a tasty and refreshing blueberry lemonade recipe! tart and sweet with an added punch of blueberries’ antioxidants. The final drink is a fiery pink that almost looks purple.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 3 quarts |
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 ¼ cups fresh lemon juice
- 7 cups cool water
- 2 cups ice
- ¾ cup blueberries
Instructions
- Boil one cup of water with the sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until the liquid becomes clear. Remove from heat and stir in the lemon juice. Pour 7 cups of cool water and ice into a serving pitcher. Add the lemon syrup and blueberries; stir until you get a ‘hot pink’ color.
Reviews
Well i made it, and it taste good but mine didn’t turn hot pink something must of been wrong with my blueberries
Excellent recipe the only thing I changed was I added mixed berries Into the syrup and then sieved them before I added the lemon ! Turned out amazing will never buy store ones again
made this and was good but it did not turn hot pink with the blueberrys
Pretty refreshing.
My version was really good — I doctored it up a bit. I doubled the amount of blueberries and blended them / threw them in the Magic Bullet, then put them in with the hot sugar syrup. I cooked this a few minutes, enough to bring out the beautiful colour of the berries, then I added the lemon juice, and let it cool. I strained it a bit with a colander that caught the bigger chunks. Then … I added a tablespoon or two of rose water. Voila, now I have Blueberry Rose Lemonade.
I found it worked better with one cup of sugar. I also strained the blueberry guts so it wouldn’t get pulpy. Afterwards I squished the heck out the blueberries to extract all that goodness and deep red colour. Only thing I’d recommend is a funnel because I spilled at least 20% of what I made. Overall, it was really good.
Yummy I pureed the blueberries and the lemonade turned out more like blueberry juice. But that didn’t really matter cause it tasted great that way. Yum
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Love this recipe! I made this for a cookout this summer and it was a huge hit! The only thing I did differently was heat the blueberries on the stove (mixed with a little bit of water) to render the blueberry juice. Then I added the blueberry juice to the drink instead of the actual blueberries. Fantastic!
I’ve made this recipe many times over the last 6 years and realized I’ve never reviewed it. If you don’t like the sugar/lemon juice/water ratio, use what you like. Of course what makes this so different, is using blueberries! I find that using frozen blueberries instead of fresh is best. The purple color starts mixing into it right away. I can taste the blueberry flavor. Thanks Candice for such a great idea!
Perfect.
So yummy!! Great for hot summer days.
This is good. I made two batches. One batch was made as is and I liked it but thought it was too sweet. My kids on the other hand loved it-so it gets 5 stars. The kids also put it in the blender with some ice cubes. The second batch I used less sugar and left out the ice cubes to turn it into granita. I cooked the blueberries and then strained them before adding to the simple syrup. Thanks for the recipe Candice S.
Delicious! Loved the taste and especially the fact that I didn’t have to add in food coloring to get the pretty color! The only thing I did differently was to add the frozen blueberries to the simple syrup after I took it off the heat and let them warm up a few minutes. Then I poured everything into the pitcher through a strainer. I will definitely be making this again!
This was an easy and wonderful recipe. You MUST strain the blueberries for best results and need not so much sugar.
This is a fantastic recipe! Made as written and would not change a thing.
It was a big hit at the party and very delicious!
This was the perfect drink for my niece’s sweet 16 party…followed recipe as directed without any changes – delicious! Will definately become a staple in this household!!
Thank you Candice S.! What a great flavor and great color. Fun for everyday and fun for parties too! 🙂
This was a fun, flavorful and colorful twist on traditional lemonade. I used a mix of frozen blueberries and strawberries only because I had already packaged them that way for Hubs’ smoothies, but I have to admit I did like that combination. I simmered them for about 5 minutes in the 1 c. water but didn’t add the sugar for the syrup because I was going to use Splenda (I find I don’t like its taste once it’s heated). I strained everything into my pitcher – the blueberry/strawberry mixture as well as the lemon juice. After adding the water and the Splenda I was pleased to find it a vivid hot pink! I like this. It’s different. It’s a little too tart but as the ice melts that won’t be an issue – if you can wait that long. Interesting, I gave some to Hubs who was working out in the yard. His remark was, “It’s good! I don’t know what it is, but it’s good!”
This is delicious! I had some homemade blueberry syrup (made of blueberries, sugar, corn syrup and lemon juice) so I just cut the amount of sugar in half, and reduced the lemon juice….and threw in my syrup. It was a beautiful hot pink and was delicious. There is no need to strain the berries before serving as long as your pitcher has a strain option. The blueberries sink to the bottom.