Tangy Muddled Raspberry Lemonade Recipe

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This delicious, summery recipe for Muddled Raspberry Lemonade is so quick and easy to make! All you need to make this simple 3-ingredient fruity lemonade recipe is some fresh fruit and your choice of sweetener, which you can also leave out to make this drink added sugar-free!

Muddled raspberry lemonade in a mason jar garnished with a lemon swedge and a red and white striped paper straw. — Let's make this easy muddle raspberry lemonade recipe!

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Ingredients
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How to make Muddled Raspberry Lemonade
Frequently Asked Questions
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Muddled Raspberry Infused Lemonade

Have you made muddled lemonade before?

Doesn't the name Muddled Raspberry Lemonade just scream summer?!

Even if it isn't technically summer, it can certainly get hot in the streets here in CA. I struggle to get in my 20 gallons of water a day (or however much "they" say we're supposed to drink).

You've heard of spa water? Well, this is a similar idea. The longer you leave the fruit to sit in the water, the more bold the flavor will be.

This isn't going to be the same as traditional lemonade. You'll muddle the lemons as if this is a mojito recipe. And it's much less sweet.

Related: Tangerine Basil Water

I love fruit-infused waters. Adding fresh fruits (or even herbs) to drinks is a great way to add tons more flavor without any more work.

You can keep things from getting boring by mixing up what types of fruits you use. And it's SO refreshing to sip on one of these infused fruit waters when the days are hot.

Ingredients

I am obsessed with Meyer lemons and am so lucky that my parents have a Meyer lemon tree. If I could bottle up that smell and wear it as perfume I would probably do it. And who doesn't like raspberries?!

Of course, if you don't have Meyer lemons you can use regular lemons, but you might want to add a little more sweetener.

Fresh raspberries give add a generally fruity flavor and such a pretty color. But you can easily use blackberries or strawberries instead.

I don't even bother to add a sweetener to mine because I like them really tart. But it is totally up to you. I love to use agave syrup when making cocktails or beverages because it dissolves way easier than sugar.

And because most of the time I am too lazy to make simple syrup.

I will also note that this won't taste like traditional lemonade. It's more just lemon-kissed. And the sweetener is added for ease of drinking.

Equipment

Meyer lemon slices and raspberries on a black and white plate.

My muddlers are one of my favorite bar tools, ever. If you don't have one, get one. Yes, I'm bossy.

How to make Muddled Raspberry Lemonade

Agave syrup bottle on a wooden board next to lemons and raspberries being muddled together in a glass.

Step 1

Add the cut lemons and fresh raspberries to the bottom of a glass or jar.

Step 2

Muddle the fruit. Press down with the muddler on the fruit and then make a quarter turn to the right.

You're not trying to pulverize the fruit. Muddling helps to release the oils from the citrus skin and to macerate the berries.

Water being poured over ice in a jar of muddled fruit.

Step 3

Add ice.

Step 4

Add the water and give it a little stir.

Super easy. And super delicious! Always take a sip and then adjust the flavor to your preferences. Need more sweetener? Add it! Want more berry flavor? Add more fruit!

I promise you will be drinking these all summer. And probably even in the winter.

Stirring muddled raspberry lemonade with a straw.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I add other fruits to this recipe?

Yes! Blackberries would be super yummy instead of raspberries. Strawberries would also work but be sure to hull and quarter them before muddling with the lemon.

Help! I can't find any Meyer lemons.

Don't worry, regular lemons will work in this recipe but you may want to add a little more sweetener to taste.

Can I turn this into a hard lemonade?

As this is more of an infused water it might not work as a cocktail, but why not try my Ginger Tequila Lemonade recipe instead?

Delicious fruit infused water in glasses pictured top down on a white background.

Variations

Add a little fizz by using club soda or sparkling water instead of flat water.
Want it to be more like traditional lemonade? Add more lemon juice and less water then sip and adjust the sweetener until you find your perfect balance. Check out this lemonade by the glass recipe for help.
To get an even more pronounced berry flavor try making a flavored simple syrup! Here's my blackberry simple syrup recipe but you can make it with raspberries instead.

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