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Watermelon Crush

Apr 19, 2023 by Lauren Pacek · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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This Watermelon Crush cocktail is so perfect for warm weather sipping. It gets its gorgeous color and amazing flavor from fresh watermelon juice.

Crush cocktails are super popular in the DMV area of the United States. Orange Crush is the OG variety, but you can find crushes in a number of flavors. Check out my Key Lime Pie Crush, Grapefruit Crush, and Orange Creamsicle Crush for a few examples.

two tall glasses with crushed ice, filled with watermelon crush cocktail
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  • 🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe
  • 💭 What is a Watermelon Crush?
  • 📝 Ingredients
  • 👩🏻‍🍳 How to make a Watermelon Crush
  • 🔗 More Crush cocktails
  • 🔗 More vodka cocktail recipes
  • ❓ FAQs
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  • ✨ Recipe
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🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe

It's made with fresh ingredients. Fresh juices make for the most delicious drinks.
It tastes great. It's sweet, a little tart, and fizzy. In short, it's perfection.
It's gorgeous. I mean, look at that color! 😍

💭 What is a Watermelon Crush?

According to Punch, a Crush cocktail gets its name from "the swift yanking of an industrial press juicer that flattens fresh orange halves, sending frothy OJ plummeting into a pint glass filled with ice, vodka and triple sec." As the description may lead you to realize, orange is the original flavor.

At its most basic, a Crush is made up of vodka (sometimes plain, sometimes flavored), triple sec (sometimes), fresh fruit juice, and crushed ice. Crushes come in a wide variety of flavors. There's the: grapefruit crush, lemonade, pineapple, orange creamsicle crush, key lime pie crush... the list goes on. Basically, if you can dream, you can crush it.

A Watermelon Crush, as you might guess, is made with fresh watermelon juice. It's a really delicious, beautiful (look at the color!) variation on the classic Crush.

📝 Ingredients

You only need a handful of ingredients to make this cocktail. They're pictured and described below. Let's go through them!

ingredients for making a watermelon crush cocktail
  • Watermelon (juice): I highly recommend making your own watermelon juice. The bottled stuff that you can buy in the store just isn't the same. All you need to do is take some fresh watermelon and run it through a food processor or blender, then strain out the solids. That's it! You've made fresh watermelon juice!
  • Lime juice: Freshly squeezed, please!
  • Vodka: Crushes are vodka-based cocktails. I used a plain vodka, but you could use watermelon-flavored vodka if you have some and that's your jam. You don't have to use anything too too spendy, but make sure that you like the vodka that you're using.
  • Lemon lime soda: Use your favorite lemon lime soda. As you can see in the photo, I went with Sprite.

👩🏻‍🍳 How to make a Watermelon Crush

A Crush cocktail gets built right in your glass. First, you'll want to start out with a tall glass filled with crushed ice.

two tall glasses filled with crushed ice, sitting on a gold drink tray

Next, add the watermelon juice, lime juice, and vodka to the glass.

watermelon juice being poured into a tall glass filled with crushed ice

After that, top everything off with lemon lime soda.

Sprite being poured into a tall glass with crushed ice that's partially filled with watermelon juice

Next, make sure to give the drink a gentle stir with a bar spoon. And that's it! You can garnish your drink with fresh mint and/or some fresh watermelon, if you're feeling fancy.

two tall glasses with crushed ice, filled with watermelon crush cocktail

🔗 More Crush cocktails

I have a few more Crush cocktails on this site, too! You can click on any of the photos below to be taken to the recipe.

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    Key Lime Pie Crush
  • an orange creamsicle crush garnished with whipped cream and an orange wedge, plus a metal straw
    Orange Creamsicle Crush
  • Grapefruit Crush Cocktail | A Nerd Cooks
    Grapefruit Crush

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❓ FAQs

What is a Crush cocktail?

It's a cocktail made up of vodka, triple sec (sometimes), fresh fruit juice, and crushed ice. It originates in the DMV area (where Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia meet).

Do I have to use fresh watermelon juice?

I highly recommend it. Fresh juice is going to give you the best flavor. If you have to, you can use a store bought watermelon juice.

Can I batch this cocktail?

Since it gets built in the glass, it's a little hard to batch this drink. However, you can totally make a big batch of fresh watermelon juice to make the assembly process go quickly when making more than one drink.

two tall glasses with crushed ice, filled with watermelon crush cocktail

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two tall glasses with crushed ice, filled with watermelon crush cocktail

Watermelon Crush

Lauren Pacek
This Watermelon Crush cocktail is perfect for warm weather sipping. It gets gorgeous color and amazing flavor from fresh watermelon juice.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 2 minutes mins
0 minutes mins
Total Time 7 minutes mins
Course Vodka
Cuisine American
Servings 1 cocktail
Calories 154 kcal

Equipment

  • Cocktail jigger
  • Collins glasses
  • Bar spoon

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ounces watermelon juice see notes
  • ½ ounce lime juice
  • 1.5 ounces vodka
  • 3 ounces lemon lime soda
  • fresh mint and/or fresh watermelon for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Add the watermelon juice, lime juice, and vodka to a tall glass filled with crushed ice.
  • Top with lemon lime soda.
  • Give everything a gentle stir with a bar spoon.
  • Garnish with fresh mint and/or fresh watermelon, if desired.

Notes

  • To make fresh watermelon juice, add cubed fresh watermelon to a blender or food processor. Blend/process until smooth. Strain the pureed watermelon through a fine mesh strainer. Store the watermelon juice in the fridge (should keep for a few days). As the juice sits, it will separate a bit. Just give everything a stir when you're ready to use it.

Nutrition

Calories: 154kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 0.5gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.01gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.03gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.02gSodium: 10mgPotassium: 81mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 330IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 0.2mg

Disclaimer: Nutritional information is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

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  1. Rachel B

    April 27, 2023 at 9:55 pm

    Delicious! Made myself this recipe tonight and made my kiddo mocktails omitting the vodka! Super tasty!! Would like to try with white rum and gin!

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    • Lauren Pacek

      April 28, 2023 at 12:57 am

      I think rum or gin would be great in this drink, too! I'm so glad that you liked it!!

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