Cranberry Lemonade

This cranberry lemonade is loved by adults and kids alike. I love making it for play dates and parties. In fact, I just made this batch for a special play date tomorrow. It’s so good, I thought I would share it with you!

I use my favorite store bought lemonade (Simply Lemonade). It’s as close to making it yourself as you can get without squeezing lemons. Feel free to use whatever lemonade is your favorite or use fresh squeezed.

I found a great cranberry blend concentrate – Old Orchard brand. It’s 100% juice and doesn’t have high fructose corn syrup or any added sugars for that matter – just what’s naturally occurring in the fruit juice. It’s a blend of apple juice, cranberry juice, and aronia berry juice.

I think mixing the Old Orchard cranberry blend concentrate with the Simply Lemonade makes for the perfect combination. I don’t add anything else but water. If you use different brands, you might need to adjust the amount of sugar. Sometimes cranberry juice can be a bit tart.

Cranberry Lemonade Recipe

Ingredients:

Lemonade (I used a small/ 1.75L container of Simply Lemonade)
1 12 oz frozen cranberry blend concentrate, thawed (I used Old Orchard brand because it was 100% juice)
4-4.5 cups of water

Directions:

Add lemonade and cranberry blend concentrate to a pitcher. (I actually use one pitcher and the lemonade container.)
Add 4.5 cups of water. This depends on how much you want to dilute the juices and how strong you want the flavors to be. The kids prefer the lemonade with a bit more water, so I add the full 4 and 1/2 cups. (That’s 36 oz. Fill the 12 oz cranberry concentrate container 3 times.)

Such an easy, delicious flavored lemonade. It’s always a big hit.

Let me know what you think of it!