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Frozen Lemonade is a must when it’s hot outside! If you’re looking for the perfect summer treat to cool off with, you’ll want to make this refreshing frozen Lemonade! For this recipe, you’ll need an ice cream maker. It creates a quick and easy slushy in minutes…assuming you had the bowl to the ice cream maker already in the freezer, ready to go! While you’re looking for summer drink ideas, try my copycat recipe of Sonic Ocean Water.
A Great Summer Treat
This Frozen Lemonade is my new summer obsession! It’s so lemony, cold, tangy and refreshing! It totally satisfies a sweet treat craving and a cold drink craving…all in one! Enjoy this all summer long and adapt it to your own taste preferences!
Make It Your Own
The best part of this recipe, (besides how easy it is to make) is how adaptable it is. You can try different flavors of soda or juice. Don’t use diet soda, it will freeze solid on you. You can also add in some frozen fruit.
Fruit That Would Be Great in a Frozen Lemonade
If you’re wanting to add frozen fruit to your lemonade, I would suggest throwing the fruit in a blender before adding to the ice cream maker bowl. Here are some great options for fruit to add, totally optional though.
- strawberries
- cherries
- pineapple
- mango
- raspberries
How To Make Frozen Lemonade
This recipe is super duper easy. Like, take a beverage, throw it into an ice cream maker and voila! Insta-slushie. The printable recipe card is below.
Freeze Ice Cream Maker Bowl
Before you begin to make your slushy, make sure your ice cream maker bowl is frozen. You’ll get nowhere fast if it hasn’t had time to freeze up.
We tried slushies with Fanta Orange, Sprite and Root Beer soda flavors, but the best one {and most refreshing one!} was the lemonade.
Word to the wise: don’t try this with diet soda. It will freeze solid on you! No bueno!
Add Lemonade into Frozen Ice Cream Maker Bowl
Assemble ice cream maker and turn on. Pour cold lemonade into machine and churn 7-10 minutes or until frozen.
Scoop into Cups + Serve
After about 10 minutes of rolling around in your ice cream machine, you will magically have a slushy!
Love Frozen Lemonade? Try These Cool Treat Recipes…
- Healthy Smoothie Bowl Recipe
- Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream
- *AMAZING* Tropical Smoothie
- Homemade Ice Cream Cake Recipe
If you’re dying of heat (like me!) give this easy peasy recipe a whirl. Have a great day, friends!
Frozen Lemonade Recipe
Instructions
- Assemble ice cream maker and turn on. Pour cold lemonade into machine and churn 7-10 minutes or until frozen.
- Spoon into cups and serve.
What an awesome idea! My girls loved this. Super fun and inexpensive way to make a frozen treat.
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So glad I found this as it’s really summer weather now! Thanks for trying all the flavors, too – so I can go right to the most refreshing!!
I was excited that I could make this recipe, because it had simple ingredients, but when I saw that I needed an ice cream maker, I was very bummed! I don’t have one, and ice cream makers are expensive! 🙁
You may have recreated a Rhode Island favorite: Del’s Lemonade. It’s frozen lemonade and a state staple. You can even buy powdered mix is grocery stores here, although I’m not sure what the instructions are. We are quite quirky here in RI 🙂
Look SO good and refreshing – did you ever add alcohol or will in not freeze?
Thank you to your husband & you too for serving our country. I know it’s a joint affair! Also thanks for the great recipes you have. Love trying them!
Congrats to your husband and you for supporting him! This looks so refreshing!
I made these last night and totally scored fun mom points 🙂 Thanks for the great idea!
Congrats to your husband! And I’m so glad you got to talk to him. And I NEED these slushies!
My kids will love the lemonade slushies! We’ve made them with Coca-Cola a time or two, perfect for summer! Congrats to your husband and hope he gets home safely!
Congratulations on your husband’s pending commission! I remember when my husband received his commission… I was so proud of him.
I had to laugh because we just had a discussion about which MRE’s are our favorites… yes we truly are a military family. 🙂 (hubby AF 26 years, #1 son Army just over a year in stationed at Ft Lewis, #2 son Army boot camp, and #3 son still at home.. thankfully!)
We just sold our ice cream freezer but i do have a vitamix… lemonade slushie here I come!! Thank you for the inspiration!!
This is such a fun way to make a slushie. I’m definitely needing to pick up an ice cream maker just for this…and of course ice cream 🙂
Love this idea! So refreshing for summer!
I just read about doing this in my issue of Food Network magazine last night! Looks like it really works. 🙂 My ice cream maker is in the freezer but I don’t see me making ice cream before we move in 7 days. No sense wasting it! A root beer slush WILL be happening!
Also, congratulations to your husband!
Congrats to your husband! I hope he’s home soon.
Have you seen the Zoku slushy maker? It is basically the same thing but makes individual portions. My favorite summer treat maker with any beverage!
How can you make it if you don’t have a ice cream machine? It looks really good!!! any thoughts?
Maybe freeze the lemonade into ice cube trays and then pop them into a blender?!
This is such a nice summery treat! Thanks for all your sharing! Hope your hubby has a safe and quick return home!
Happy Thoughts. 🙂
Thank you so much!!
So happy that you were finally able to talk with your hubby and not miss him. These slushies are great and I’ve never made one in my ice cream mixer.
Awesome! I wish I had room in the freezer for the ice cream maker.
Thanks — for mentioning every detail (including the brand used)… My kids love creating drinks (especially slushies). Would of never imagined ice cream maker
I give you so, so much credit for being without your hubby! Mine goes away for days – a week at a time and it’s so hard, but I can usually talk to him everyday. I seriously don’t know how you do it. 🙂
Also, this slushy is such a great idea. What a great way to use an ice cream maker 🙂 I can’t wait to try it out!
These look delicious! Can you share what type/brand of ice cream maker you have?? Thanks so much 🙂
Cuisinart!