Easy Homemade Strawberry Soda

If you crave a sweet treat with bubbles or enjoy soda but really don't know what is actually IN it, it's time to take matters in to your own hands. Make your own delicious & refreshing Strawberry Soda recipe.

Why you'll love this homemade soda recipe

• Homemade Strawberry Soda always hits the spot. And the good news is since you are cooking down the strawberries, it's fine if they are not at their spring / summer peak. BUT if they are, all the better for you!
• This refreshing recipe is easy to make AND you know what's in it.
• You can control the sugar too!
• If you want to add a bit of booze, you totally can as well 🙂

I make homemade simple syrup all the time for both flavoring my fruit sodas (This Lime Soda recipe is what I drink on the daily). As well as for feeding the hummingbirds (never give them the.

I do love those beautiful lil' hummingbirds that come visit me. They come for the good homemade stuff as well as the flowers I have planted for them. It's the little things that make me happy 🙂

Ingredients to make Strawberry Soda

• Fresh or frozen strawberries
• Your preferred sugar or agave or natural sweetener of choice
• Club soda, seltzer water, mineral or sparkling water

Instructions

• Combine chopped strawberries, sugar and water in a pot and cook it down. Allow it to cool. Puree the mixture and store in mason jar until you are ready to make a homemade soda.
• All you need to do is to turn the strawberries into a loose puree (not as thick as a jam) and once its cool or chilled, mix that with your bubble water for strawberry soda.

Variations Making Strawberry Soda

• Add a half of a vanilla bean or vanilla extract for strawberry vanilla soda.
• Add fresh lime for strawberry lime soda.
• Combine your fruit of choice with the strawberries (like blackberries, raspberries or blueberries) for homemade berry soda.
• Go crazy with your favorite fruits and come up with your own combination. Mango-strawberry, pineapple-strawberry, etc.
• Add in some heavy cream and you'll have an Italian Strawberry Cream Soda
• Make it a cocktail by adding vodka. Muddle fresh strawberries and basil add the puree, vanilla vodka and sprite (or simple syrup) or club. mmmm!

Tips

• Clean your berries before beginning. Be sure to cut off any leaves, white areas and rotten areas. Slice your berries into small chunks.
• Allow mixture to fully cool before blending. Use immersion blender or blender for pureeing.
• If too thick, add in a bit of water.
• Depending on how sweet the berries are, will determine how much sugar to add. Start with less and go from there as you taste and adjust.
• Make this as sweet or as tarty as you enjoy.

Storage

• Store in refrigerator for 2-3 weeks in a sealed mason jar (since you cook the berries with sugar, the sugar helps preservative it) If using alternative sugars, do a little research..
• Freeze in ice cube trays for longer storage (up to 6 months).

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Enjoy this strawberry soda and have fun coming up with additional homemade soda flavors! XO - Colleen