Description
A frosty diner-style cherry cola slushie blended with dark sweet cherries, vanilla, and a splash of lime for the ultimate fizzy frozen treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups (360ml) classic cola, chilled ice-cold
- 1 ½ cups frozen dark sweet cherries
- 1 tsp pure vanilla bean paste or clear vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 ½ cups ice cubes
- Whipped cream for garnish
- Cherry syrup for garnish
- 2 maraschino cherries for garnish
Instructions
- Add the frozen dark sweet cherries, ice cubes, vanilla bean paste, and fresh lime juice into a high-powered blender.
- Slowly pour the chilled cola over the ingredients and allow the foam to settle for 5 seconds.
- Secure the blender lid tightly.
- Use the pulse setting in 2-second bursts instead of blending continuously.
- Repeat pulsing 8 to 10 times until the mixture becomes thick and slushy.
- Divide the cherry cola slushie evenly between two tall chilled glasses.
- Top each glass with whipped cream.
- Drizzle cherry syrup over the whipped cream.
- Garnish with maraschino cherries and serve immediately with straws.
Notes
Use ice-cold cola to keep the slushie thick and frosty. Pulsing instead of continuous blending preserves the fizzy texture and prevents over-melting.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 35mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg