Easy Homemade Raspberry Lemonade

Our easy homemade raspberry lemonade recipe uses a raspberry simple syrup to add extra flavor and sweetness to store-bought or lemonade you made from scratch. The perfect summer treat!

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When the weather is warm, there’s nothing better than sitting down with a nice cold beverage while my kids run around feral in our yard.

And lemonade is the drink of choice.

I love adding extras into it, especially for summer occasions.

Three of the five of us have birthdays over the summer, plus there’s the summer holidays- Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Father’s Day.

All times, you might want to feel a little extra.

Or make it a little extra for everyone with a glass of refreshing raspberry lemonade.

Ingredients and Kitchen Supplies

To make raspberry lemonade at home, you’ll need:

• Lemonade – We often use our own lemonade recipe, but you could also use store-bought lemonade to make raspberry lemonade. Using premade lemonade just takes an extra step out of the process.
• Raspberries – Fresh raspberries have the best flavor, but you could use frozen raspberries if that’s all you can find. Once they thaw, they won’t need as much time in the simple syrup.
• Granulated Sugar – You need sugar to make a simple syrup on the stove top, using water and raspberries.
• Water – Tap, filtered, or spring, you can use any water you have on hand to make the simple syrup.
• Mint Leaves (optional) – We only use these for garnish to make the glasses look pretty, so your friends and family will be like “ooooh that’s a pretty glass.”

You don’t really need anything fancy for making raspberry lemonade, but you will need:

• Measuring Cups
• Pitcher
• Small Pot
• Whisk

How to Make Raspberry Lemonade

1. Make the raspberry simple syrup.

Combine 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar in a small pot set over medium-low heat.

Continously stir the sugar with a whisk until it fully dissolves.

This takes about 2 minutes.

Once the suger dissolves, add in the raspberries.

Stir frequently for about 2 minutes or until the raspberries start to lose their form and release their juices.

Remove from heat and alllow to cool down for a few minutes before straining the simple syrup into a separate jar or liquid measuring cup.

It produces about 1.5 to 1.75 cups of raspberry simple syrup.

For more detailed instructions on making raspberry simple syrup, you can follow these instructions.

2. Combine the raspberry simple syrup and lemonade.

Once the simple syrup has cooled a bit (does not need to be cold), stir it into the lemonade in a large pitcher.

The lemonade will turn a nice pink color when fully mixed.

3. Garnish and serve.

You can pour the raspberry lemonade into glasses with ice or store in the fridge for later.

When serving, you can add fresh raspberries to each cup and mint leaf or two for garnish.

For something really fancy, you could try rimming the cups with sugar by dipping the top of an empty glass into water and then swirling the top in a small bowl of granulated sugar.

Serving

Raspberry lemonade is easy to dress up for a fancier occassion or keep simple and pour into your kids’ sippy cups.

For basic serving, just add some ice to a cup.

For fancy, you can add some fresh raspberries and mint leaves to the glass.

You can also rim a glass with sugar for a frosted looking glass if you’re feeling extra fancy.

Storing

You can store fresh raspberry lemonade in the fridge for about 4 to 5 days.

If you have a pitcher that can seal, you can store in that.

Otherwise, you may want to transfer any unused lemonade to an air tight continer before storing.

We suppose you could freeze lemonade for about 6 months, but we have not directly tested this.

Shockingly, you will need to let it thaw before serving frozen raspberry lemonade. (I know right? Weird.)

Tips and Tricks

• The raspberry simple syrup should NOT come to a boil. At most, it may simmer slightly. Keep stirring the sugar until dissovled, and then you can take short breaks once you add in the raspberries.
• If using frozen raspberries, you will probably notice they start to break down and release their juices quickly after thawing in the simple syrup. You can stop heating the syrup pretty quickly after the frozen berries come up to temperature.
• Let the simple syrup cool for at least 5 minutes before straining and adding to the lemonade. This helps to prevent burns and helps keep the lemonade cold or cool.
• To avoid splashing, add the ice to the cups or glasses first. Of course, if you like a mess, you can add the ice second or just do it carefully.
• Worried this will be too sweet? Use light lemonade which has less sugar than regular lemonade.

Other Lemonade Recipe

Love refreshing drink flavors, try some of these:

• Strawberry Frozen Lemonade
• Blueberry Lemonade
• Blueberry Vodka Lemonade Cocktail
• Boozy Strawberry Lemonade Slushies
• Easy Boozy Lemonade Slushies
• Easy Alcoholic Lemonade Cocktail (Spiked Lemonade) Recipe

And if you’re not a lemonade drinker, check out our Homemade Iced Tea.

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