Blushing Apple Juleps
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When was the last time you sat outside and sipped on something? When I was little, that was what folks did during their downtime. They’d drag a chair underneath a shade tree, pour a big glass of iced tea or lemonade and sit and sip as they visited.
You used to love company showing up because that meant you had an excuse to take a break from work! This weekend with all of the Derby talk, I got to thinking of apple juleps and how much fun my family has sitting and chatting on the patio so I mixed us up a batch of these blushing ones and my kids were thrilled. This is one of their favorite fruity drinks and I usually make a double batch for us to sip on for a few days. Mixing these delicious concoctions up is as simple as pouring the juice in and stirring, so I do hope you get to try them soon!
P.S. Unlike traditional juleps, these are alcohol free and family friendly 
You’ll need: Lemon Juice, Pineapple Juice, Apple Juice, and a bit or Orange Juice
The orange juice is in a measuring cup because it was from frozen concentrate and my pretty pitcher was being used for this tutorial.
If anyone talks to the executives at Dole today, can you tell them that this pineapple juice container is completely ridiculous, please? Something with a resealable lid would be nice. I’ve personally never downed two quarts of pineapple juice in one sitting but maybe that’s just me. Maybe the ridiculous container is part of their marketing plan. “If we refuse to package pineapple juice like every other conceivable type of juice on the aisle, if we withhold the convenience of a resealable bottle, maybe people will feel compelled to drink it all at once! Maybe a huge pineapple juice addiction will erupt! Maybe they’ll feed it to their babies to get them addicted, too! We’ll be rich! Rich, I tell ya!”
See? I uncover evil plots every day. When you start seeing news reports on rampant pineapple juice addiction you can just scoff and smugly say “Pfft, Christy totally said that was gonna happen.”
This is what is going to make our juleps blush, a jar of maraschino cherries.
Who decided how to spell that, anyway?
So we’re going to use a bit of the cherry juice and also put a cherry or two in each glass….and then I’ll pretty much eat the rest as I’m going about uploading these pictures.
Mix all of your juices together in a pitcher.
Add 3-4 Tablespoons of Cherry Juice to make it blush, then stir.
I blush easily. Very easily. It has something to do with the fact that I have the complexion of Casper, as my friend Tim says.
Place this in a refrigerator and chill until ready to serve.
Some folks (I know you’re out there) were wondering what that picture looked like that you’ve seen in the background of my last two photos so here is a close up. It’s made by Dayspring.
And while we’re detouring…
So this weekend while making the juleps, I remembered that our PPB (Poor Pitiful Bachelor who desperately needs someone to cook for him, to hear him tell it) had requested something fruity, citrusy, and cold in the form of a pie. Katy Rose just loves and adores PPB so she and I made two pies, one for us and one for him. Katy Rose made his. Can you guess which one it is?
These are Mandarin Orange Pies and you can click here for the recipe if you’d like it. It kind of has a lemon meringue pie taste to it, with bits of pineapple and mandarin oranges.
Ready for the finale?
Serve over ice.
VOILA! Blushing Apple Juleps!
AND I got to put those two years of high school french to good use! You can only imagine how very useful french is in North Alabama, a clear testimony to my wisdom as a teenager.
I’m not usually one to garnish but the sprig of green that you see in this photo is Lemon Balm, part of the mint family. I planted Lemon Balm three years ago and it pretty much refuses to die. It has grown into a huge bush, won’t even die back in the winter, and thrives despite my complete and total neglect. I think that is what it takes to be a fresh herb that makes it into one of my tutorials .
If you pick a leaf of lemon balm and rub it between your fingers, it smells like lemon drops. I like to take three or four leaves and drop them in my tea as it’s cooking (I “cook” tea in a pot, we’ve never called it “brewing”), right along with the tea bags. I discard them with the bags before I mix it up and my tea has just the slightest hint of lemon to it – delicious! Now go make juleps!
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Apple Juice
- 1 Cup Orange Juice
- 1 Cup Pineapple Juice
- 1/4 Cup Lemon Juice
- 1 Jar Maraschino Cherries
Instructions
- Pour all juices into a 2 quart pitcher and stir well.
- Add in 3-4 Tablespoons of juice from jar of cherries and stir again. Chill until ready to serve.
- Serve over ice, with a cherry in each glass. Garnish with mint or Lemon Balm, if desired. Or just drink it and leave the plants in the yard!
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I love that sign! It’s almost like I was meant to see it right now at this point in time!
Yum! I love fruity drinks (minus the alcohol)!
I hear ya on the pineapple juice; I wish they would make it in a 24 oz can instead of 46 oz.
I hope you get to try them soon Erika!!
Yum! Looks like I found our next BBQ drink! Keep spreading the sunshine!
I hope you enjoy them Danielle!!!
I am so glad to hear that I am not the only one who complains that the only way you can buy pineapple juice is in the can! (which I do EVERY time I go and buy it) It would be so simple to put it in a resealable container! Love your website and all of your delicious recipes!
Thank you so much Renee!! I am so glad to hear that you are enjoying the recipes!
I’m diabetic so I have to be careful about fruity drinks, but this looks and sounds so tempting. I’m sure with all the products available now, I can come up with a delicious version for my diabetic friends and me.
Thanks!
I hope you can find diabetic friendly ingredients as well Theresa!!
I will be fixing this later in the week, but I also wanted to know where you found your beautiful pitcher! Love it….thanks for the recipe!
I hope you enjoy them Sandy!!! I actually got that pitcher as a gift but I have seen them at Crate and Barrel.
This looks very refreshing, will have to try this soon. On the mint, it will never die, it will just keep multiplying. My mom has some and I plan on getting some and planting in a container, hopefully it will stay contained! She has tried for years to get it to scale back and it just gets bigger. Sounds like you are putting it to good use, Much Love
I hope you get to try it soon Melissa. I have always heard you had to be careful where you planted it because it would go wild. ~HUGS~
I think this will make it to our family Mothers day cookout!
I hope y’all have a wonderful time and enjoy the recipe!!!
Christy,
The picture is so pretty. You are learning to be a food stylist (or whatever their called) really well! We have “Bee Balm” planted. Wonder if you can put that in tea?
Aww shucks, thank you so much Angela!! I don’t see why you couldn’t. Let me know if you try it and what you think.
Yum…I’m having this with my cornbread omelets tonight!
I hope you enjoy Britney!!! Have some for me!!
There is a pineapple juice in a bottle, but when you see how it looks you will be thankful for the can. I use at least half a can making Russian Tea. I make mine from scratch I can’t stand the taste of instant tea. I use brewed tea,and steep the spices in a coffee filter so I don’t have a residue in the pitcher. Cinnamon & cloves or use cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Then add pineapple and orange juice ( Equal amounts) Great hot or cold. The left over pineapple juice goes into a container with a lid. Been doing this for over 50 years.
This sounds so yummy. Can’t wait to try it!
I hope you like them Sandi!!
Hmmmm. . . you know, we are having a graduation party next week for my son and another guy at our church. This sounds like a perfect punch instead of the sherbet, pineapple juice, and 7-up punch that everyone makes. Thanks for the great idea!!
I hope y’all have a great party Gayle, such an exciting time in their lives!!!
It is a marketing tool to get people like me to buy the ridiculously priced six pack of small cans!! LOL This sounds yummy!
I usually buy frozen pineapple juice concentrate (which was a necessary ingredient in the very not-family-friendly pina coladas I perfected in college), but then you have the problem of finding a pitcher (or an empty 2-liter soda bottle). But it tastes sooooo much better!
I will have to look for that Maggie! Thanks for sharing!!!
I’m looking forward to trying this. Thanks for a non-alcoholic beverage!
These remind me of the apple juleps they serve at Applewood restaurant near Pigeon Forge! Thank you for sharing this recipe!
I guess I can consider myself lucky-I can get Dole pineapple juice in a half gallon paper carton as well as a 6 pack of small single serve cans.
This sounds WONDERFUL!! I Love fruity drinks…and my sweet tea!! My family here in North Alabama always says “make” tea…as in, I need to make some tea…and I so get the French thing! I took 2 years of French in high school but I’m having my kids take Spanish…it is much more practical, even here in Alabama!
I love the apple julep recipe from your cook book. This version looks good, too! And I agree, the pineapple can seems ridiculous and wasteful. They sell tomato juice in big cans like that, too.
It’s possible canning the pineapple juice has something to do with transportation- pineapple only grows in the tropics.
Where I live it I can also buy it in frozen concentrate, as someone mentioned earlier. I often just mix up half the concentrate and refreeze the remaining for later ( while still pretty frozen scope out half, then cover remaining with a little water so when it freezes the ice will create a seal on top of remaining concentrate.
They serve these at Applewood in Pigeon Forge. Yummy!!!
Oh WOW!! Yummy!
My jaw dropped at the can of pineapple juice – i haven’t seen it in cans like that for years! I actually looked at all the varieties in the store yesterday, glass jars and tetra pacs, but no huge tins like that. Guess here in Canada we’ve lucked out
I don’t drink alcohol and I was looking for a special drink for my derby party. This will be perfect! Thank You
hmmmm…….thinkin’ ’bout addin’ some gingerale or sprite to this an’ callin’ it a SPRITZER…………..Yummmmmmmmmmm. TY for such a WONDERFUL website. LOVE it!
Oh this is a definite keeper! How hoty toty will I be when everyone is at my house for family reunion and we have these? I will be way cool !
LOL, I just love your attitude Cathy!!