Best Sparkling Cherry Lime Soda Recipes

Cherry-Lime Sparkler image

Provided by Geoffrey Zakarian

Time 10m

Yield about 8 drinks

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/2 pound fresh cherries, pitted
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
4 cups seltzer
Ice cubes and fresh mint sprigs, for serving

Steps:

Place the pitted cherries in a large mixing bowl. Add the sugar, lime juice and salt. Stir until the cherries are evenly coated. Set aside at room temperature for 1 hour to macerate the cherries.
Drain the cherry mixture, collecting and reserving all the juice. Thread the macerated cherries amongst 8 cocktail skewers and set aside for garnish.
Stir together the reserved cherry juice and seltzer in a small pitcher.
Fill 8 highball glasses with ice cubes. Pour the cherry sparkler over the ice and garnish each glass with a skewer of cherries and a sprig of mint. Serve immediately.

Sparkling Cherry Lime Soda image

Provided by Trisha Yearwood

Categories beverage

Time 25m

Yield 2 drinks

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup fresh lime juice, plus lime wheels, for garnish
3 drops green food coloring
4 ounces grenadine
12 ounces club soda, chilled
2 to 4 maraschino cherries

Steps:

Add the sugar, lime juice and 3/4 cup water to a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add the green food coloring, remove from the heat and let cool.
Into 2 chilled highball glasses, add to each glass: a few ice cubes and 2 ounces of the lime syrup. Divide the grenadine between the glasses, then top off each with club soda. Garnish with a lime wheel and maraschino cherries.