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5 Homemade Lemonade Recipes (Using fresh lemons)

Homemade lemonade is so easy to make with fresh lemons. And there are so many different lemonade varieties you can make. Keep reading to find a bunch of lemonade recipes to try.

For more ideas, check out all of our drink recipes.

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Lemonade reminds me so much of summer. Maybe it’s all the summer nights at carnivals, walking around and drinking lemonade from a tremendous plastic cup with an accordion straw.

We didn’t grow up going to the same carnivals, but you know the cup. Funny how nostalgia works.

Churn up some nostalgia at home with one of these homemade lemonade recipes. Just without the cup.

All of the recipes use fresh lemons in them. In a pinch, you can make lemonade with store-bought lemon juice. But, in my opinion, the best lemonade recipes are made with fresh lemons.

Homemade Lemonade Recipes

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Frozen Cherry Lemonade

Cherries are so good when they’re fresh, which is why you want to buy them in bulk. If you can’t eat them fast enough, pit them and freeze them for later.

And, after they’re frozen, you can easily turn them into frozen cherry lemonade.

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Watermelon Lemonade

I always joke and say that I am the absolute worst cutter of watermelon. I said this to my cousin recently and she was like, “How hard can cutting watermelon be?” And then she tried to help me cut one for a recipe and realized it’s actually not that easy.

Luckily, when you’re cutting watermelon for this watermelon lemonade, it doesn’t matter what it looks like since it’s all going into a juicer anyway.

This is a great way to use the watermelon that caught your eye in the grocery store this summer — and not worry about your knife cuts.

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Frozen Peach Lemonade

I am obsessed with peaches from Titan Farms in South Carolina. The friends I made at the visitors bureau in that area send me a baker’s dozen every year and they’re fantastic (the people and the peaches).

I use those peaches in every way I can, including in frozen peach lemonade.

Since you’re the one making it, you can control how much honey you add as a sweetener, so you can adjust the sweetness to fit your whole family’s taste buds.

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Frozen Orange Lemonade

I love buying a bag of mandarin oranges at the store and eating them for my “fruit of the day.” But, eventually, you just want to get rid of them and buy something else.

An easy way to do that is with this frozen orange lemonade.

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Frozen Strawberry Lemonade

If you have a carton of strawberries that’s just sitting in your fridge, waiting to be used, turn it into this frozen strawberry lemonade.

We inhale this every time I make it, so, we’ll look away if you make a double or triple batch because honestly, we listen and we don’t judge.

Which of these Homemade Lemonade Recipes will you try first? Let us know in the comments.