Homemade Chokecherry Lemonade (using Chokecherry Syrup)

Homemade Chokecherry Lemonade (using Chokecherry Syrup)

If you're looking for the perfect late summer drink, make some of our delicious chokecherry lemonade. This cool and refreshing drink is a great way to use seasonal late summer chokecherries and chokecherry syrup!

Makes 2 quarts (64 ounces) of lemonade

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword chokecherry lemonade, homemade lemonade

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings cups

Calories 145kcal

Author Sarah Jane Parker

Ingredients

1¼ cup fresh lemon juice (about 5-7 medium lemons)
½ cup unbleached cane sugar* (regular white sugar is fine, too)
½ large lemon, sliced
1 cup water
1 cup chokecherry syrup
4 cups ice
Additional cold water

Instructions

Juice your lemons and strain out the seeds to make 1¼ cups fresh lemon juice.
Add the fresh lemon juice, the sugar, 1 cup water, and the lemon slices to a small saucepan and heat over medium-low heat until it begins to simmer, and reduce the heat slightluy to medium-low and simmer for 12-15 minutes and the lemon slices start to turn translucent.
Don't skip the lemon slices in the lemon/sugar mixture! The lemon rinds will add natural lemon oil which adds a wonderful mellow flavor in this lemonade.
Once the lemon juice and sugar has finished cooking, turn off the heat and stir in the chokecherry syrup.
Add 4 cups (1 quart) of ice to a 2 quart pitcher. Pour the lemon/chokecherry mixture over the ice and stir to dissolve the ice.
Add enough cold water to top this off to 2 quarts.
You can adjust the sweetness of this lemonade by adding additional chokecherry syrup if you like.
Serve cold with lemon slices to garnish your glass.

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