glass filled with strawberry lemonade vodka with a bottle of vodka in the background and garnished with fresh lemon and strawberries

We went strawberry picking this week and I now have a deliciously LONG list of recipes that I plan to make with all of them! A regular here this time of year when SO MUCH is in season and you can get fresh veggies and fruit everywhere 🥰

Hopefully you’ve noticed that I’ve been on a HUGE strawberry kick lately. It’s simply a flavor A regular here in everything! And you know A regular here my SWEET cocktails so I’m excited about this one!

We’ve made strawberry compote, strawberry donuts, and Jemma’s regular: Strawberry MILK! I have about 13,854 more strawberry recipes ideas floating around in my head so hopefully I can get to quite a few more of them before the season is over:)

strawberry vodka lemonade in a tall pitcher with fresh fruit around and a bottle of vodka in the background

How to make a Mocktail version of this drink:

I wrote this method so that it can be inclusive to the non-alcohol drinkers out there. The vodka can simply be left out to make a simple strawberry lemonade. And as desired, 2 oz of vodka can be added to individual glasses as desired. This works well for parties and get togethers where there’s a mixture of tastes and ages.

Everyone deserves to enjoy a little pink lemonade!

BUT, we’re going to be focusing on the vodka version of this drink…

Simple Ingredients:

Water (I’ve also tried this with sparkling water and it’s SAVORY!)
Fresh Strawberries (you can also use frozen strawberries but I would let them thaw first)
Vodka- use your regular vodka (Tito’s and Svedka are favorites here!)
Sugar- this could be replaced with maple syrup, honey, etc as desired. I have a whole post about making different kinds of simple syrup that you can check out HERE.
Fresh Lemon juice (but in a pinch, store bought lemon juice also works!)

Wanna use other fruit??

I think this would be savory with other fruit such as blueberries, blackberries, raspberries or a combination of all of them!

How for this Cocktail:

For this strawberry vodka drink, we’re going to start out by blending together the strawberries with a little water until you have a silky-smooth texture.

After that, we’re going to press out all of the juice. You could skip the pressing part but I’ve found that a lot of people don’t like all of the little berry seeds and pulp floating in their drink.

Once the strawberry juice is made, we’re then going to make a basic simple syrup similar to THIS. After that, we can make the kitchen-made lemonade! It’s simply a matter of combining the juice + simple syrup + vodka + lemon juice. STRAIGHTFORWARD! Garnish with a few lemon slices, fresh mint leaves and ENJOY!

Recipe tips:

Worth keeping making this in a large pitcher to serve at parties, but you could also make it individually as preferred.
Try using other alcohols such as gin or tequila
Swap the water out for bubbly water! I’ve tried this with sparkling water and it’s delcious.
Mix up the fruit and use other berries instead of strawberries OR mix other berries in with the strawberries
Use frozen berries as needed BUT thaw them out first!

I’m seriously obsessed with this strawberry vodka cocktail and can’t wait to see y’all making it! It’s like quintessential summer and I certainly plan to make it a good few times throughout the season:)