Looking for watermelon recipes to cool you down on a hot day? This collection of 31 delicious treats includes the most delicious recipes to refresh you this summer.
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These refreshing watermelon recipes are delicious ideas for how to include this fruit in drinks, salads, and desserts. They are great ways to use up fresh watermelon this summer.
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Expert Tips for Making Watermelon Recipes
- Mocktail to Cocktail: Add 3 ounces of vodka or gin to the Watermelon Mocktail Fizz to make it a watermelon alcohol drink.
- Add Salt to the Watermelon: Adding salt to your watermelon can enhance the natural flavor and improve the fruit’s texture. A pinch of salt brings all the liquid to the surface of the watermelon which makes it more juicy and sweet.
- Soak Watermelon in Water Before Use: Soaking fruits in water reduces the natural heat which makes them safer for people to eat.
- How to pick a great watermelon: Look for a dark yellow spot on the bottom, it means it sat on the ground longer and had time to sweeten up, here are some more tips.
Juice Recipes
These juice recipes with watermelon are super light and fresh drinks. All of these drinks feature a refreshing watermelon flavor which is perfect for a hot summer day. Here you’ll find everything from watermelon slush recipes to watermelon mocktails.
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This Watermelon Agua Fresca (also known as Agua de Sandia) is a light and refreshing Mexican drink made with only 3 ingredients – watermelon, water and a touch of sugar!
A favorite drink in the summer time! Made primarily with watermelon and strawberries, you can’t go wrong with this delicious, sweet juice recipe.
A fun twist on the traditional lemonade that’s wonderfully tangy, sweet, refreshing, and incredibly easy to whip up!
All you need to do is slice up your watermelon, throw it in a blender with some ice and sugar, and press start. Easy peasy.
This watermelon smoothie is otherworldly in its smooth texture, juicy sweetness, refreshing flavor.
Cool and refreshing juice — this is a mellow cucumber and watermelon juice recipe with a touch of tartness from the lime.
Easy to make watermelon fizz that has just 77 calories! All you need is watermelon chunks, zero calorie ginger-ale, and lime juice for a slightly tangy twist.
This Watermelon and Banana Smoothie is the most refreshing smoothie. It is made in under five minutes with only three ingredients: watermelon, banana, and ice.
Watermelon Salad
These salad recipes are great ways to sweeten up a healthy salad. In this section, you’ll find everything from Balsamic Watermelon Chicken Salad to Spicy Melon Salad.
This watermelon salad is full of sliced cucumbers, crumbled feta cheese and mint, all tossed in an easy lime dressing. A simple yet unusual summer salad that’s sure to get rave reviews.
This Balsamic Watermelon Chicken Salad has blue cheese, watermelon, almonds, herbed chicken, and a balsamic glaze. Simple and fresh.
Sweet watermelon paired with salty feta, fresh basil, and tart lime juice is a refreshing and delicious combination!
This Spicy Melon Salad is the perfect balance between spicy and refreshing. It is perfect for spice and fruit fans.
This Blueberry Watermelon Salad is a healthy summery salad. It’s refreshing with a twist on the average fruit salad.
Desserts
These watermelon desserts are perfect desserts to help you cool down on a hot day. You’ll find everything from Chocolate-Covered Watermelon Bites to Watermelon Cupcakes.
These bite-sized servings of watermelon go for a quick freeze before being dunked in your choice of melted chocolate and finished with a sprinkle of sea salt.
Whether you or a friend is a vegan, paleo, or gluten free, you can still make a fun “cake” that everyone will enjoy. This delightful dessert really takes advantage of the fresh fruit you can get during the summer.
Watermelon Fruit Leathers are the perfect healthy treat this summer & you only need 2 ingredients!
These bites are cold, sweet, and crunchy. Kids and adults will love these tasty pop-in-your-mouth treats. And, they keep well in the freezer for days
Fresh, bright, healthy Strawberry Watermelon Popsicles are SUCH a great warm-weather treat! These watermelon popsicles are 100% fruit and naturally help balance your electrolytes.
Quick and easy watermelon ice cream recipe, made with 2 ingredients. This no churn ice cream is healthy, creamy, vegan and requires no ice cream maker.
A cool, creamy raspberry watermelon treat — the perfect end to any summer meal.
Make these fun summer watermelon cupcakes! Bright green cupcakes with buttercream frosting that tastes like watermelon!
This pudding relies only on three main ingredients: fresh watermelon juice, cornstarch, and sugar. This dessert is very light, refreshing, and delicate.
This jelly is a sweet watermelon flavor, delicious, and goes great on a slice of bread, topping pancakes or waffles, or even used in a fruit salad or baked goods.
This delicious Watermelon Jam recipe is made without pectin and is so beautiful and summery with its vibrant pink color! You can make it 2 ways, plain or with white rum!
Rind
These watermelon rind recipes are great ways to incorporate an often overlooked part of a watermelon. From Candied Watermelon Rinds to Watermelon Coconut Curry, these watermelon rind recipes are healthy and delicious.
Instead of throwing away watermelon rinds this summer, pickle them for a refreshing snack.
These Candied Watermelon Rinds are a super sweet treat made from watermelon rinds, sugar, and lemon.
This sweet and tangy watermelon rind relish makes good use of food waste that would otherwise end up in the compost.
Next time you buy a whole watermelon, reserve the watermelon rind for this ingenious recipe! The rind will soften and quickly absorb the flavor of your sauce.
This basic side dish is one of the best, tastiest ways to repurpose watermelon rinds. It’s quick to throw together and perfect as part of a hurried weeknight dinner.
Combine watermelon, coconut curry sauce, and potatoes to make this amazing Watermelon Coconut Curry.