Impress your friends with this low carb drink: black cherry and mint! Schweppes Black Cherry Sparkling Water really tickles my nose and is so much better than a soda filled with sugar!
Preparation:
To cook:
Level: Easy
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 8 Fresh or frozen pitted black cherries
- 6 sheets mint
- Crushed ice
- 2 cans (12 oz size) Schweppes Black Cherry Sparkling Water
- Liquid sweetener, if desired
Preparation
Divide the cherries and mint into glass goblets. Crush cherries and mint. Fill each glass halfway with crushed ice. Pour 12 ounces of Schweppes Black Cherry sparkling water into each glass and stir. Sweeten to taste.
Remarks:
• A muddler is a bar tool used to release the flavors of fresh ingredients such as herbs and fruits. If you don’t have a pestle, you can use the end of a wooden spoon.
• Most smash recipes are mixed in a cocktail mixer, but I don’t recommend this method because of the sparkling water.
• You can leave this drink unsweetened (delicious) or you can sweeten it with drops of liquid stevia. You can also use a powdered sugar-free sweetener such as erythritol to make sugar-free simple syrup. Simply mix ½ cup of erythritol with ½ cup of water in a saucepan and heat until the powder is dissolved.
