Summer is here…the kids are home…it’s 2 p.m…you know what that means! It’s Sonic time! We love Sonic’s Happy Hour, but unfortunately the closest restaurant to us is about an hour away. So what’s the next best thing? Make our own Cherry Limeade that tastes just like Sonic’s!
It seems like the days of relaxing on the porch or deck during the Summer are gone. When I was growing up, we spent our Summers playing with friends, gathering around the picnic table for a game of cards, or spending the weekend at the campground with friends and family.
Life is much different now. And I have to say, I often long for those easy, relaxing evenings on the deck, simply spending time together as a family. So hopefully our favorite drink recipes will be a way to inspire you all (and ourselves) to gather the family and enjoy some much needed down time this Summer.
This Cherry Limeade is very easy, the only tricky part was the cherry syrup. We ended up using cherry ice cream topping and just straining out the cherries to get just the syrup. The good part though, you only need 2 tablespoons per glass. And that and juicing the limes are the hardest part about putting these together. Even the kids can join in and you can make it a family experience just like enjoying it at Sonic in person.
Here are 4 of our favorite drink recipes to get you started!
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Cherry Limeade: Sonic Copycat Recipe
- Total Time: 10 minutes
Description
Save yourself a trip to Sonic and make their Cherry Limeade at home. Recipe from PocketChangeGourmet.com
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cherry syrup (see notes)
- Juice of 1/3 of a lime
- 1 cup {8 oz} of lemon-lime soda
- Ice
- Maraschino Cherry and Lime Slices for garnish, optional
Instructions
- Pour cherry syrup into a tall glass, add juice of lime
- Add lemon-lime soda and ice to fill glass
- Garnish with cherries and lime slices if desired
Notes
We used cherry ice cream topping and strained the syrup out. The original recipe said you could also use grenadine, but it will be bitter. We did not try the grenadine. Original recipe from CopyKat Cookbook
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
Original recipe in Dining Out at Home with CopyKat.com’s Cookbook
5 Comments
My husband and I are enjoying this now. It’s a very good drink. I couldn’t find “ice cream topping” so used the juice from the cherries. It was still good. I don’t think there’s enough lime taste though, so next time I make this I’ll double the lime juice and see if it makes it tastes spot on. Thanks for sharing. It’s definitely a keeper.
So glad you liked the drink, Cindy! Thanks for stopping by and letting us know.
Sounds yummy! Visiting from the All Things Summer link up! Feel free to also link this one up at our Ladies Only Blog Share Link Party. Our theme this week is Red, White & BBQ! This fits nicely. 🙂
OMG!!!!!!!!! Sooooooooooo goood!!!!! I tried it with the grenadine. It was good. It dind’t taste to bitter.
So glad you liked it Kayla! Thanks so much for stopping by and letting us know.
~Liz