Love watermelons? If your answer is yes, you need to add these 10 deliciously healthy watermelon summer drinks to your menu! These watermelon drinks are low in calories and perfect for the hot summer days ahead. Oh, and these are non-alcoholic watermelon drinks so they are great for kids as well.
My tip time: Get a bunch of watermelon, clean, cut, and freeze them beforehand so that it’s easier to throw these watermelon recipes together.
Watermelon Benefits
Watermelon contains a good amount of vitamins A & C, potassium, and antioxidants such as lycopene, ascorbic acid, and citruline. It’s great for hydration, skin & eye health and promotes digestion.
The antioxidants found in watermelon also help with oxidative stress and reduce free radicals so what are you waiting for? Dive into these 10 watermelon drinks this summer!
Healthy Watermelon Summer Drinks
1. Watermelon Strawberry Smoothie
First on my list is this easy, 2-ingredient watermelon strawberry smoothie recipe. This is hands down, the easiest smoothie recipe on the planet! There is no added sugar or sweetener and it’s only 117 calories.
2. Watermelon Iced Tea
Here’s another 2-ingredients watermelon iced tea recipe I highly recommend you try! My only advice is to use stevia as a sweetener when making the sweet tea recipe. Oh, I almost forgot, it’s only 67 calories!
3. Watermelon Breeze
I actually love this watermelon breeze recipe. It comes with a mixture of ice, coconut water, mint, and of course, watermelon. This drink only has 95 calories and a bit of fiber.
4. Watermelon Banana Smoothie
Got some bananas, strawberries, and watermelon on hand? You need to try this smoothie! I like to call it the skinny watermelon smoothie cause you won’t feel hungry for hours after drinking this!
5. Frozen Watermelon Slushie
This wouldn’t be a watermelon drinks post if there wasn’t a slushie on the list! This watermelon slushie would be the perfect perfect to make if you already have some frozen watermelon. You only need 3 ingredients and it’s only 105 calories.
6. Watermelon Spritzer
With just a bit of club soda, honey, lemon juice, watermelon, and mint, you’ll have this watermelon spritzer ready to drink in 10 minutes or less! It’s healthy as heck and totally refreshing.
7. Watermelon Mocktail
It doesn’t get any lower in calories than this! With just 4 ingredients, this watermelon mocktail is easy to make and has only 39 calories! Can you believe it? It’s a must-try though.
8. Watermelon Limeade
This watermelon limeade has only 4 ingredients but takes a while longer to prepare and serve. For a healthier version, I recommend you use raw honey or stevia as a sweetener.
9. Watermelon Cucumber Lemonade
This is my favorite watermelon lemonade because it comes with cucumber, ginger, lemon juice, basil, and our star fruit, watermelon. There’s no added sugar which makes it the perfect healthy watermelon summer drink!
10. Watermelon Lemonade
Last but certainly not least, we have this watermelon lemonade that comes with only 2 ingredients, well 3 if you count the mint sprig. Certainly worth trying!
Who Should Avoid Watermelon
Eating watermelon in moderate amounts usually does not cause any side effects. However, those with diabetes should avoid watermelon due to its high sugar content.
Want More Summer Drinks?
- 10 Refreshing Strawberry Summer Drinks
- 10 Most Refreshing Pineapple Summer Drinks
- Blueberry Drinks
- 3 Extremely Healthy Iced Turmeric Summer Drinks You Must Try!
- Iced Turmeric Green Tea
- Iced Turmeric Latte For Hot Summer Days
- Anti-Inflammatory Turmeric Lemonade
Conclusion
There you go! 10 healthy watermelon summer drinks worth trying! I hope you liked this post, if you did, please save my pin. You can also find me on Pinterest, Flipboard, and Threads, for more healthy recipes and tips. Until next time, stay awesome mamas!
