In the heat of summer, there is nothing more refreshing than a Slushie. Slushies are frosty cups of goodness made with blended summer berries, ice, and a squeeze of citrus. Healthy and delcious!
This Shushie Recipe is so fast and easy! In just five minutes, you’ll have the most refreshing, frosty glass of goodness- a healthier alternative to ice cream, perfect for the hot summer months!
A slushie, in essence, is a blended ice drink typically made with fruit, or fruit-flavored syrup. We use whole fruit here for a healthier approach!
Why You’ll Love Slushies!
- They are a healthy alternative to ice cream. Made with fruit and ice they are healthier, less sweet, lower in calories, and satisfy a sweet tooth.
- They highlight summer berries and fruit!
- They are refreshing and energizing -a totally satisfying dessert, perfect for hot summer evenings!
Ingredients in a slushie:
- Fresh summer berries– strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries or a mix
- Sweetener of choice: maple syrup , monk fruit, honey
- Optional: a squeeze of orange or lemon, and a few drops of vanilla!
- Ice
How to make the BEST slushie
- Place berries in a blender and squeeze of citrus and a little honey or maple syrup.
- Blend until smooth. Add a splash of water if need be, to get the blender going.
- Add ice, a little at a time, until thick and super frosty!
- Taste, and adjust sweetness to your liking. Berries often have different levels of sweetness, some are quite tart. So always adjust to taste!
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Slushie Recipe
- Prep Time: 5
- Total Time: 5
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: vegan desserts
- Method: blended
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Description
How to make a homemade slushie with fresh berries. Vegan, gluten-free and can be made in 5 minutes!
Ingredients
- 3 cups strawberries, quartered (about 10-12 medium strawberries) or sub other fresh berries
- 2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup, more to taste
- a squeeze of lime, orange or lemon (1 tablespoon)
- optional: 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 –2 cups ice (more to create desired consistency)
- Other additions- huckleberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, peaches, mango, etc.
Instructions
- Place strawberries, maple and a squeeze of citrus in a blender. Blend until smooth. If need be, add a splash of water to the bender to get it going.
- Taste, adding more maple or citrus to taste if you like. You want a nice balance between sweet and tart. The sweeter and riper the strawberries are the less maple or honey you will need.f
- Add the ice cubes a little at a time, blending until fully incorporated, adding more ice to the blender (if you like) to get it really thick and icy. If you’ve got a good blender, let it go just a bit it longer, it will take on a slightly creamy look. It should be thick enough to mound on a spoon, and not be runny.
- Spoon into one large glass or two smaller glasses. Serve with a spoon. 🙂
Notes
Feel free to add other berries to the mix- blueberries, huckleberries, blackberries, etc.
If you’d like a bit of creaminess, add a few spoonfuls of yogurt- super tasty. 🙂
Nutrition
- Serving Size: (with 2 teaspoons honey)
- Calories: 68
- Sugar: 12.9 g
- Sodium: 1.7 mg
- Fat: 0.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16.9 g
- Fiber: 2.9 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Loved it! It was amazing!
Great!
It’s more fun to eat strawberry fruit than to look beautiful. I occasionally eat mango blended with strawberries.I like to blend mango and strawberry in this way.
I think strawberries make us look beautiful. 😉
A food that is very tasty and nutritious
I followed your recipe exactly the same way and everyone enjoyed it thoroughly. The aroma and a crunch of strawberries seeds with honey was too good. For me it’s 10/10.
I love it but I used honey whic I don’t like but it’s my fault. Overall it’s delicious and would 10/10 recommend!
Absolutely delicious.! Refreshing and EVERYONE loves it!
Yummy!
Absolutely DELISH! On a hot day, this is the perfect treat!
It’s so good I absolutely cannot stop making it ✊🏿
Yes!
Great for summer
Exactly perfect!
Can we use frozen strawberries for this?
The ice ratio would change. You’d need something liquidy to add to it so it actually blends. Water?
I use frozen strawberries and put some orange juice and water in to thin it down enough to blend. So incredibly yummy and refreshing!
Hi Sylvia,
One hot afternoon, I was trying to figure out what to do with extra strawberries. My son suggested slushies. I remembered seeing your recipe so we made it. I wasn’t sure about honey with srawberries, but ended up loving it. We’ve made them twice since then. Thank you for this great summer cooler.
so happy you liked it!
Good
Oustanding! Everything about this is perfect! I am in love! <3
It's delicious definitely recommend
I also added in some mango! 🙂
Made it really good!
I tried this recipe with my daughter and we got confused on what to from the instruction it was not as clear as we had hoped. We did have to figure it out which took a while. It did taste good though but took twice as long because of the instruction
I’ll try to clarify the recipe- sorry about that!
This recipe is the only one that worked for me! This drink tastes so good and refreshing, and even better its healthy!
Oh good! Glad you liked it. I love it. Super refreshing.
Mine had chunks of honey how do I fix that
Oh shoot. Try making a small batch of Liquid Honey (type this in search bar) for recipes like this- It keeps forever!
Good!! But really thick. Double the honey, add some lemon or lemonade, some sparkling water, and some sugar! ??
Using ripe strawberries is key here! Helps you not have to add more sweeteners. 🙂
I’ve used stevia as my sweetener, careful not to use a blend that contains sugar. While I’m still getting used to the stevia taste, this slushie is a definite winner. Frozen extra can be chipped up & eaten later w/ a spoon. Yum!
Thanks so much and so happy you liked it! 👏
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I loved this recipe!
After a hot day at the beach this was deliciously refreshing! As hubby said “Wow, that’s good!”
Awesome, I’m glad you both liked it!
Nice easy recipe to follow
it is a very nice recipe and i have tryed it its so tasty
It is a great idea
So good I have lost 30 pounds and snacks like these are great for cravings!
That is amazing Jenna, congrats! And I’m so happy this has helped with cravings…this was what it was designed for!
i loved it!!!!!
YAY!!!! I love it too! had it every day for a couple months during strawberry season. 🙂