My family often spends Easter at my sister’s house. Every year I try to come up with a new and different spring cocktail to make. Cherry Lime Spiked Lemonade can be made for a crowd, one drink at a time or as a non-alcoholic drink. This delicious and refreshing drink was a big favorite at our Easter gathering last year. I made it in a punch bowl and served it in mason jars with straw lids.
What you need
Maraschino cherries
Limes
Lemonade
Sparkling lemonade
Vodka
Ice
How to make Cherry Lime Spiked Lemonade
To make a punch bowl
1 jar maraschino cherries with syrup
2 limes
64 ounces lemonade
64 ounces sparkling lemonade
2 cups vodka
Empty the jar of Maraschino cherries into the punch bowl along with the syrup. Cut 2 limes into small wedges. Muddle the cherries and limes to break up some of the cherries and squeeze some lime from the lime wedges. Add the lemonade and vodka and stir well. Add the sparkling lemonade slowly so that you keep as much carbonation as possible. Stir gently. Then add crushed ice to a mason jar, fill it up with spiked lemonade and top with a straw lid.
To make a glass
2 maraschino cherries
2 teaspoons maraschino cherry syrup
1 large lime wedge
4 ounces lemonade
4 ounces sparkling lemonade
1 ounce vodka
Put the maraschino cherries, cherry syrup and lime wedges into a mason jar. Muddle them together, then add the lemonade and vodka. Give it a good stir, then add the sparkling lemonade slowly. Stir gently. Add crushed ice and top with a straw lid.
To make a non-alcoholic glass
2 maraschino cherries
2 teaspoons maraschino cherry syrup
1 large lime wedge
4 ounces lemonade
4 ounces sparkling lemonade
Put the maraschino cherries, cherry syrup and lime wedges into a mason jar. Muddle them together and add the lemonade. Give it a good stir, then add the sparkling lemonade slowly. Stir gently. Add crushed ice and top with a straw lid.
Cherry Lime Spiked Lemonade
Cherry Lime Spiked Lemonade can be made for a crowd, one drink at a time or as a non-alcoholic drink. Serve it in mason jars with straw lids.
Ingredients
- TO MAKE A PUNCH BOWL
- 1 jar maraschino cherries with syrup
- 2 limes
- 64 ounces lemonade
- 64 ounces sparkling lemonade
- 2 cups vodka
- TO MAKE A GLASS
- 2 maraschino cherries
- 2 teaspoons maraschino cherry syrup
- 1 large lime wedge
- 4 ounces lemonade
- 4 ounces sparkling lemonade
- 1 ounce vodka
- TO MAKE A NON-ALCOHOLIC GLASS
- 2 maraschino cherries
- 2 teaspoons maraschino cherry syrup
- 1 large lime wedge
- 4 ounces lemonade
- 4 ounces sparkling lemonade
Directions
- Step 1 TO MAKE A PUNCH BOWL – Empty the jar of Maraschino cherries into the punch bowl along with the syrup. Cut 2 limes into small wedges. Muddle the cherries and limes to break up some of the cherries and squeeze some lime from the lime wedges. Add the lemonade and vodka and stir well. Add the sparkling lemonade slowly so that you keep as much carbonation as possible. Stir gently. Then add crushed ice to a mason jar, fill it up with spiked lemonade and top with a straw lid.
- Step 2 TO MAKE A GLASS – Put the maraschino cherries, cherry syrup and lime wedges into a mason jar. Muddle them together, then add the lemonade and vodka. Give it a good stir, then add the sparkling lemonade slowly. Stir gently. Add crushed ice and top with a straw lid.
- Step 3 TO MAKE A NON-ALCOHOLIC GLASS – Put the maraschino cherries, cherry syrup and lime wedges into a mason jar. Muddle them together and add the lemonade. Give it a good stir, then add the sparkling lemonade slowly. Stir gently. Add crushed ice and top with a straw lid.
