Cold and warm drinks you can make at home: fruit mocktails, slushies, milkshakes, frozen hot chocolate and the flavored syrups that go into them. Every recipe is family-friendly and lists real measurements, prep times and the equipment you need, including Ninja Slushi presets where a machine is used.
This Ninja Slushi Dole Whip copycat turns 3 cups of pineapple juice, a cup of heavy cream, a little sugar and a squeeze of lemon into a soft, swirly pineapple treat on the machine’s Milkshake preset. It takes 5 minutes to mix and up to …
This Ninja Slushi Orange Julius copycat blends 2 cups of orange juice with a cup of cold milk and a little sugar, then runs it on the Milkshake preset until it is frosty, frothy and creamy, like the mall classic. It takes 5 minutes to …
Ninja Slushi frozen hot chocolate starts as a real stovetop cocoa that is chilled completely, then frozen on the Milkshake preset. The chilling step matters: Ninja’s FAQ says not to put hot ingredients in the machine. This Ninja Slushi frozen hot chocolate recipe makes about …
Lavender honey syrup is honey thinned with an equal amount of water and infused with dried culinary lavender. To make it, warm 1 cup honey with 1 cup water until it dissolves, take the pan off the heat, steep 2 tablespoons of dried lavender for …
A lavender lemon drop mocktail is a sweet-tart, sparkling drink made by shaking fresh lemon juice with lavender simple syrup over ice, straining it into a sugar-rimmed glass and topping it with club soda. It takes 5 minutes, needs no special equipment beyond a jar …
Lavender simple syrup is a 1:1 sugar syrup steeped with dried culinary lavender. Dissolve 1 cup sugar in 1 cup water, take the pan off the heat, steep 2 tablespoons of lavender buds for 20 minutes and strain. It makes about 1 1/4 cups of …