Watermelon Mint Juice Recipe
This delicious Watermelon Mint Juice is such an easy and refreshing summertime beverage. It’s naturally sweet and hydrating with no added sugar. Learn how to make it in a juicer or a blender.
If you’ve never had fresh watermelon juice, then you are in for a real treat! This recipe is perfect for special diets because it’s vegan, gluten-free, paleo, and made with no added sugar.
Because of its high carotenoid and lycopene content, watermelon can also act as a natural sunscreen. It’s the perfect summertime fruit, and you’re going to love how easy it is to transform the fruit into juice.
Most fruit juice recipes use simple syrup or added sugars. This recipe doesn’t include any added sugars and relies on the natural sweetness of the watermelon.
Why You Need This Recipe
- Make this watermelon juice recipe in a blender or a juicer. Either way, you’ll get a smooth and absolutely fantastic-tasting juice that doesn’t need any sugar.
- Each serving of this delicious juice has approximately 60 calories and 20% of the recommended daily intake of Vitamin C. You’ll also get some vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene. It’s a nourishing perfect summer drink that you can feel good about serving to your friends and family.
- This easy recipe is a great way to use up leftover extra watermelon that is sitting in your fridge.
Key Ingredients
Fresh seedless watermelon makes the base of the juice. Pick a melon that is heavy for its size. This will help ensure you get the sweetest and ripest watermelon that you can.
Fresh mint adds tons of amazing flavor and balances the natural sweetness of the fruit. Mint is on my list of the best vegetables to juice!
Fresh lime also balances the sweet flavor and helps add brightness to the juice.
Recipe Steps
If you have a decent blender, preferably a high-speed blender, you can make watermelon juice in 15 seconds. You don’t need to add water or anything, you simply just blend the watermelon chunks until they are liquified.
This recipe is made a little bit fancy by adding the juice of a fresh lime and some fresh mint leaves. The lime juice (you can also use a little lemon juice) adds brightness and helps balance the watermelon flavor. The fresh mint rounds out the flavors and makes this Watermelon Juice absolutely scrumptious.
On a hot day, there’s nothing like this drink that is essentially a Watermelon Mint Agua Fresca.
Step One
Chill your watermelon in the refrigerator. Then, cut it in half and cut off the rind. Cut the watermelon flesh of half of the watermelon into large chunks. Store the other half of the watermelon for another use.
Step Two
Combine the watermelon chunks, lime juice, and fresh mint in the base of your blender.
Step Three
Blend the watermelon chunks until they are liquified. This should only take between 15-30 seconds in a good blender.
Step Four
Pour the juice through a fine mesh strainer into a large bowl. This will get rid of any pulp from the watermelon.
Step Five
Serve the watermelon immediately, or store it in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve.
Feel free to add ice cubes or serve your simple watermelon juice with a lime slice or watermelon slice.
Recipe Tips & Substitutions
- JUICER INSTRUCTIONS: if you prefer to use a juicer instead of a blender, simply cut the watermelon into pieces that will fit through the feeding tube of your juicer. Then, feed the pieces into the juicer, including the mint and lime pieces as well. Serve immediately.
- Use a seedless watermelon so you don’t have to pick out the black seeds. The white seeds are okay to include as they are flavorless.
- Also, look for a juicy watermelon in season that is heavy for its size.
- For an adult beverage that makes delicious cocktails, add a shot of vodka to your serving for an instant Watermelon Mojito (don’t forget to serve it with some muddled mint in your favorite glass; see my recipe for Watermelon Vodka Cocktail).
- Freeze any leftover juice into an ice cube tray to make watermelon cubes.
Recipe FAQs
No, you don’t, but it will be a little bit thick if you don’t strain it.
You can include a bit of the watermelon rind, but I wouldn’t use too much of it for fear that the juice may turn bitter.
In general, cut watermelon should be consumed within 5 days of cutting it. Cut watermelon is bad if it appears moldy or has dry spots within the pink flesh. Watermelon has gone bad if it smells bad or has obvious mold.
According to the FDA, cut watermelon will last up to 2 hours unrefrigerated. After that, any cut fruit including watermelon should be place in a container with a lid and put into the refrigerator. Cut watermelon in a covered container will last up to 4 days in the fridge.
In North America, watermelon season typically runs from June – October.
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Watermelon Mint Juice
This delicious Watermelon Mint Juice is such an easy and refreshing summertime beverage. It’s naturally sweet and hydrating with no added sugar. Learn how to make it in a juicer or a blender.
- Total Time: 12 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Ingredients
- 8 cups chopped watermelon (from about 1/2 of a large watermelon), chilled
- 1 lime, juiced
- 6 fresh mint leaves
Instructions
- Combine the watermelon chunks in the base of a high-speed blender. Add the lime juice and mint leaves (see notes for juicer instructions).
- Blend on high for about 15 seconds, or until the ingredients are smooth.
- Place a fine-mesh colander over a large bowl, and pour the juice through the colander. Use a spatula to push the juice through the colander.
- Discard the pulp and pour the juice from the bowl into a pitcher.
- Serve immediately.
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Notes
- JUICER INSTRUCTIONS: if you prefer to use a juicer instead of a blender, simply cut the watermelon into pieces that will fit through the feeding tube of your juicer. Then, feed the pieces into the juicer, including the mint and lime pieces as well. Serve immediately.
- If you can, place your watermelon in the refrigerator for several hours so it is chilled. Then, cut the watermelon in half and cut the flesh away from the rind to make the watermelon chunks.
- Store any leftover juice in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- Use a seedless watermelon so you don’t have to pick out the black seeds. The white seeds are okay to include as they are flavorless.
- Look for a juicy watermelon in season that is heavy for its size.
- For an adult beverage, add a shot of vodka to your serving for an instant Watermelon Mojito (don’t forget to serve it with some muddled mint).
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Category: Beverages
- Method: Blender
- Cuisine: Healthy
- Diet: Vegan
Keywords: blender watermelon juice, blended watermelon, watermelon smoothie
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Made this on the weekend for friends and it was a huge hit, especially as 2 of us don’t typically like watermelon. It was so refreshing, and so easy to make. I’ll definitely be making this again!!!
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Thanks so much Lisa, I’m so happy you and your friends liked the juice!
I love this recipe when watermelon is so abundant. So refreshing!!!
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What a fabulous and informative blog post with a super healthy recipe! I am so excited to try this! I will let you know how it goes.
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I have a watermelon on my counter, this is perfect timing. What a delicious drink to round out the summer!
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