Honey Free Cranberry Orange Lemonade

Total time30 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time5 min

5.0

(15)

Tart, bright, and fizzing with fresh citrus, this sparkling drink is the kind of thing you'll want to make on repeat all summer long. Three kinds of juice — lemon, orange, and pure unsweetened cranberry — come together in a way that's bold without being cloying, and the homemade maple simple syrup keeps everything perfectly balanced without a drop of honey in sight. That syrup is genuinely easy to pull off: just maple syrup and water, warmed together until smooth, then cooled before it hits the pitcher. The result is a naturally sweetened lemonade that tastes far more complex than the ingredient list suggests. Sparkling water goes in last with just a gentle stir, so you keep every bit of that satisfying fizz. Dress it up with lemon slices and fresh mint and it looks like something from a restaurant menu — no one needs to know how little effort it actually took.

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Ingredients

4 servings

For the maple simple syrup

½ cup maple syrup
½ cup water

For the lemonade

¾ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 5–6 lemons)
½ cup unsweetened pure cranberry juice (not cocktail)
½ cup fresh orange juice (from about 2 medium oranges)
3 cups sparkling water, chilled
2 cups ice cubes

For serving

lemon slices, for serving (optional)
fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)

Instructions

1
Combine the maple syrup and water in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the syrup is fully dissolved, about 2–3 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool for 15 minutes until no longer warm to the touch.
2
Juice the lemons and oranges through a citrus juicer, then strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a large pitcher to remove seeds and pulp.

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