Sparkling lemonade just like you’d find in an Italian restaurant! Easy to make homemade fizzy lemonade recipe that kids and grown-ups will both love.

Homemade Fizzy Lemonade Recipe

Our favourite local restaurant is an authentic Italian joint on the other side of town. While it has pizzas and pastas, I love it for the fresh seafood and amazing appetizers – like bruschetta loaded with veggies, or crispy arancini balls.

Our favourite bartender left the restaurant recently – my daughter was obsessed with him and would often beg to be seated at the bar so she could chat with him in between customers. He once made her an authentic Italian sparkling lemonade with a squirt of whipped cream. That is what I’ve attempted to replicate with this recipe.

This sparkling ice lemonade is almost like having a lemon meringue pie in a glass!

Our homemade sparkling lemonade tart and sweet, with a pleasant fizziness and bright lemon flavor. The whipped cream is a fun touch but you can skip it to keep this dairy-free.

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Sparkling Lemonade Ingredients

½ cup lemon juice
2 Tablespoons honey or sugar
Zest of 2 lemons, optional
3 cups club soda
Whipped cream, to taste
3 lemons, sliced
4 mint sprigs, as garnish

Tip: While we used whipped cream for our homemade lemonade fizzy, you can substitute that out for vanilla ice cream or lemon sorbet.

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful

Saucepan
Whisk
Lemon zester (also known as a microplane)
Mesh strainer

How to Make Sparkling Lemonade

First, make your lemon simply syrup. To do so, combine lemon juice, honey, and lemon zest in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk and then let it simmer for 3-5 minutes until it reduces.

Pour the simple syrup through a strainer into a mason jar, to remove the zest. Refrigerate until cold.

TIP: You can make your lemon simple syrup ahead, or in a double batch, so you can make a fizzy lemonade whenever you like!

To Serve:

Fill 4 glasses with ice and lemon slices.

Divide the lemon simple syrup into the glasses and top each with 3/4 cup club soda.

Garnish with whipped cream and mint sprig.

Best enjoyed immediately.

Homemade Sparkling Lemonade Recipe (Printable Copy)

Yield: 4 servings

Sparkling Lemonade Recipe

Sparkling lemonade just like you'd find in an Italian restaurant! Easy to make homemade fizzy lemonade recipe that kids and grown-ups will both love.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

½ cup lemon juice
2 Tablespoons honey or sugar
Zest of 2 lemons, optional
3 cups club soda
Whipped cream, to taste
3 lemons, sliced
4 mint sprigs, as garnish

Instructions

In a saucepan over medium heat, whisk together the lemon juice, honey, and lemon zest. Let it simmer for 3-5 minutes to reduce.
Pour the lemon simple syrup through a strainer into a mason jar, to remove the zest. Refrigerate until cold.
Fill 4 glasses with ice and add the lemon slices.
Divide the lemon syrup into the glasses and top each with 3/4 cup club soda.
Garnish with whipped cream and mint sprig.