Denny's Cherry Cherry Limeade*

By RJamoralin

By Todd Wilbur
Calories: 150

Menu Description: "One part lime. Two parts cherry. All blended with ice-cold Sprite."

Denny's Fusion Favorites are creative drink mixes blended from the chain's soda fountain with a variety of added fruit flavors. The secret ingredients in these trademarked drinks are the flavored syrups dispensed from giant squirt bottles next to the soda machines, but I discovered that we can easily recreate these syrups using kool-Aid drink mix powder. For this drink that is the top choice on the Fusion Favorites menu, dissolve the Kool-Aid mix into a little lime juice for a cherry/lime syrup that can be stirred into a blend of Sprite and Minute-Maid lemonade. And if you want to significantly reduce the calories in this drink, use diet Sprite and light Minute-Maid lemonade and you won't even be able to taste the difference.

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon cherry-flavored Koo-Aid drink mix (sweetened)
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 3/4 cup cold Sprite lemon-lime soda
• 3/4 cup cold Minute-Maid lemonade

Preparation

Step 1

1. Dissolve Kool-Aid mix in lime juice in a small bowl.

2. Fill a 16-ounce glass with ice.

3. Pour Sprite, lemonade, and cherry-lime mix into the glass. Add a straw and serve.