Easy Diet Limeade Slushy
Refreshing Limeade Slushy for a Hot Day
Diet Limeade is my favorite drink from Sonic or Chick-fil-A, so I've come up with two home versions—one made with fresh lime juice and the other with frozen limeade. These both taste great, almost like a limeade slushy, and they're perfect for the hot summer days we get here in Texas. I love to top it with fresh lime zest and maybe a maraschino cherry.
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Ingredients
- 1 can frozen limeade
- 1 liter diet limeade soda
- 6 cups crushed ice
- 1 teaspoon lime zest (optional)
- 16 marachino cherries (optional)
Instructions
- Put the crushed ice in a blender. Add the frozen limeade and 3 cups water. Blend until well mixed. Pour mixture into a pitcher.
- Add diet limeade soda. Pour into drink glasses. Top with lime zest and add a maraschino cherry if desired.
Great Customizable Party Beverage
See photo directions for my No-Calorie Limeade made with fresh limes. For a party, I don't always have time to squeeze limes, so I use bottled juice or frozen limeade. Since some of my friends don't like artificial sweeteners, I made the recipe for the party drink so that you can make the drink with diet or regular soda. You can pour the slushy mixture into individual cups and then pour on whichever soda someone wants. This easy recipe is my go-to party beverage. It is inexpensive, unique, and has lots of variations. I love to put in a maraschino cherry. Try it using other frozen juices like strawberry, berry, or lemonade, too!
No-Calorie Fresh Diet Limeade
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Low-Calorie Diet Limeade
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving size: 8 0z | |
| Calories | 40 |
| Calories from Fat | 0 |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Fat 0 g | |
| Saturated fat 0 g | |
| Unsaturated fat 0 g | |
| Carbohydrates 3 g | 1% |
| Sugar 3 g | |
| Fiber 0 g | |
| Protein 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 0 mg | |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
Other Diet Drinks
Of course, after I'd had some success with my diet limeade, I had to come up with some variations. Lemons and oranges also make great drinks and just like with the limeade, you can use frozen juice if you don't have any fresh. I grow mint in my garden and found that if you put some fresh mint into the pitcher for a while before serving, it adds a subtle and refreshing flavor. When we visited China, we had some wonderful flower teas, which made me realize that I had edible flowers in my garden that I could use to decorate drinks too: violas, pansies, roses, and chamomile. Of course, following my favorite Sonic drink, I like adding some maraschino cherries, too!
Another idea I had from a friend is to have mint, cherries, citrus slices, and flowers as options for people to add to their glasses. Then offer several pitchers with an assortment of drinks like diet limeade, tea, and water. Easy and elegant!
More Diet Drink Ideas!
Drink
| Add/Substitute
| Garnish
|
|---|---|---|
Mint Limeade
| Fresh mint in or gl
| Mint leaves
|
Flower Limeade
| Cut limes
| Edible flowers like pansies or camomille
|
Cherry Limeade
| 1 TB maraschino cherry juice
| Maraschino cherries
|
Diet Lemonade
| Substitute juice from lemons
| Lemon slices
|
Diet Orangeade
| Substitute fresh orange juice
| Orange slices
|
Orange Foam
| Substitute fresh orange juice and add 1/4 tsp. cream of tarter before blending
| Orange zest
|
Fresh Limeade Made With Sugar
Comments
Wishing I had all the ingredients so that I could make one of these refreshing drinks right now! Congratulations on receiving Hug of the Day. I will be checking out more of your hubs.
Blessings,
ocfireflies aka Kim
Thanks for the recipe, Mrs. Kearney, I'm going to try this once whenever I have limes!
This is so great. I love limeade, and diet limeade is even better!!
Great share and very refreshing indeed.
Eddy,
Mmmm, sounds refreshing!
I LOVE limeades as well!! I will try this out! Thanks for sharing!
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