How to Make a Homemade Strawberry Refresher
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The Strawberry Refresher is a light non-alcoholic drink made with summer fresh strawberry syrup, lime juice and your favorite mixer. A refreshing mocktail perfect for a warm spring or summer day!
I recently made these delicious Strawberry Gin Cocktails and I wanted our younger crowd to be able to enjoy the same drink without the alcohol, mocktail style! Enter the super simple homemade strawberry spritzer.
If you are a strawberry lover like our family, try our Strawberry Rhubarb Salad, Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb bars or this amazing Tropical Fruit Salad.
Ingredients & Substitutions
How easy can this strawberry refresher get? I mean you want a simple, non-alcoholic, fresh tasting bubbly drink after a long hot day and this is perfect!
- Fresh Simple Strawberry Syrup | make this simple syrup ahead of time and keep in the fridge for fabulous drinks all week long!
- Favorite Mixer | I am only going to give suggestions here, use your favorite! A traditional spritzer is made with a light flavored seltzer or mineral water, my son enjoyed this with Ginger Ale, I think it would fabulous as a Strawberry Lemonade with San Pellegrino’s Limonata, with a Lemon Lime Drink, Grapefruit Soda, Club Soda, splashed into limeade, you get the idea!
- Garnish | Fresh strawberries and or a wheel of lime, makes a pretty garnish.
How to Make
This Strawberry Refresher is more than simple, once you make the syrup, it is simply at your beck and call.
- Pour 2 oz Strawberry syrup into a tall glass (16 oz) filled with ice.
- Top with your favorite mixer, stir and serve with a straw, top with a fresh strawberry, wheel of lime and/or sprig of mint.
More Easy Drink Recipes {non-alcoholic}
If you like this strawberry refresher, here are other non-alcoholic, kid-friendly drink recipes you might love, or try the same drink substituting this Blueberry Simple Syrup or Hibiscus Simple Syrup!
- Copycat Chick-Fil-A Frosted Lemonade
- Blueberry Limeade (or Lemonade)
- Cranberry Spritzer
- Starbucks Copycat Passion Tea Lemonade
- Texas Tea (reduced sugar)
- Easy Chai Latte
- Best Hot Chocolate
More Strawberry Recipes
Fresh strawberries are so versatile and add such a bright pop of sunshine to any recipe!
- Healthy Strawberry Quick Bread! Sooo delicious and moist!
- How about Old-fashioned strawberry shortcake recipe or try this chocolate lovers shortcake with fresh strawbs.
- Slice up a few pieces and add to a pitcher or infuser of water with mint and a few lemon slices.
- Strawberries are not just for eating either, they are great for natural skin care! Try my Strawberry Sugar Scrub or my DIY Strawberry Lip Scrub — so delicious you will want to eat them!
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 oz fresh strawberry syrup
- 6-8 oz Ginger ale (or favorite mixer; try a lemon-lime soda lemon or limeade, dry sodas, grapefruit, club soda, or just sparkling water.
- Ice & 16 oz glass
- Garnish with fresh strawberry wheel of lime or a little mint
Strawberry Syrup
- 1 heaping cup fresh strawberries washed and rough chopped (up to 2 cups if desired)
- 0-1 cup all-natural cane sugar see notes | may use white sugar too
- 2 teaspoons to 1/2 cup lime juice* about 3 large limes
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Strawberry Syrup
- Place strawberries, sugar, lime juice and water in a blender and process until smooth and sugar has dissolved.
- It’ll take about 2 minutes using all-natural cane sugar, could take a little
less time using white sugar. Mixture should be smooth and syrup like. - Refrigerate until ready to use in airtight container. Store in fridge up to 3 weeks.
- Strawberry Refresher
- Pour 2 oz Strawberry syrup into a tall glass filled with ice.
- Top with your favorite mixer, stir and serve with a straw, top with a fresh strawberry, sprig of mint, and/or wheel of lime.
