Whip up this delicious and colorful Rainbow Spritzer as a fun treat on hot days with a whole load of fresh fruit and just 5 minutes of prep.
Suitable for vegan and gluten free diets. Post includes Weight Watchers points.
Want a fun fruit based drink, made with healthy fruit that can be served alongside pretty much everything? Then look no further than this refreshing family-friendly Rainbow Fruit Spritzer Recipe.
And just like these Red, White and Blue Ice cubes, Starbucks Pink Drink, or Rainbow Fruit Salad, You only need a few ingredients to make this incredibly colorful Rainbow Fruit Mocktail that is so easy that the kids can make it unsupervised. Serve this up on a hot summer day, for brunch, Mother’s Day, St Patricks Day, Memorial Day, all sorts of festive occasions, and more.
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Why Make This Recipe
- Easy – it has 2 simple ingredients and is ready in 5 minutes.
- Leftover fruit – A great way to use up your leftover fruit.
- Colorful – it’s loved by kids, big and small.
- Economical – a few everyday ingredients combined go a long way toward quenching the thirst of your whole family without spending a fortune.
Ingredient Notes
- Fruit – Grab sweet fresh fruit bursting with flavor or use canned fruit if you prefer.
- Sprite – you can use regular or sugar free sprite (or other lemon lime flavored soda) or lemonade.
How To Make Rainbow Spritzer
Get full ingredients list and instructions from the recipe card below.
- Layer fruit in a rainbow pattern in the glasses.
- Top glasses with sprite (or lemonade) and serve.
Tips For Success And Variations
- You don’t need to layer the fruit, you can mix them up if you prefer.
- Chill the fruit to keep the drink cold.
- Feel free to combine different fruits to change up the flavor profile.
- Vary the liquid – use sparkling water, lemon-lime soda, ginger ale and more.
- Amend by occasion – eg red white and blue for memorial day, green, white and red for Christmas etc.
Budget Friendly Tips
- Freeze leftover fruits and use frozen fruits to make this when needed.
- Use the fruit you happen to have on hand – see suggestions below.
- Canned fruit is an economical way of making this recipe.
- Use store-brand lemon lime flavored soda instead of Sprite.
Storage
- Prep ahead – cut up the fruit a day in advance and keep chilled.
- Refrigerate – this is best served right away but if you want to store, keep in a sealed container inside the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
What Type Of Fruit To Use In This Spritzer?
Here are some suggestions for fruits to use as rainbow fruit based on color.
- Red – Strawberries, raspberries, grapes, cherries, red apples, watermelon.
- Orange – Peaches, oranges, mango, cantaloupe melon, papaya.
- Yellow – pineapple, nectarines, apricot.
- Green – Kiwi, green grapes, honeydew melon, green apples.
- Blue – Blueberries.
- Purple – Deep red grapes, blackberries, plums.
FAQs
Fresh fruit is best but you certainly can make it with frozen fruit.
Weight Watchers Points
There are 3 Blue Plan SmartPoints in one serving of this.
More Recipes You’ll Like
- Strawberry Sweet Tea.
- Caramel Frappe.
- Melon Agua Fresca.
- Red, White and Blue Ice Cubes.
- Mexican Paletas.
- Rainbow Fruit Salad.
- Starbucks Pink Drink.
Get The Rainbow Mocktail Recipe:
Rainbow Fruit Spritzer Mocktail
Ingredients
Instructions
- Starting from the bottom of each glass, layer the fruit in a rainbow effect, finishing with strawberries on top.
- Pour sprite over the fruit to fill the glasses.
Notes
- You don’t need to layer the fruit, you can mix them if you prefer.
- Chill the fruit to keep the drink cold.
- Feel free to combine different fruits to change up the flavor profile.
- Vary the liquid – make it sparkling water, lemonade, ginger ale.
- Amend to suit the occasion – e.g. red white and blue fruit for Memorial Day, and green, white, and red for Christmas, etc.
- Freeze leftover fruits and use frozen fruits to make this when needed.
- Use which ever fruits you have to hand – see suggestions below.
- Canned fruit are an economical way of making these drinks.
- There are 3 WW Blue Plan SmartPoints in one serving.
Jen
These would be great by the pool for the kids during the summer. Love the carbonation from the soda with the mix of the fruit. So easy to make too.
Michelle
What a fantastic way to enjoy fruit and water at the same time! Super refreshing!
Beth
What a great way to kick off the summer! Perfect for my family and definitely refreshing! Can’t wait to make this all summer long!
Jessica Formicola
This is such a fun idea! It would be perfect to make for Mother’s Day brunch!