Sparkling Blackberry Lemon Mocktail

This tangy and refreshing blackberry lemon mocktail will leave you going back for seconds again and again.

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Today we’re going to make ✨ sparkling mocktails ✨ but first: it’s my birthday!!! 🥳 I’m officially twenty and with it continues my ongoing existential crisis of not having done anything with my life despite being on this earth for seven-thousand and three hundred days. Yeah, here’s to 20 😭

BUT, YOU’RE NOT HERE FOR MY PITY PARTY!

You’re here to make blackberry mocktails and I’m going to show you how:

In a small pot, crush the mint leaves. Add sugar and water and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Allow it to boil for 3 minutes.

Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Strain out the remaining leaves and then you’ll have some simple mint syrup! Set this aside for later.

In a small bowl, crush the blackberries until you have a nice mush. Mix in the granulated sugar.

Divide the smashed blackberries between 6 glasses and add 2 tablespoons of the simple mint syrup and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to each glass. Add your preferred amount of ice to each glass and top off with some sparkling water! Garnish with mint ✨

Sparkling Blackberry Lemon Mocktail

This tangy and refreshing blackberry lemon mocktail will leave you going back for seconds again and again.

Serves: 6 cups

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Ingredients

For the syrup

½ cup fresh mint leaves
1 cup sugar
1 cup water

For the mocktail

1 cup blackberries
3 tsp granulated sugar
½ cup lemon juice
2 bottles sparkling water/seltzer
ice

Instructions

For the syrup

In a small pot, crush the mint leaves. Add sugar and water and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Allow it to boil for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Strain out the remaining leaves and then you'll have your simple mint syrup! Set this aside for later.

For the mocktail

In a small bowl, crush the blackberries until you have a nice mush. Mix in the granulated sugar.
Divide the smashed blackberries between 6 glasses and add 2 tablespoons of the simple mint syrup and 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice to each glass. Add your preferred amount of ice to each glass and top off with sparkling water! Garnish with mint ✨