VODKA SOUR WATERMELON SLUSHIES

Vodka Sour Watermelon Slushies. Yes, you read that right. Just wait until you see the ingredients! This good-for-your-soul recipe is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and nostalgic love of chewy candy.

This blended slushie is a fun cocktail idea and is sure to be the hit of any adult get-together!

Ice-cold and delicious, Vodka Sour Watermelon Slushies are the perfect sour and sweet combination for a hot day. Whip a batch up for a summertime party, game night, or BBQ; with just five minutes of prep, it comes together in almost no time at all.

One word of advice…keep the blender out, just in case!

The star ingredient of these Vodka Sour Watermelon Slushies is Sour Patch Watermelon candies, a sour-then-sweet, watermelon-flavored gummy shaped like cute little watermelon slices.

Adults and kids alike love this fun candy that’s evocative of carefree childhood. What better way to reminisce than to soak them in vodka?

Why this recipe works:

• Minimal ingredients help this drink super easy to make.
• Vodka is super simple to infuse and only takes it sitting overnight to do.
• You can easily double or triple this recipe depending on how many people you are serving!

How to make Vodka Watermelon Slushies:

1. Soak the Sour Patch Watermelons in vodka overnight.
2. After the Sour Patch Watermelons have soaked, remove them from the vodka.
3. Add to a blender the watermelon, Sour Patch Watermelon-soaked vodka, sprite, lemonade, ice, and pink food coloring. Blend until everything is incorporated.
4. Using the lime, rim the glasses. With your glass upside-down, dip the rim in pink sprinkles. Pour the slushy drink in your glass and garnish with limes, or spear a couple of the vodka-soaked Sour Patch Watermelon candies.
5. Drink up and enjoy!

Infused vodka is SO much fun, especially when it involves your favorite candy, and it’s so easy to do that you’ll wonder why you hadn’t thought of it before.

One of the best parts of this recipe are the extra alcohol-soaked candies you’ll have leftover. Waste not, want not, I always say!

These Vodka Sour Patch Watermelon Slushies pair beautifully with my BBQ Chicken Nachos and Smoky Chipotle Mexican Street Corn. 

If you’re ready to whip up an insanely delicious batch of Vodka Sour Watermelon Slushies, then scroll to the bottom, just above the comments! Otherwise, read on for tips, tricks, and twists on this candy cocktail.

HELPFUL TOOLS:

Mason jar (or another airtight container)
Strainer
Blender
Glasses
Cocktail picks (optional, but so cute!)

HOW DO I INFUSE VODKA?

Infusing the vodka is probably the easiest part of this already effortless recipe. Simply place your candies in a mason jar or other airtight container, cover with vodka, and wait for the flavors to develop.

The longer you let them sit, the more sweet and flavorful the vodka will become, so you may want to play around with the infusion time until it’s just right for you. I recommend around eight hours or so. When you’re ready, strain the candies from the vodka and marvel at your creation!

Your candy-infused vodka should last for around six months, so it’s not a bad idea to make a large batch; if you’re planning on hosting a party with Vodka Sour Watermelon Slushies as your signature drink, having the extra will come in handy when you get requests for more!

Garnishing Your Vodka Sour Watermelon Slushies

To garnish the rim of your glass, simply run a slice of lime around the rim and dip the glass upside-down in sprinkles. If you’re feeling *extra* fancy, skewer a couple of sour watermelon candies with a cocktail pick (I like these bamboo knot picks) and balance it on top of the glass!

With pink sprinkles, garnishes of lime, and a couple of watermelon sour patch candies, your fanciful creation will be almost too pretty to drink! (Keyword: ALMOST!)

Tips & Tricks:

• To ensure that the slushies are extra cold, you can chop up the watermelon and freeze the chunks well in advance of this recipe (be sure to remove the seeds, first). While you’re at it, freeze your glasses, too!
• Add the candy to vodka before you go to bed so it infuses while you sleep. Alternatively, you can put them together first thing in the morning to enjoy your beverage later that evening.
• If you’d like your vodka to be extra sweet, then feel free to double the amount of candy in this recipe.

To make your own colored sugar for garnishing the rim, simply follow these steps:

1. Put granulated sugar in a jar
2. Add a drop or two of food coloring
3. Screw the jar lid on and shake, shake shake!
4. Repeat until you’ve reached your desired color. It’s that easy!

TWISTS & ALTERNATIVES:

If sour patch watermelons aren’t your thing, don’t fret. There are more sour patch flavors to try, and other candies too, like jolly ranchers, gummy bears or even bubble gum! Feel free to go wild, here; after all, soaking things in vodka is a common way to make drinking more fun.

This isn’t limited to vodka, either; feel free to try this out with tequila or rum, and let me know how it is!

Other Cocktail Recipes You’ll Love:

Cherry Limeade Cocktails
Blackberry Apricot Sangria
Strawberry Lemonade Margarita #vivalarita

Other Watermelon Recipes You’ll Love:

Blueberry Glazed Watermelon
Strawberry Watermelon Nerds Popsicles

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