Last Updated on May 24, 2024 by Leah Hall
Bring the flavor of fresh watermelon to summer cocktails and more with this fresh fruit syrup, a Watermelon Syrup!
This Watermelon Simple Syrup recipe is perfect for watermelon cocktails as well as lemonade or iced tea. Easy to make with fresh juice and a cup of sugar, this will become a summertime picnic favorite, especially in our Watermelon Gimlet!
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Watermelon Syrup Recipe
Homemade syrups are our jam, you know that! They have a fairly good shelf life in an airtight container in the fridge for a couple weeks, and are so much better than artificial flavor store-bought ones.Try our other flavors like Strawberry syrup, pear simple syrup, peach syrup, Rhubarb simple syrup, cranberry syrup and more!
Simply use a seedless watermelon to make a large batch, and use the rest of the melon for a fruit salad! Cut some watermelon chunks, place into a food processor and blend.
From there, pour the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve and discard solids. Then, warm the fresh watermelon juice over low heat with a cup sugar in a medium saucepan. When the mixture is syrupy pour syrup into a mason jar and cool. Just some basic ingredients needed and you have a fantastic refreshing ingredient to use all season!
Tips and Tricks
- Sweetener – if you don’t want to use granulated sugar, feel free to use brown sugar, maple syrup or agave nectar instead.
- Cold Press Syrup – you can make a cold press syrup instead of warming the syrup. Simply combine the watermelon juice and your sweetener of choice and just let it sit and combine into a syrup overnight. This is also a great idea as watermelon syrup recipes go.
Cheers!
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Watermelon Syrup
Make this watermelon syrup recipe with basic ingredients and enjoy this pink syrup all season long!
Ingredients
- 1 cup watermelon juice (about 2.5 cups cubed watermelon, blended in food processor)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- dash of salt
Instructions
- Cut a watermelon and add all watermelon chunks into a food processor and blend up.
- Strain watermelon mixture through fine-mesh sieve to get watermelon juice.
- Add watermelon juice, salt and sugar to medium saucepan. Bring to a boil.
- Pour syrup into a mason jar and cool.
- Store in fridge for up to 2 weeks.
- Cheers!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
14Serving Size:
1 ounceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 35Carbohydrates: 9.2gFiber: .1gSugar: 8.8gProtein: .2g
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