Whether you’re planning a garden brunch or outdoor summer parties with friends, watermelon vodka drinks are deliciously refreshing and pair with most summer snacks.
From cocktails asking for watermelon-flavored vodka to those made with plain liquor and fruit chunks or juice, here are some must-tries to blend while listening to your favorite summer tunes
Key Takeaways
- Watermelon vodka is a versatile drink perfect for mixing summer cocktails.
- It pairs well with fresh watermelon, fruit juices, and other spirits.
- Cocktails made with watermelon vodka vary in complexity from simple mixes of spirit and simple syrup to punches and sangrias.
- If you don’t have watermelon vodka at home, you can make your own watermelon-infused vodka by mixing fresh juice with the liquor.
- Alternatively, you can use plain vodka and watermelon chunks or juice in your cocktails.
- If you decide to make watermelon juice at home, use a fine mesh strainer to get rid of the seeds and fibers before using it for your cocktails.
11 Refreshing Watermelon Vodka Cocktail Recipes To Try
1. Absolut Watermelon Vodkarita
From the popular vodka brand Absolut, this refreshing watermelon vodka cocktail delivers an explosion of freshness. It’s made with Absolut watermelon vodka, watermelon juice, and orange liqueur. Add a splash of simple syrup for sweetness.
Serve on crushed ice in a tumbler half-rimmed with salt, and garnish with lime slices and a watermelon slice.
2. Vodka Watermelon Cooler
Fresh fruit cocktails are hard to beat, so it’s unsurprising that a favorite is this vodka watermelon cooler. The burst of sweetness is guaranteed by the use of cubed watermelon, but you can add some honey or stevia for sweeter sugar-free goodness.
Tumblers or goblets are the best choices for this drink. Garnish it with sour apple pucker and fresh mint leaves.
3. Hippie Juice
By Vida Recipes
Infused with tropical flavors and super-alcoholic, the Hippie Juice is an excellent choice for hot summer nights. Mix a cup of watermelon vodka (your favorite brand) with one-third cup of triple sec and coconut Malibu rum. Add some pink lemonade mix for the color, water, and some strawberries.
Shake well in a tin blender and serve from a Mason jar.
4. Watermelon Sangria
When summer nights have Spanish vibes, sangria is an unmissable drink. To make a large batch, grab a punch bowl and fill it with two bottles of white wine – any type will do.
Add two cups of watermelon vodka and three cups of lemon-lime soda. Throw six cups of cubed watermelon into the mix and sweeten to your heart’s desire with stevia, agave syrup, or another sweetener.
5. Watermelon Cosmo Cocktail
By Dish Delish
If a Cosmopolitan is your go-to cocktail, this watermelon-flavored variant might be right up your alley. The original recipe asks for homemade watermelon-infused vodka, but nobody stops you from using your favorite store-bought watermelon vodka instead.
An easy way to add sweetness to your drink – should you decide to use ready-made watermelon vodka – is with pre-sweetened cranberry juice.
6. Watermelon Peach Cocktail
Bursting with mid-summer fruit flavors, this watermelon peach cocktail features fresh fruit, peach schnapps, and watermelon vodka. Mix the liquors with lemon-lime soda for a bit of fizz, and add watermelon puree or fresh fruit cubes to enhance sweetness.
Serve in a tall cocktail glass filled with ice and garnish with a fruit skewer and some mint leaves.
7. Watermelon Vodka Cocktail
Another delicious drink from the popular vodka brand Absolut, this watermelon vodka cocktail recipe is, in our opinion, a lot simpler to make than Vodkarita.
All you have to do is mix watermelon vodka with simple syrup. Add ice cubes and some chunks of watermelon, and you’re all set. Boozy, delicious, and simple – it doesn’t get much better than that!
8. Watermelon Kiwi Prosecco Punch
Mimosas are nothing but crowd-pleasers, but you don’t have to stick to the original recipe– we sure don’t! A delicious take on the modern classic is this watermelon kiwi prosecco punch made with fresh watermelon and kiwi chunks. We love how this is perfect for a summer or springtime bunch.
Puree the watermelon and kiwis in a blender with a few cubes of ice. Pour in a glass, top with prosecco, and crown it all with a splash of watermelon vodka – then sit back, relax, and enjoy!
Or you can always share and make a large batch in a punch bowl for everyone at your party to enjoy.
9. Watermelon Mint Cocktail
Watermelon and mint are two summer staples in our book, and we think their flavors pair beautifully. The main difference between this recipe and all others we have listed is that you don’t need watermelon vodka – Yay for not needing to purchase yet another cocktail ingredient you might use only once!
Mix watermelon juice with vodka and simple syrup. Add crushed mint leaves and let it infuse in the fridge before serving it on rocks.
10. Vodka Watermelon Cocktail
This is another one of the vodka watermelon cocktails that doesn’t ask for watermelon vodka. As long as you have watermelon and plain vodka in your home, you can put this cocktail together.
Use a blender to turn the watermelon into juice and mix it with the vodka. Add a pinch of freshly squeezed lime juice and some club soda for the fizz. Garnish with watermelon slices and mint leaves.
11. Watermelon Ginger Beer
By Punch
If you like both vodka and ginger beer, you can’t go wrong with this cocktail. What makes this cocktail special is the ice cubes that contain fennel fronds. The fennel fronds are pretty, but they also add the slightest herbaceous flavor as the ice melts.
Make them beforehand, then mix the vodka with fresh or store-bought watermelon juice in a cocktail shaker. Pour in a tall glass over the ice cubes. Top with your preferred ginger beer and garnish with dill or fennel fronds.
FAQs
What mixes well with watermelon vodka?
Watermelon vodka mixes well with lots of ingredients. For a simple drink, you can mix it with plain or lemon-lime soda – talk about easy peasy!
Watermelon vodka also pairs well with cola, tonic, bottled lime juice, fresh lime juice, fresh lemon juice, orange juice, and lemonade. Mint is another ingredient you can use in your watermelon vodka cocktail, as well as sparkling wine or prosecco.
What does Absolut Watermelon go with?
Absolut Watermelon is a type of flavored vodka, much like Smirnoff Watermelon. It goes well with all the ingredients mentioned above, as well as fruit schnapps, simple syrup, and more.
A few drinks you can make include watermelon margaritas, mimosas, and other drinks perfect for a hot summer day.
What alcohol is best with watermelon?
Vodka is one of the best spirits to pair with watermelon or fresh watermelon juice. Gin works well too, and so does rum. For an unexpected twist, wine, especially sparkling white or rose wine, is another type of alcoholic beverage that pairs well with watermelon. Martini, vermouth, and other dry spirits are other great pairings.
What are the names of watermelon and vodka?
Smirnoff and Absolut are two of the biggest manufacturers of watermelon vodka. Other brands include Ciroc, Burnett’s, BrewDog, Skyy, and Seagrams, to name just a few.
Watermelon Vodka Drinks
- Absolut Watermelon Vodkarita
- Vodka Watermelon Cooler
- Hippie Juice
- Watermelon Sangria
- Watermelon Cosmo Cocktail
- Watermelon Peach Cocktail
- Watermelon Vodka Cocktail
- Watermelon Kiwi Prosecco Punch
- Watermelon Mint Cocktail
- Vodka Watermelon Cocktail
- Watermelon Ginger Beer
