Summer Mocktail Recipes So Refreshing That You Need To Try Them

If you’re trying to lose weight, stay healthy, and save your liver the punishment of binge-drinking all summer, you need this assembly of summer mocktail recipes. Alcohol is processed similarly to heavily processed sugar, say nothing of the damage it does directly to your insides, so it can be detrimental to your health not to take a break from drinking every so often (some people probably need it more than others). Yet regardless of what health goals you may have set for yourself this year, summer calls, as does the call of relaxation and fruity summer cocktails. With this list of summer mocktail recipes, you can sate your craving for fruity and refreshing summer-time drinks and you won’t even miss the alcohol!

Honey Blackberry Mint Mocktail

You can call it a virgin blackberry-mint julep if you prefer, but either way, this is one refreshing drink that’s perfect for our summer mocktail recipes! You need a few ingredients for this one, but it certainly isn’t hard to make:

honey

mint leaves

blackberries

lemon

water

seltzer

All you need to do is muddle the mint leaves, blackberries, and honey well, shake it up with the water and lemon juice, pour over ice, and mix with the seltzer. From this, you will have one tasty and refreshing cocktail that’s perfect for a hot day.

For the full extensive version of the recipe, just go to its website of origin at bowlofdelicious.com, or otherwise by clicking here!

Virgin Pina Colada

Sometimes when you’re lounging in the warm sun or barbequing on a fair evening, you just need a cold, happy pina colada (I mean I don’t – a friggin’ hate coconut, but I’m not everyone). Luckily, it’s super easy to skip on the rum whilst simultaneously retaining that authentic pina colada taste. In case you don’t know or forgot what else goes into a pina colada other than liquor, here’s a quick list of what you’ll need:

pineapple juice

sugar

coconut milk

heavy whipping cream

Then, as a replacement for the rum flavor, simply add a bit of vanilla extract. Blend all that goodness up and you’ve got yourself an authentic and revitalizing pina colada to beat the summer heat with, hold the liquor.

For the full and in-depth recipe, click on the link here!

Roasted Peach and Strawberry Fizz

When it comes to froufrou summer mocktail recipes, there are few others that can hold a candle to this one. It may be a bit more complicated, but I can assure you that the result will be well worth the tiny bit of extra trouble! What’s more, despite the extra work, the recipe as a whole only calls for a few ingredients:

peaches

strawberries

apple juice

sparkling water

ice

Like I said, it’s going to be a little extra work – in the form of baking the peaches for a short while. Furthermore, you’re going to have to blend the strawberries separately to make the color composition of the drink most appealing. Aside from this, however, it’s an all-around easy mocktail to make, and more importantly, the final result is spectacular!

For the full recipe, click here!

Blunted Watermelon Lemonade Slushy

Instead of spiked watermelon lemonade slushy. Get it? Anywho, this is one tasty slushy for our summer mocktail recipes. All your friends, alcohol enthusiasts or not, will most certainly want a little sippypoo of this delightful drink, and you can make it with relatively few ingredients:

lemonade

frozen watermelon cubes

water

sugar

mint leaves

For this, you’re going to need to make a little reduction out of the sugar and mint leaves, but that’s the most difficult part of the recipe. From there you simply blend everything else together and you’re all done! It also goes great with vodka if you change your mind about the whole no alcohol thing.

For the recipe in its glorious entirety, simply click here!

Ginger-Peach fizz

What more need be said? As far as summer mocktail recipes go, nothing beats the raw thirst-quenching power of a peach and ginger soda. Plus, you only need a few ingredients:

minced ginger

peaches

seltzer

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mint leaves

It takes a bit of time to throw together, as you have to make a simple syrup reduction out of the sugar, water, and ginger, and then strain said simple syrup to get the ginger chunks out. From there it’s as simple as throwing the syrup into a glass with ice, seltzer, and peaches (slightly juiced in the glass). It’s so simple, and yet so delicious!

For the whole recipe at its source, click the link here!

Strawberry Mocktail Mules

Nothing says summer like strawberries! That’s why I added this little gem to these summer mocktail recipes: strawberry mocktail mules. Sweet, sour, and refreshing, this mocktail is a must-have for beating the heat and getting all your servings of fruit for the day – and even better, it’s super easy to make. There’s just a couple of steps, and you only need these ingredients:

strawberries (fresh or frozen)

ginger beer

club soda

limes

The process is even easier than getting the ingredients! Just puree your strawberries in a blender (obviously you’ll want to cut the leaves off if they’re fresh) juice a lime, and throw everything together in the glass over ice. Otherwise, perhaps you could throw it all in a blender with ice to make a slushy! Stick a lime wedge on your glass and voila! You’ve got one tasty summer mocktail!

To see the full recipe in its natural habitat, click here!

Lemondrop Cream Soda

Sorry guys, this one is a little bit complicated relative to our previous summer mocktail recipes. That said, this is well worth the trouble – as a mocktail as well as a cocktail: Lemondrop cream soda! With a name like that, it just sounds delicious and summery, doesn’t it? For this one you’re going to need the following ingredients:

sugar

lemon

heavy cream

seltzer

whipped cream

You can also add whipped cream flavored vodka should you decide to ixnay on the no alcohol thing, though I highly recommend going a little higher-grade than Smirnoff if you can (obviously not if you have monetary restrictions or if your liquor store doesn’t carry anything better). Additionally, the recipe I found for this has a nifty homemade whipped cream recipe if you want the entire process to be from scratch. Whichever way you roll, these are going to be dank-ass summer mocktails (or cocktails, it’s your world).

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In truth, all these summer mocktail recipes are going to be quite dank-ass indeed. Whether you need a refreshing fruit boost to get you through summer’s infernal calefaction, a mocktail at your barbeque to keep you from feeling excluded from your alcoholic friends, or even if you just give up on your stupid abstinence diet and decide “screw today, I need a drink,” this list of summer mocktail recipes is the list for you! I hope you at the very least took something away from this – and if you did and would like to share your thoughts, or if you have other delicious additions to make, please feel free to do so in the comments below!

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