Peanut Free Apple-Mint Slushy
Fresh apple juice, bright mint, a drizzle of honey, and ice — that is genuinely all it takes to make something that tastes like a fancy café drink. The blending and straining method is the secret here: it pulls every bit of flavor from the mint leaves and leaves you with a silky, jewel-green liquid before the ice even goes in. The result is a slushy that's cool, lightly sweet, and just herby enough to feel refreshing rather than sugary. Store-bought slushies and juice drinks can be a minefield of ambiguous "natural flavors" and shared production lines, so making this at home with four clean ingredients is a genuinely stress-free move. It comes together in minutes and looks stunning in the glass, especially with a few thin apple slices and a sprig of mint on top. This is the kind of drink that disappears fast, so you might want to double the batch.
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2 servings
- 2 cups fresh apple juice (pressed or cold-pressed, not from concentrate)
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 cups ice cubes
For serving
- 1 small apple, thinly sliced (optional)
- 2 fresh mint sprigs (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the apple juice, mint leaves, and honey in the blender. Blend on high for 20–30 seconds until the mint is fully broken down and the liquid is bright green-tinged and fragrant.
- 2
Pour the mint-apple mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl or large measuring cup, pressing the mint solids with a spoon to extract all the liquid. Discard the solids.
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