Easy to make and incredibly cooling, this cantaloupe beverage is perfect for a hot day. It really wins over the crowd, too!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cantaloupe, halved and seeded
- 1 gallon water
- 2 cups white sugar
- ice cubes, as needed
Instructions
- Scrape the cantaloupe meat lengthwise with a spoon or a melon baller and place in a punch bowl; add the water and sugar. Mix thoroughly until all the sugar is dissolved. Chill with the addition of plenty of ice cubes.
Reviews
Wow this is yummy! We live in Italy and the cantaloupe is like a dessert it’s so sweet. We have to eat it the day we buy it or it gets stinky and mushy. I added only one cup of sugar and it was plenty.
Yummy! I grew up drinking this but my mom would use those filipino melon scraper/juicer to make long strings, which, also enhaced the melon flavor. I don’t have them, so I used a melon zester instead. The difference is the thickness. This may be a weird drink to those that haven’t seen such thing before like my hubs lol, but it is resfreshing. If doing it this way, use a fork to take out the cantaloupe strings to eat..
amazingly yummy
Normally I follow these recipes to a “T” before I rate it. I was a little afraid to do so on this one though. Not a big sugar lover. I halved the recipe and used a blender because I was afraid there wouldn’t be enough cantaloup flavor otherwise. It’s really good. Next time I’ll not use the blender and probably still half the sugar, not sure. Def. can see this being nice to sip on the front porch during the summer. Right now it’s making the winter not seem so cold. 🙂
I have made this before and I have to say it is AWESOME! Anyone who has not tried this yet, certainly MUST! I am so happy to find this on AllRecipes!