Watermelon Strawberry Cooler is a deliciously simple blended drink made in minutes with fresh fruit, with or without alcohol. Fun for kids and adults- easy to make for a party! Low sugar if made with Swoon Simple Syrup. This is a non-alcoholic recipe as written, but you could easily blend in tequila, vodka or gin (if you’re over 21 years old, of course). Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free.
Ingredient Tips:
Here’s a handy trick for cutting watermelon: cut off the ends first. That way you have a flat surface to rest the watermelon as you cut the rind off follow the sides down the entire watermelon. See the picture showing this below.
Swoon Sugar-Free Simple Syrup is great because it doesn’t have the weird bitter aftertaste some sugar-free products have. It’s made with Monk Fruit and no artificial sweeteners. It’s made with simple ingredients and can be incorporated into lots of recipes beyond beverages. Swap out sugar, simple syrup, honey or agave in any recipe with the same amount of Swoon Syrup.
More Recipes with Swoon Sugar-Free Simple Syrup:
My favorite products for this recipe:
- Swoon Sugar Free Simple Syrup: Swoon is a 1:1 replacement for simple syrup made with Monk Fruit Extract. 1 tsp. of Swoon is the about the same sweetness as one sugar packet. You can use it wherever you would use simple syrup or as a replacement for honey and agave, like in this Watermelon Strawberry Cooler! Find it on Amazon or on their website.
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Recipe and how-to YouTube video from my channel below.
Watermelon Strawberry Cooler
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh watermelon, diced in large chunks
- 1 heaping cup fresh strawberries, frozen can be substituted
- ½ fresh lime or lemon
- 3 tbsp. Sugar-Free Swoon Simple Syrup, or agave syrup
- sparkling water or sparkling mineral water, to taste
- fresh mint, for garnish
Method
- Put chunks of watermelon and the strawberries in your blender, blend until smooth.
- Squeeze the lemon/lime juice and your Swoon simple syrup/agave into the blender. Add in alcohol, if using. Blend/pulse again for a few seconds. Taste and adjust sweetness, if necessary.
- Pour into glass and top with chilled sparkling/mineral water. If adding a shot of alcohol to individual cups rather than the whole blender, add now. Stir to combine. Garnish with mint, and enjoy!