Watermelon Sugar Slushy

by Cindi Sutter, Founder & Editor Spirited Table® - Content excerpted from The Hard Seltzer Cocktail Book by Casie Vogel. Copyright © 2021 Ulysses Press. Reprinted with permission from Ulysses Press. New York, NY. All rights reserved.

This watermelon slushy is dangerously refreshing—perfect for a hot day at the beach. Or for pretending that it’s a hot day at the beach. In Malibu. With Harry Styles. Okay, too hot! Freeze the watermelon overnight; it is best served as cold as possible.

MAKES 4-6 DRINKS
Ingredients

4 cups seedless watermelon, chopped

1 cup vodka

2 ounces lime juice

1–2 ounces simple syrup, to taste

1 (12-ounce) can watermelon or lime hard seltzer

1 lime wedge, to rim glasses (optional) 

sugar, to rim glasses (optional)

lime wheels, for garnish

Instructions

✦ Put the watermelon in a large ziplock bag. Place in the freezer for a minimum

of 1 hour, but ideally overnight. 

✦ The next day, put the watermelon, vodka, lime juice, and simple syrup in a blender. Puree until the watermelon is completely liquefied.

✦ Add the seltzer and pulse a few times. You don’t want to blend out all the bubbles, but you want this well mixed. 

✦ If desired, rub a lime wedge around the rims of two large glasses. Dip in sugar.

✦ Pour into prepared glasses and garnish with lime wedges.

Alongside each recipe and drink tip, we will include an excerpt from Casie Vogel, the author.

Question from Cindi -Our Spirited Table® is a lifestyle celebration website and one of our primary goals is to focus on seasonal celebrations. So the “seasonal” flavors would be of great interest to us and we would love to create some unique pairings of our own. What do you think? 

Answer from Casie - Go for it! The seltzer companies are coming out with so many seasonal flavors that it’s hard to keep up. Bud Light particularly seems to be dropping new flavors all the time. I'm excited to try their “Mango Mai Tai” flavor from their seasonal “Out of Office” variety pack. It’s just asking to be blended up.