This watermelon lemony mojito is the perfect summer drink to whip up when you’re in need of a healthy cooler. The drink is great to serve at your barbeque parties or to your guests who need a refreshing welcome.
Best of all, it takes just a few ingredients and minutes of kitchen time to put together. Ready to give this recipe a try? Read on to discover everything you need to know about it.
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Ingredients For the Recipe
To make the watermelon lemony mojito, here’s what you’ll need.
For the watermelon syrup
- Watermelon (chopped): ½ cup
- Lemon (wedges): 3-4
- Mint leaves: 8-10
- Sugar: 2 tbsp
For the assembly
- Ice cubes: 2-3
- Lemon (wedges): 1
- Mint leaves: 3-4
- Prepared watermelon mixture
- Watermelon (chopped): 4-5 pieces
- Salt: A pinch
- Black pepper powder: A pinch
- Soda: As required
How to Make the Watermelon Lemony Mojito
Once all the ingredients are ready, here’s the process you’ll need to follow to make the mojito.
Take a mason jar. Add the watermelon chopped, lemon wedges, mint leaves, and sugar.
Take a muddler and properly muddle the mixture. The watermelon should release juice.
Next, take a glass and add the ice cubes. Next, add the lemon wedges and mint leaves.
Pour the strained muddled watermelon mixture.
Add salt and pepper.
Next, top it up with soda water.
Serve as a cooler on a hot summer day.
Frequently Asked Questions
We’ve used watermelon, lemon and mint as the key ingredients for the recipe, but there’s so much more you can add in and experiment with in the recipe.
If you love the tanginess of citrus fruits, you can add some orange juice and/or orange zest into it. If you have some fresh strawberries at hand, you can add them in too.
Crushed blueberries can also be an excellent addition to this mojito. 
Yes! This is one of the best things about this recipe. You can prepare the watermelon mixture up to 2 days in advance and refrigerate it in a glass container or bottle. Then, when you want to put the drink together, all you need to do is follow the rest of the steps. 
Your leftover watermelon lemony mojito can be transferred to a glass container and refrigerated for up to 2 days. It is best to enjoy the mojito fresh, but if you really want to, you can prepare it a day in advance as well. 
Tips & Tricks to Make the Watermelon Lemony Mojito
While making this unique take on the mojito is super easy, take note of these little tips and tricks to make it even easier!
- Muddling the watermelon and the mint leaves together is really what helps all those flavors release and blend together well. If you don’t have a muddler, you can use the back of a spoon to smush it all together as well.
- The soda is what lends the mojito that bit of fizziness you’re looking for. If you don’t have soda, you could just use some chilled water and turn it into a non-carbonated beverage to sip on.
- This version of the mojito can, in fact, be a nice drink for toddlers and kids too.
- If you want to take this version of the drink up a notch, you can add a bit of sparkling apple cider in too. If you don’t have apple cider, you can also make do with some grape juice.
- If you don’t want to use sugar as the sweetener and are looking for a natural alternative, agave or some honey can be good choices.
- If you don’t have mint leaves, you can use some fresh basil as an alternative.
- To enhance the flavors of the mojito, you can add some pineapple juice or fresh pineapple chunks, mango or even some cucumber into the mix.
Serving Ideas & Suggestions
This non alcoholic, naturally sweetened and refreshing mojito tastes best when enjoyed on its own on a hot summer day. You can also serve it with any of your favorite summer dishes and grills.
And if you’re in the mood to try out some more fun and interesting beverages and drinks, you might want to check out these recipes.
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📖 Recipe
Watermelon Lemony Mojito
Ingredients
Ingredients For the watermelon syrup
- ½ cup Watermelon , (chopped)
- 3-4 Lemon , (wedges)
- 8-10 Mint Leaves
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
Ingredients For the assembly
- 2-3 pcs Ice Cubes
- 1 Lemon , (wedges)
- 3-4 Mint Leaves
- 1 glass Prepared Watermelon Mixture
- 4-5 pcs Watermelon , (chopped)
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 pinch Black Pepper Powder
- 1 bottle Soda
Instructions
- Take a mason jar. Add the watermelon chopped, lemon wedges, mint leaves, and sugar. Take a muddler and properly muddle the mixture. The watermelon should release juice.
- Next, take a glass and add the ice cubes. Next, add the lemon wedges and mint leaves.
- Pour the strained muddled watermelon mixture. Add salt and pepper.
- Next, top it up with soda water.
- Serve as a cooler on ahot summer day.
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