This delicious and refreshing lemonade recipe is made with a combination of maple syrup and stevia, making for a drink that is far lower in sugar than the typical recipe!
With summer on the horizon, I couldn’t resist posting an easy recipe for a cold glass of lemonade.
I’ve made this with lemons, limes, and a combination of the two, and it consistently comes out tasting delicious!
If your kids don’t have trouble with citrus, this is something you can feel good about giving them, and the high vitamin C content is great for keeping everyone healthy.
How to make low sugar lemonade
First, gather your ingredients.
- Lemons – I always use fresh lemon juice! None of the bottled stuff.
- Water – Cold water works best, as the drink mixes quick.
- Maple syrup – Honey could substitute, but it has a stronger flavor (though it pairs nicely with lemon!).
- Stevia – If you avoid stevia, you can always add more maple syrup to your taste. I just prefer to keep the sugar content as low as I can.
- Ice – This is delicious served over ice!
Simply add everything to a carafe or small pitcher, stir it all together, pour into glasses, and enjoy!
Recipe tips
You can omit the stevia and add more maple syrup as you like, though it begins to take on a maple flavor after two tablespoons.
You can also use a simple syrup made of sugar and water, which will give it a more authentic taste. Use this in place of the maple syrup.
More lemon recipes
Low Sugar Lemonade (Made with Maple Syrup!)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¾ cup water
- 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
- 8-10 drops liquid stevia depending on your taste for a sweeter or slightly more tart drink
- ice
Instructions
- Mix the first four ingredients by hand.
- Pour it over a cup of ice.
Notes
Nutrition
If you have a chance to try this recipe, please leave a star rating and a comment below letting me know how you liked it!
I didn’t realize how versatile lime and lemon juice is! I’ll have to try it!
Mmm I love the idea of maple syrup in lemonade. It would probably give it a nice hint of a different flavour!
This recipe sounds very nice. I love lemonade, but would have to have it as part of a snack, because on my eating plan I don’t do anything caloric between meals/snacks. My favorite cold drinks are water (which is what I drink most of the time) followed by herbal ice tea. Lately I’ve been enjoying Celestial Seasonings’ True Blueberry as ice tea, which is nice because it doesn’t need sweetener.
YUM! Arik has yet to try lemonade, but he will just eat lemon slices like that so I don’t think we’ll have a problem. 🙂 I will definitely have to give this a try.
Mmm maple syrup in lemonade, never would have thought of it!
This looks great as I have been looking for lemonade with less sugar. I am new to Stevia – do you think the powdered Stevia would work? I just bought some of that and am still deciding if I like it. I bought Nu Natural brand which was recommended to me.
Hi Christine,
I do think the powdered will work fine. I’m not sure on how exactly to convert it though…here is a link to a chart that may help…http://www.stevia.net/conversion.html
Looks great, Lauren.
I love lemonade and make it often for my kiddos. I like the way stevia tastes. I use lemon or orange stavia. I like your use of maple syrup too.
I am sipping on this right now and it’s yummy! It’s my first foray into liquid stevia. Where do you store yours? Cupboard or fridge?
I’m happy you like it Peggy! I keep mine on a shelf in my kitchen. I don’t think it needs refrigeration. 🙂
I am featuring this on my Fun Finds Friday I love it so much. I’m sending people your way for the recipe.
Thank you Peggy! 😀
Yummy!