Food and Recipes Drinks 18 Frozen Drink Recipes To Help You Beat the Summer Heat By Jenna Sims Jenna Sims Jenna is a Digital Editor for Southern Living and joined the team in 2014. She writes, produces, and assigns content with a focus on email growth and commerce content. She covers a range of topics in the lifestyle space from holiday gift guides to new product launches to tips for cooking with your air fryer. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on July 29, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Photographer: Antonis Achilleos, Prop Stylist:Christine Keely Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer Our cold and refreshing frozen drink recipes will help make surviving the heat of a Southern summer a little more enjoyable. Whether you are looking for an alcoholic or non-aloholic frozen drink to sip this summer, there's sure to be a recipe in our collection that will become your new go-to sipper. We have frozen alcoholic drink recipes that are made with rum, vodka, tequila, bourbon, and even wine. Plus, most frozen drink recipes come together in just a few minutes with a small amount of ingredients with the help of your trusty blender. You may even already have all of the ingredients for some of these easy frozen drink recipes in your kitchen, so you can get to sipping ASAP without needing to take a trip to the grocery store. From a classic Frozen Margarita to a Banana Daiquiri and more, here are our best frozen drink recipes you'll want to make all summer long. 01 of 18 Strawberry Piña Coladas Photographer and props: Jennifer Causey Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Strawberry Piña Coladas Think of this refreshing drink as a vacation in a cup. They can be made with or without the white rum. 02 of 18 Frozen Margarita Antonis Achilleos Recipe: Frozen Margarita This recipe makes a big batch of frozen margaritas, enough to serve 8, so it's great for summer dinner parties. 03 of 18 Mint Julep Slush Caitlin Bensel Recipe: Mint Julep Slush We turned the classic Julep drink into a refreshing frozen drink that you'll want to enjoy long past Derby season. 04 of 18 Banana Daiquiri Antonis Achilleos Recipe: Banana Daiquiri Use this recipe to turn ripe bananas, coconut rum, lime juice, orange liqueur, sugar, and ice into a tropical sipper in just 30 seconds. 05 of 18 Frozen Blueberry Lemonade Alison Miksch Recipe: Frozen Blueberry Lemonade Add the sweetness of blueberries to the tart flavors of lemonade for a summery drink you'll want to sip every day. You can use frozen blueberries or fresh. If you have fresh, however, let them freeze overnight for an extra thick lemonade. 06 of 18 Frozen Lemonade Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Melissa Gray; Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford Recipe: Frozen Lemonade One of the only things that's more refreshing on a hot summer day than a cup of fresh-squeezed lemonade is this frozen take on the classic drink. 07 of 18 Watermelon Slushie Recipe: Watermelon Slushie A refreshing non-alcoholic slush provides another way to enjoy watermelon during the summer. 08 of 18 Key Lime Daiquiris Antonis Achilleos; Prop Stylist: Kay E. Clarke; Food Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey Recipe: Key Lime Daiquiris Grenadine gives this daiquiri a red hue while fresh Key lime juice gives it a tart flavor. 09 of 18 Peach Margaritas CREDIT: JENNIFER CAUSEY; FOOD STYLING: LOREN WOOD; PROP STYLING: CHRISTINE KEELY Recipe: Peach Margaritas Add a hit of Southern sweetness to the classic frozen margarita with fresh peaches. Frozen peaches will work, too, but while the fruits are rolling in at the farmers' market, make the most of them in this frozen drink. 10 of 18 Watermelon Daiquiri Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners Recipe: Watermelon Daiquiri Freezing the watermelon before processing it in your blender is what gives this drink its frozen texture. 11 of 18 Bourbon Cola Grenadine Slush Caitlin Bensel Recipe: Bourbon Cola Grenadine Slush The only necessary ingredients for this slush are Coca-Cola, bourbon, and cherry syrup, but we like adding maraschinos to garnish. 12 of 18 Frozen Peach Old Fashioned Hector Sanchez; Styling: Buffy Hargett Recipe: Frozen Peach Old Fashioned Garnish with fresh mint and peach slices, if desired. 13 of 18 Frozen Strawberry Lemonade Recipe: Frozen Strawberry Lemonade Both kids and adults will love this summertime sipper. 14 of 18 Bushwacker Meredith Food Studios Recipe: Bushwacker What's a bushwacker? Only the greatest boozy chocolaty milkshake ever. Caribbean islands claim this drink as their original creation, but Florida Panhandle bars have made it famous. With several kinds of liquor, vanilla ice cream, and a hit of chocolate syrup, this frozen drink is seriously sippable. Perhaps even dangerously so. 15 of 18 Black-Eyed Susan Slushies Victor Protasio; Food Stying: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis Recipe: Black-Eyed Susan Slushies If desired, you can add 1 ½ ounces of bourbon to each glass along with the ginger ale. 16 of 18 Mississippi Mudslides Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Heather Chadduck Recipe: Mississippi Mudslides This recipe turns ice cream into a sweet, creamy afternoon treat that's spiked with bourbon. 17 of 18 Whiskey Sour Slush Southern Living Recipe: Whiskey Sour Slush This drink recipe will need to chill for at least eight hours before it's served, so it's a great make-ahead option for entertaining. 18 of 18 Frozen Raspberry Lemonade Photographer: Antonis Achilleos, Prop Stylist:Christine Keely Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer Recipe: Frozen Raspberry Lemonade Instead of ice, we use frozen fruit in this lemonade to make it extra thick and icy. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit