This Homemade Shirley Temple tastes just like the classic, but is made with real ingredients and is so fun (and easy) to make.
Homemade Shirley Temple
What you’ll need:
- Pomegranate Juice
- Sugar
- Orange Peels
- Lemon Peels
- Cherries
- Cherry Juice
- Lemon Juice
- Vanilla Extract
- Almond Extract
- Ginger Ale (I use Olipop for a low sugar option)
- Lime
DIETARY NOTES
This recipe is made with real ingredients and fits seamlessly into the following dietary needs when using the products/brands (or ones that are similar) listed in the recipe:
- gluten free
- grain free
- vegetarian
- vegan
- nut free (almond extract should be fine, but omit if desired)
- soy free
- egg free
As always, be sure to read ingredient labels to ensure that the ingredients you are using meet your specific needs!
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More Cherry Recipes to Love
- Cherry Chip Smoothie
- Cherry Chip Espresso Martini
- Cherry Vanilla Iced Latte
- Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake
- Cherry Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
Method
- Remove the peels from 4 oranges and 4 lemons, then add them to a pot with the pomegranate juice and sugar.
- Bring it to a boil on the stove, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heat, then strain the contents, leaving the peels behind, into a jar.
- Once cool, cover the jar with a lid and keep in the fridge.
- Combine the sugar, tart cherry juice and lemon juice in a pot.
- On the stove, bring the contents to a simmer and mix here and there. Once the sugar is fully dissolved, remove from heat.
- Once fully cool, add in the vanilla and almond extracts.
- Pit fresh cherries (save the stems if you wish for garnishing later!)
- Add the cherries to a large jar and pour the syrup over top. Allow the cherries to marinate overnight in the fridge for best results!
- In a cup with ice, pour in grenadine and ginger ale with a squeeze of lime over top.
- Spoon a little of the maraschino cherry juice over the top, stir the drink then top with cherries. Cheers!
Once the cherries have marinated overnight on the counter, they need to be refrigerated right?
Marinate in the fridge! The cherries and syrups need to be refrigerated as everything is fresh with no preservatives 🙂
So delicious. Made the grenadine and maraschino cherries one day and then the Shirley temples a couple days later. We loved it.
Perfect! So glad to hear 🙂