Homemade Lemonade Float Bar

Create a fun lemonade float bar with just a few ingredients and this simple lemonade float recipe. It’s sure to be a summer hit!

Seasonal Simplicity Summer Series

Welcome back to week five of the seasonal simplicity summer series! Each week we’re sharing a new summer idea with you – from free summer printables and simple summer DIY projects, to pretty summer wreath ideas. Everything you need for the perfect summer at home! If you’ve missed the previous weeks, you can find them here:

• DIY Outdoor Planter and Candle Holder
• Summer Basket Wreath
• Ice Cream Bar and Free Printables
• Summer Decor Hutch Styling with S’mores Bar

This week we’re sharing our favorite delicious summer drink recipes. You can find all of the recipes at the end of the post, so be sure to check them out!

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Lemonade Float Bar

I obviously have lemonade on the brain lately. Last week I posted about how to create a flavored lemonade bar, and this week I’m doing a little bit of a different take with a lemonade float bar.

These lemonade floats combine the delicious tart taste of homemade lemonade with the classic summer sweetness of vanilla ice cream.  You can’t really go wrong with lemonade and ice cream right?

For my lemonade float bar, I made some regular lemonade as well as some strawberry lemonade. They’re both delicious – it’s just a matter of your preference. I like adding some fresh fruit to the drink too {especially strawberries and raspberries} and just scoop them up at the end. The great thing with putting out a beverage bar is that everyone can customize their own!

If you want to add a little extra decor to your lemonade bar, I also have some cute lemonade bar printables that you can use.

These lemonade floats make the perfect drink for those lazy summer days. Now I just have to wait for the sunny weather to come back. The rain started to come down just as I finished taking photos!

Lemonade Float Recipe

Lemonade floats are the perfect blend of tart and sweet and will make a delicious summer treat!

 

Alternative Lemonade Float Ideas

Use Pre-Made Lemonade

If you don’t have time to make your own lemonade, you can always just use store bought lemonade or lemonade mixes. Store bought lemonade can sometimes be quite sweet, so you may want to water it down a bit. If you’re making lemonade from the mix, you can also try using just a little less of the mix so it’s not as sweet. To give the pre-made drinks a little bit of a more authentic flavor, try squeezing the juice of 1 or 2 lemons into it.

Try Pink Lemonade

Using pink lemonade adds a pretty pink touch to your drink and often has a slightly fruitier flavor. Depending on the brand, it may be flavored with cranberry juice, raspberry juice or crushed strawberries.

Add some other fruit flavored syrups.

You can make a simple fruit syrup to add to your lemonade with a variety of different fruits or berries. You can get the simple fruit syrup recipe HERE. Raspberry, blueberry, and strawberry syrups all work great added to lemonade.

Use different ice cream flavors or sherbert.

I’ve tried strawberry marble ice cream and raspberry sherbert and they both tasted great. Have some fun switching things up and trying new flavors!

I hope you give these a try and enjoy them as much as we do!

More Summer Drink Recipes

If you’re looking for more summer drink recipes, check out these delicious ideas. They should keep you stocked all summer long!

Sugar Free Raspberry Syrup Gin Soda Cocktail – The Happy Housie
Salty Dog Grapefruit Cocktail – Jenna Kate at Home
Blueberry Lemon Summer Cocktail – My 100 Year Old Home
Easy Summer Cocktail Recipe – Modern Glam
Simple Mojito Recipe – Inspiration for Moms

Summer Tropical Berry Slushie – Cassie Bustamante
How to Make Whipped Coffee – She Gave it a Go
Avocado Banana Smoothie – Dans le Lakehouse
Coconut Milkshake – Life is a Party
Lemonade Float – Clean & Scentsible

Peach Ice Tea – Paint Me Pink
Peach Lemonade Spritzer – Nick and Alicia
Margaritas – My Sweet Savannah
Strawberry Lemon Tea – Amber Tysl
Summer Beer-Ritas – This is Our Bliss

Bourbon Mint Lemonade Cocktail – Satori Design for Living
Almond Banana Coconut Smoothie – Setting for Four
Summer Sangria Slush – A Pretty Life
Refreshing Paloma Cocktails – Finding Silver Pennies

Delicious Mint Lemonade – This is Simplicite
Best Skinny Margaritas – Rooms FOR Rent
Summer Rum Punch – The Handmade Home
Basil Vodka Gimlet – Maison de Cinq

Raspberry Watermelon Slush

Berry Green Smoothie

Sparkling Strawberry Slush