High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Maple Pineapple Mint Lemonade
This sparkling drink is the kind of thing you make once and immediately want to serve at every warm-weather gathering. Fresh pineapple is blended and strained for pure, bright juice, then muddled mint adds an herbal lift that makes the whole glass feel alive. Real maple syrup stands in as the sweetener here — simmered quickly with water into a smooth simple syrup — so there's no corn syrup or processed sweetener anywhere in sight. That matters more than you might think, since so many store-bought lemonades and flavored drinks quietly rely on high fructose corn syrup to hit that sweet spot. Freshly squeezed lemon juice keeps the tartness honest, and a pour of chilled sparkling water at the end gives it a festive fizz without any mystery additives. The result is layered, refreshing, and genuinely impressive — the kind of drink that looks like it came from a fancy café but comes together in your own kitchen with real, recognizable ingredients.
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4 servings
For the maple simple syrup
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup water
For the lemonade
- 2 cups fresh pineapple chunks (from about ½ small pineapple)
- ¾ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 5–6 lemons)
- 16 fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish
- 3 cups sparkling water, chilled
- 2 cups ice cubes
For serving
- 4 lemon slices (optional)
- 4 small pineapple wedges (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 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool for 15 minutes until no longer warm to the touch.
- 2
Blend the pineapple chunks until smooth, then strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing the pulp to extract as much juice as possible. Discard the solids. You should have about 1 cup of pineapple juice.
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