15 Best Lemonade Recipes

The classic lemonade recipe! Here’s how to make the absolute best lemonade recipe from freshly squeezed lemons! Using real citrus makes extraordinary sweet tart flavor.

Ingredients: Lemons, water, sugar

The best variation on a lemonade recipe? Pink lemonade! No, it's not the concentrate variety…you can make it with real lemons! What’s makes it pink? This lemonade recipe has the secrets to the bright color and fresh flavor.

Ingredients: Lemons, water, sugar, cranberry juice

This sparkling lemonade recipe is easy to make at home and so refreshing! Adding bubbles to your lemonade to makes it even tastier. Make this summer drink with real lemon and soda water!

Ingredients: Lemons, sugar, soda water

Got fresh strawberries? Here’s one of the best ways to use them…a pitcher of homemade Strawberry Lemonade! This drink is bright and beautiful, citrusy with a hit of berry on the finish. It tastes infinitely better made at home: the flavors are brilliantly fresh.

Ingredients: Lemons, strawberries, sugar, water

This raspberry lemonade recipe is easy to make and bursting with fresh flavor! It’s loads better than anything you can buy from the store.

Ingredients: Lemons, raspberries, sugar, water

Here’s summery lemonade recipe that takes it up a notch: Watermelon Lemonade! Grab a ripe, juicy melon and it’s absolute perfection paired with citrus. It’s one of our top watermelon drink ideas for the season.

Ingredients: Watermelon, lemon juice, sugar, water

Here’s a lemonade recipe that’s ideal for summer sipping: Mint Lemonade! This recipe is ideal for when you have loads of this fresh herb on hand. The cooling, herbaceous notes of the mint are a perfect pair with the acidic pop of the lemon.

Ingredients: Mint, lemon juice, sugar, water

Here’s a lemonade recipe that's absolutely perfect for summer: Cucumber Lemonade! The vegetable adds a cooling, vegetal finish to any drink that’s reminiscent of spa water. Combine that with the zing of the lemon, and it’s the ideal drink for sipping on the patio for a summer barbecue.

Ingredients: Cucumber, lemon juice, sugar, water 

What’s more refreshing than a glass of sweet tart homemade lemonade? Here’s a fun variation on the theme: Blueberry Lemonade! Adding the popular berry to this sweet tart drink balances it with a berry nuance and gives it a brilliant purple color.

Ingredients: Blueberries, lemon juice, sugar, water

Got a load of ginger on hand? Let’s make Ginger Lemonade! Adding fresh ginger root to this popular beverage makes it even more irresistible: the spicy ginger is just the right pair with the acidic pop of the lemon!

Ingredients: Ginger root, lemon juice, sugar, water

This lavender lemonade has a tangy sweet flavor and is a lovely shade of light purple! It’s got just the right floral finish. Mix up this easy homemade lavender syrup.

Ingredients: Lavender simple syrup, lemons, water

Bourbon lemonade is a perfect summer drink! Make fresh squeezed lemonade and swirl it with whiskey for a spicy finish.

Ingredients: Lemons, sugar, water, bourbon

Homemade vodka lemonade is sweet tart and ultra refreshing! It’s a tasty summer cocktail that works any time of year.

Ingredients: Lemons, sugar, water, vodka

Spiked lemonade is the best sweet tart summer drink! Beat the heat with this fresh and boozy homemade lemonade.

Ingredients: Lemons, sugar, water, limoncello, vodka

Whiskey Lemonade is a zippy cocktail is perfect for any season, and it’s as easy as two ingredients: whiskey and lemonade! Make it with homemade lemonade for best citrusy zing.

Ingredients: Lemons, sugar, water, whiskey

Try this Gin and Lemonade! Gin and lemon are a natural cocktail pairing featured in many classic drinks. Stir them together for a zingy, zippy easy cocktail.

Ingredients: Lemons, sugar, water, gin

Tequila and lemonade are the perfect pairing: the zippy citrus goes hand in hand with the zing of the spirit’s finish It comes together in a flash and even better: it makes a stellar easy version of a margarita!

Ingredients: Lemons, sugar, water, tequila