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By Leslie

Homemade Sprite

Name: Homemade Sprite
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: Zest of 3 lemons; Zest of 6 limes; 1 cup pure cane sugar; Roughly 1 cup boiling water; Juice of ½ lime (per glass); Sparkling water, chilled; Ice; Place the sugar in a medium bowl. Using your hands, rub the lemon and lime zest into the sugar until it’s fragrant and fully incorporated.; Pour in 1 cup of boiling water and whisk until the sugar dissolves. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into another bowl to remove the zest, creating a lemon-lime syrup. Let cool.

3 steps

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Updated at: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:30:32 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

111

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories688.4 kcal (34%)

Total Fat0.3 g (0%)

Carbs180.9 g (70%)

Sugars171 g (190%)

Protein1.2 g (2%)

Sodium25.2 mg (1%)

Fiber6.6 g (24%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

1 servings

1 cuppure cane sugar

1 cupwater

0.5lime

sugar in a medium bowl, Using your hands, rub the into the sugar until it’s fragrant and fully incorporated

lime zest

1 cupwater

boiling whisk until the sugar dissolves, Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into another bowl to remove the zest, creating a lemon-lime syrup, Let cool

Instructions

Step 1

Place the sugar in a medium bowl. Using your hands, rub the lemon and lime zest into the sugar until it’s fragrant and fully incorporated.

Step 2

Pour in 1 cup of boiling water and whisk until the sugar dissolves. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into another bowl to remove the zest, creating a lemon-lime syrup. Let cool.

Step 3

To serve, fill a glass with ice. Add about ¼ cup of the syrup (or more to taste), the juice of ½ lime, and top with sparkling water. Stir gently and enjoy your homemade Sprite.