Looking for a booze-less refresher to cool off with this summer? You’ve come to the right recipe! Whether you’re finding a family friendly drink, or just want to ditch the alcohol, this virgin cosmopolitan turned into slush is definitely a nice and refreshing treat to have in a martini glass.
Only 5 Ingredients:
- Carbonated water (aka sparkling water)
You’ll want to find carbonated water with no added flavours or sweeteners. Because the recipe only makes 2 servings, I would only buy 1 bottle of carbonated water at a time.
- Pure cranberry juice
Forget the “diet” or “low-calorie” cranberry juice. Get the original cranberry juice that’s jacked with vitamin C.
- Fresh lime (juiced)
Adds a nice zesty and sour taste that spices up the drink.
- Ice cubes
The drink wouldn’t be called “slushy” virgin cosmo without the “slush”! Though if you prefer to have an old fashioned cosmo without the slush, you can omit the ice cubes. You will also need to double the recipe to make 2 servings.
3 Easy Steps
- Lightly pulse all the ingredients in a blender. Don’t blend the drink on high, as it will cause the ice to completely melt, thus ruining the “slush” texture.
- Coat the rims of your martini glasses with sugar (optional). You’ll need squeeze some lime juice on the rims so that the sugar can stick when coated. To coat the rim, simply pour the sugar into a plate, flip the glass upside down and dip it into the plate of sugar.
- Pour the drink into the glass and serve with lime wedges!
I would say these virgin cosmos aren’t as strong as other virgin cocktails, since we’re adding ice and turning the drink into slush, but it you can definitely taste all the strong flavours coming together.
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See my vegan summer recipes collection so far: (more recipes to come!)
- Creamy Potato Salad Sandwich
- Fruits & Nuts Salad with Fresh Mint and Lime Juice
- Marshmallow Pistachio Brownies
- Strawberry Peach Scones with White Chocolate Drizzle
Slushy Virgin Cosmopolitan
Ingredients
- 1 cup carbonated water, also known as sparkling water
- ½ cup pure cranberry cocktail
- juice of ½ a lime
- 1 cup ice cubes
- Granualted sugar for the rim, optional
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients except the sugar into a blender and lightly pulse until all the ice is grinded.
- For the sugar rim, squeeze a bit of lime juice on the rims of the martini glasses and dip the rims in a plate of sugar.
- Pour the virgin cosmo slush into the martini glass and serve with lime wedges.
Notes
- If you prefer a slush-less virgin cosmo, you can omit the ice and shake all the ingredients in a shaker.
- Feel free to double or triple the recipe to serve more people!
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