Lime Passionfruit Mocktail
This Lime Passionfruit Mocktail tastes like a tropical vacation in a glass. Tart and sweet passionfruit syrup is mixed with fresh lime juice, topped off with bubbly sparkling water, and served over ice. This fruity non-alcoholic drink is kid-friendly and so refreshing.
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Why This Recipe is So Good
First off, what does passionfruit taste like? Passionfruit is one of my favorite fruits because it’s so fruity and tropical. It’s very tart, slightly sweet and smells and tastes like a tropical vacation. Passionfruit is so good with any tropical fruit – mango, pineapple, coconut, etc, and it makes the best Passionfruit Iced Tea and lemonade. Really, you could add it to water and it would be amazing. It’s kinda annoying to try to find fresh passionfruit here in the Midwest, so I usually buy the frozen puree chunks from this brand.
This fun tropical mocktail is sweetened with a homemade passionfruit simple syrup. I used frozen passionfruit puree to make a simple syrup with sugar and water. You can swap the sugar for honey but it still needs to be heated because honey tends to clump in cold, icy drinks.
Recipe Ingredients
Passionfruit syrup – This is a simple syrup made with frozen passionfruit puree and equal amounts of water and sugar. It’s sweet, slightly tart and very fruity!
Lime juice – Plays so nicely with the tartness of the passionfruit. Add more or less depending on personal preference.
Sparkling water – Steps in for the alcohol in this mocktail recipe. Use any sparkling water you like. I used sparkling water because it stays fizzy for a while.
How to Make A Passionfruit Mocktail
All ingredients, measurements, and instructions are in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Make passionfruit simple syrup: To a medium sauce pot, add ½ cup frozen passionfruit puree, ½ cup filtered water, and 1 cup cane sugar. Cook on medium heat for 10 – 15 minutes or until the syrup reaches a gentle simmer. Allow it to simmer for 5 more minutes then remove from the heat to cool to room temperature. Transfer syrup to a mason jar or an air-tight container. Use immediately or store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Make a passionfruit mocktail: Fill a short glass ¾ of the way with ice. Pour over passionfruit syrup and lime juice. Top off with sparkling water. Stir and enjoy!
Tips and Tricks
- Fresh passionfruit: Use 2 fresh passionfruit (2 tablespoons of pulp) instead of the syrup.
- Sweetness: Passionfruit and lime juice are pretty sour, so I used more syrup, but this is up to personal preference how sweet or sour you want your mocktail to taste.
- Sparkling water: Any type of sparkling water or club soda works here. Make sure it’s chilled and wait until you are ready to serve before adding the sparkling water so your mocktail isn’t flat.
- Variations: Mix in a splash of coconut water, pineapple juice, or even mango juice. Make a passionfruit mojito mocktail by including a few muddled mint leaves.
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Lime Passionfruit Mocktail
Equipment
- Short glasses
- Scale or measuring spoons
Ingredients
Passion fruit mocktail
- 2 ounces passion fruit syrup about 5 tablespoons, or 2 fresh passionfruit (about 2 tablespoons of pulp)
- ½ ounce lime juice 1 – 1 ½ tablespoons or ½ lime
- 4 ounces sparkling water chilled or ½ cup
- Ice for serving
Passion fruit syrup
- ½ cup frozen passionfruit puree
- ½ cup filtered water
- ½ cup cane sugar
Instructions
Make passionfruit simple syrup:
- To a medium sauce pot, add ½ cup frozen passionfruit puree, ½ cup filtered water, and ½ cup cane sugar. Cook on medium heat for 10 – 15 minutes or until the syrup reaches a gentle simmer. Allow it to simmer for 5 more minutes then remove from the heat to cool to room temperature. Transfer syrup to a mason jar or an air-tight container. Use immediately or store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Make a passionfruit mocktail:
- Fill a short glass ¾ the way with ice.
- Pour over 2 ounces passion fruit syrup and ½ ounce lime juice.
- Top off with 4 ounces sparkling water. Stir and enjoy!
Using fresh passionfruit
- Start by dissolving 1 1/2 tablespoons of granulated sugar in a little bit of warm water. Scoop out the pulp from two passionfruit (about 2 tablespoons), strain out the seeds, then add the passionfruit juice to the glass with the sugar. Add the juice of half a lime or to taste. Add ice, then top off with sparkling water.
Notes
How To Store/ Make Ahead
Passionfruit simple syrup can be stored in the fridge for up to 2 weeks in an air-tight container.Tips and Tricks
- Sweetness: Passionfruit and lime juice are pretty sour, so I used more syrup, but this is up to personal preference how sweet or sour you want your mocktail to taste.
- Sparkling water: Any type of sparkling water or club soda works here. Make sure it’s chilled and wait until you are ready to serve before adding the sparkling water so your mocktail isn’t flat.
- Variations: Mix in a splash of coconut water, pineapple juice, or even mango juice. Make a passionfruit mojito mocktail by including a few muddled mint leaves.
