Ingredients
- 1/2 cup blue curaçao syrup (non-alcoholic)
- 2 cups lemonade, chilled
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups lemon-lime soda, chilled
- Coarse sugar, for rimming (optional)
- Ice
- Lemon wheels, for garnish
- Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Rim and ice. If you like, rim the glasses with coarse sugar. Fill 4 tall glasses with ice.
- Add syrup and lemonade. Pour 2 tablespoons of blue curaçao syrup and the lemon juice into each glass, then add 1/2 cup of lemonade and stir to blend the blue.
- Top with soda. Pour the lemon-lime soda over the top — gently, to keep the fizz.
- Garnish. Add a lemon wheel and a mint sprig to each glass.
- Serve. Serve immediately, ice-cold.
💡 Blue lagoon smarts
Non-alcoholic blue curaçao syrup is the key — it's just citrus-flavored syrup, found in the mixer aisle. Pour the soda last and gently for maximum fizz. A sugared rim and a cocktail umbrella take it from drink to event.
Common questions
Where do I buy blue curaçao syrup?
In the cocktail mixer aisle of most grocery stores, or online. It's non-alcoholic — just citrus-flavored blue syrup.
Can I make an alcoholic version?
Swap the syrup 1:1 for blue curaçao liqueur and use lemon-lime soda as the mixer.
My mocktail is too sweet — help?
Add more soda water or sparkling water to dilute, and go lighter on the syrup next round.
The color isn't vibrant enough — what now?
Add the syrup a tablespoon at a time until you hit that electric lagoon blue. Different lemonades dilute it differently.
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