Copycat Chick Fil A Watermelon Mint Lemonade Recipe

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A refreshing summer drink that combines the flavor of tangy lemons, sweet watermelon, and fresh mint

 

Chick Fil A has come out with some pretty exciting drinks in the past couple years, like their Frosted Lemonade and Frosted Coffee and Frosted Sunrise (recipe here! 🙂 – but their Watermelon Mint Lemonade is most definitely my favorite out of all of those!!

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To make the Watermelon Mint Lemonade to taste just like Chick-fil-A’s, you’ll need . . . 

  • 3 1/2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 15 large lemons)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 cups cold water
  • 6 cups ice
  • 4 cups Watermelon Mint Syrup

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{To make the Watermelon Mint Syrup}

  • 4 cups watermelon from 1 seedless watermelon
  • 1/2 cup fresh chopped mint
  • 1 cup sugar

Cut watermelon into small chunks. Blend in food processor.

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Add sugar and whisk until dissolved.

Stir in finely chopped mint.

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Put in microwave on high for 6 minutes.

Strain out mint leaves and let cool.

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To make the Lemonade:

Combine lemon juice and sugar in large glass measuring cup and microwave for 5 minutes, or until it starts to boil.

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Whisk until sugar is thoroughly dissolved.

Let cool.

Pour into a large pitcher and add Watermelon Mint Syrup, 5 cups cold water, and 5 cups ice.

Stir well.

Enjoy!

 

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Copycat Chick Fil A Watermelon Mint Lemonade Recipe

Sweet and tangy lemonade flavored with real watermelon and fresh mint.

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 15 large lemons)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 cups cold water
  • 6 cups ice
  • 4 cups Watermelon Mint Syrup
  • {For the Watermelon Mint Syrup}:
  • 4 cups watermelon from 1 seedless watermelon
  • 1/2 cup fresh chopped mint
  • 1 cup sugar

Instructions

To make the Watermelon Mint Syrup:

  1. Cut watermelon into small chunks. Blend in food processor.
  2. Press blended watermelon through metal sieve. Discard pulp.
  3. Add sugar and whisk until dissolved.
  4. Stir in finely chopped mint.
  5. Put in microwave on high for 6 minutes.
  6. Strain out mint leaves and let cool.

To make the Lemonade:

  1. Combine lemon juice and sugar in large glass measuring cup and microwave for 5 minutes, or until it starts to boil.
  2. Whisk until sugar is thoroughly dissolved.
  3. Let cool.
  4. Pour into a large pitcher and add Watermelon Mint Syrup, 5 cups cold water, and 5 cups ice.
  5. Stir well.
  6. Enjoy!
© Abby Robinson
Category: Drinks
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Abby is the Pinterest Creative Designer at Six Clever Sisters. When she and her husband and two cute toddlers aren’t traveling, they live in Ohio. They’re moving to Zambia in the near future, so that will be an adventure! Abby loves using her Instant Pot for easy meals while she’s traveling, so you’ll find a lot of her great recipes on the blog! She also loves figuring out how to copycat food and drinks that she’s enjoyed at different restaurants, and those are on the blog as well. When Abby gets free time, she’ll probably be trying to plan a trip to see family while she can. :-)

7 Comments

  1. Leigh
    April 20, 2019 at 1:07 pm  ·  Reply

    How much does this recipe make?

  2. Jayne
    August 14, 2018 at 8:50 pm  ·  Reply

    Another question – your ingredients says 6 cups of water and ice but directions say 5 cups of each. Which is correct?

  3. Jayne
    August 9, 2018 at 11:41 pm  ·  Reply

    To measure the 4 cups of watermelon, is that 4 cups of puréed watermelon or 4 cups of watermelon chunks?

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