If you love serving a refreshing cocktail, but want to steer clear of alcohol, this Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri recipe is going to low-key change your life. It’s sweet, tart, cool, and delicious — tailormade for daytime shindigs, baby showers, summery lunches, and when you’re hosting occasions with sober-curious friends and family in the mix.
Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri Recipe
PREP TIME 5 min
QUICK TIPS
INSTRUCTIONS
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In the container of a blender, combine the strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and lemon-lime soda
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Add the ice and blend until smooth
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Pour into a pretty glass to serve
Should I use fresh strawberries or frozen?
We love making these easy summer cocktails with fresh strawberries when it’s in season. In fact, it’s actually quite a nice idea to go strawberry picking and then whip up a batch of Virgin Daiquiris with your sun-kissed haul when you get home!
However, frozen strawberries work just as well when the fruit is not in season. In fact, the texture of the frozen berries can actually help to create that nice fluffy texture we all love in a frozen daiquiri.
Another way to go is to combine a bit of both – some fresh berries, some frozen. This combination yields a nice balance of flavor and texture that’s not too runny, and not too gritty.
If you ever find yourself in a situation where you don’t have any frozen or fresh strawberries on hand, you could also use strawberry jam in a pinch. Simply swap out the berries and sugar in the recipe above with a teaspoon of strawberry jam per drink. Be sure to shake it well – this addition does change the texture of the drink somewhat.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
This Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri recipe calls for strawberries, white sugar, lemon juice, lemon-lime soda. and ice.
You can make a Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri with fresh or frozen strawberries. If you use fresh, it's just important to remember the ice, because you need something frozen in the mix to give the drink that nice fluffy texture.
A virgin cocktail is a non-alcoholic version of a drink that would normally contain alcohol. The story goes that this naming convention had its roots during the American Prohibition, when the classic Bloody Mary went alcohol-free to become a Virgin Mary (just plain old tomato juice). This is when the prefix 'virgin' started to be used as an indicator that a drink did not contain any alcohol.
No, virgin drinks like the Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri are alcohol-free.
It depends on which recipe you use, but a standard Virgin Strawberry Daquiri will normally contain around 11.5g of sugar. As such, it is definitely on the sweeter end of the drink spectrum.
