Blake Lively Shares Her Antioxidant-Rich Lemonade

While summer is nearing its end, we’re still looking for refreshing drinks to mix up and beat the heat. Lemonade is a classic with every sweet, puckery sip.

The citrusy drink is typically made with water, sugar, lemon juice and ice stirred together. To take it up a notch, you can throw in other fruits like blueberries or strawberries. But nothing compares to Blake Lively’s fresh and customizable take on lemonade that she recently shared in a video with Vogue.

“I am in a household with people of all different ages, all different preferences, so it’s easy if you just make a base and then sort of modify for people’s preferences,” Lively shares while filling a pitcher with ice. 

To make her lemonade concentrate, she starts by pouring in Betty Buzz’s Meyer Lemon Club Soda—any club soda can work for this, but this is Lively’s brand. Then, things get interesting: the It Ends With Us actor reveals the surprising ingredients she swears by in her lemonade that do not come from your normal squeeze. 

“My secret ingredients are bourbon vanilla extract, butter extract and bourbon smoked sugar,” she explains. These ingredients will enhance the sweetness with rich, buttery flavors. While Lively doesn’t share her measurements, she uses about a teaspoon of each when stirred into the lemonade base.

The star also doubles up on the lemons she uses, highlighting both regular lemons and meyer lemons in her recipe. Alongside the sour fruit, she adds more brightness with fresh-squeezed orange juice. Both lemons and oranges are antioxidant-rich and packed with vitamin C, which is great for your skin health and immune health. 

You can serve the lemonade as-is to include in your end-of-summer rotation, or make it into a cocktail like Lively by pouring in tequila or bourbon for an occasional sip. Either way, we love that this lemonade is fairly low in added sugar when compared to the standard sweet beverage, as lemonade and fruity cocktails are prime sources of added sugar. We’re definitely looking forward to enjoying this summer beverage before the weather cools down.

Try out Lively’s lemonade that embraces the taste of both summer fruit and warm fall aromas. For more bubbly versions that are bursting with flavor, try our Ginger-Thyme Sparkling Lemonade or our Sparkling Strawberry-Ginger Lemonade.