresh blackberries.

Raspberry Lemonade Cocktail

  • Prep Time: 2 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 2 minutes
  • Servings: 1
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup Corona
  • 2 oz vodka
  • 3/4 cup pink lemonade
  • 1 handful raspberries

Photo by Phoebe Melnick

Step 1

Pour Corona, vodka and pink lemonade into a glass. Stir.

Step 2

Add fresh raspberries.

Strawberry Watermelon Lemonade

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Servings: 1
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup strawberries
  • 1/4 cup watermelon
  • 1/2 cup lemonade

Step 1

Blend strawberries and watermelon until smooth.

Step 2

Add 1/4 cup of lemonade. Blend.

Step 3

Pour into a glass and top off with the remaining lemonade. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

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