# Homemade Sprite

Learn to make homemade Sprite using only four ingredients and no high-fructose corn syrup.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups sugar
- 4 lemons
- 8 limes
- 2 cups boiling water
- ice
- Sprite syrup
- 0.5 lemon
- 0.5 lime
- sparkling water

## Instructions

1. Add two cups of sugar to a bowl.
2. Zest four lemons and eight limes into the bowl with the sugar.
3. Mix the zest and sugar together thoroughly to ensure every piece of zest is coated.
4. Let the mixture sit for a couple of hours until it looks like wet sand.
5. Pour two cups of boiling water into the sugar and zest mixture.
6. Stir well until all the sugar is dissolved.
7. Strain the syrup into a beaker or another container.
8. Fill a quart jar halfway with ice.
9. Pour some of your prepared Sprite syrup over the ice.
10. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into the jar.
11. Squeeze the juice of half a lime into the jar.
12. Top off the jar with sparkling water.
13. Give it a good mix and enjoy your homemade Sprite.

## Equipment

- quart jar
- grater
- bowl
- spoon
- sieve
- beaker
- juicer

## Tips

- After a couple of hours, the sugar and zest mixture will look like wet sand, which means it's ready.
- Adjust the amount of syrup to your desired sweetness, starting with 1/4 cup as a good baseline.
- The amount of syrup needed can vary based on the acidity and juice content of the citrus.
- Save this recipe before Sprite makes you take it down!

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15ckgcs6J1/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d2d6576c-2e7d-436b-a151-d6b17dfabbb1
- Extracted: 2025-06-23

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