Creamy Blended Cherry Limeade with Gin

This luscious Gin-Spiked Creamy Blended Cherry Limeade is a fun adult drink for warmer weather! It's the perfect summertime adult beverage, made with just 5 ingredients, in under 5 minutes.

Did you see the viral TikTok creamy lemonade that was all the rage a few seasons ago? We took that idea, but made it frozen, spiked it, and instead of lemonade - we made cherry limeade instead!

It's truly a delight - and the addition of Empress 1908 gin is a real treat for gin lovers! This drink is perfect for sipping during warmer weather. It's refreshing and sweet, but not too sweet, creamy, and a true summertime favorite!

For more summertime favorites, try our mango cherry popsicles, this butterfly pea tea lemonade, this strawberry basil cocktail, this cherry lemonade, or these chocolate cherry frozen yogurt popsicles!

Try our blueberry gin cocktail, or this Floradora cocktail for more fruity drinks made with Empress gin!

❤️Why We Love This Recipe

• Quick and easy. This is a recipe you can make in 5 minutes with just a blender! It couldn't be more simple to pull together.
• Made with simple ingredients. You only need 5 ingredients that can be found at any grocery store to make this recipe, if you don't already have them on hand!
• Refreshing and delicious. It's creamy, it's tangy, it's sweet, and it's frozen, what's not to love?! This refreshing sip is just perfect.
• Great for gatherings. This recipe is easy to scale up and make lots of them for guests or gatherings. Each batch makes 4 at a time, so you don't have to be in the kitchen for the entirety of your get-together!

🍒Ingredients

Here are the ingredients we used for this recipe. You can find more information for substitutions below.

• Limes. We use one whole lime and fresh lime juice to give this drink a really refreshing flavor! The lime juice needs to be fresh - trust us on this!
• Frozen cherries. Frozen are a must here, this will help keep the drink cold! If you have to use fresh cherries, you'll need to add more ice. Also - make sure no cherry pits end up in the blender!
• Sweetened condensed milk. Not evaporated milk - they are not the same! Place a can in the fridge for a few hours before mixing this drink up so it can get nice and cold!
• Gin. Use your favorite gin. We love Empress 1908 Gin, it's truly our favorite and makes an appearance in all of our gin drinks on the site. That's because it's a premium gin, and not only is it beautiful, but it tastes amazing.

Visit the recipe card for the full quantities and nutritional information.

✨Substitutions & Variations

Here are a few suggestions on additional flavors to try, or simple variations to this recipe.

• Dairy-free/vegan. Feel free to use coconut sweetened condensed milk instead of regular to make this drink dairy-free or vegan!
• Add more fruit. You can add berries in addition to the cherries. Strawberries and raspberries in particular would taste wonderful with this!
• Swap the liquor. This drink would work well with virtually any spirit of your choosing, including vodka, bourbon, rum, and tequila!
• Alcohol free. If you want to make it a mocktail, just omit the gin. You may need to add a splash of water or juice (we'd recommend using cherry juice) to help the mixture blend properly. You can also use a non-alcoholic gin as a 1:1 substitute.

🔪Prep work

• Chill the gin and sweetened condensed milk well before mixing this drink up.
• Wash and quarter one lime.  
• Squeeze one cup of fresh lime juice.
• Measure out the remaining ingredients.

Add lime juice and a whole quartered lime to the blender. (Image 1)

Add in the sweetened condensed milk and the gin. (Image 2)

Add the frozen cherries and the ice to the blender. (Image 3)

Blend until creamy and smooth. (Image 6)

Garnish with fresh cherries, mint, and lime wheel Enjoy!