Pineapple Slushie

Cool, refreshing and not too sweet, this delicious Pineapple Slushie is a great breakfast or snack with a fresh fruit kabob on top.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

This Pineapple Slushie is made with fresh pineapple, and is great for summer birthday parties & baby or wedding showers, or on a hot summer day when the heat is unbearable.

Here’s some good reasons to try it:

• It’s versatile! Make it for a snack or fruity cocktails (pineapple rum slush, anyone?).

• This recipe can easily be doubled or halved. No need for multiple cups of ice either, since the fruit is frozen!

• It’s a delicious and easy drink to take for a quick breakfast on the run.

• Pineapple drinks are very pretty poured into smaller glasses for the brunch table.

• How about a super refreshing sip in the afternoon by the pool?

• Make an adult version with a little rum for happy hour!

What you can count on with this pineapple slush drink is a clean, tropical flavor and fresh, fruity taste that’s icy cold, not too sweet, and easy to make with just a few ingredients.

All you need is a good blender and you’ve got the perfect drink!

Ingredients You’ll Need

• Pineapple: Cut into chunks yourself, or buy them already cut to make things even easier.

• Nectarine: Also cut into chunks, and when frozen, the nectarines make this frozen smoothie into an almost creamy consistency.

• Coconut Water: For a little background flavor that reminds us of those fabulous vacations in Hawaii.

• Lemon or Peach Sorbet: Just a little bit to amp up the creamy texture we’re after.

• Fresh Fruit: Kiwi, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries and fresh basil or mint to make an adorable fresh fruit kabob garnish.

TIPS

• Use frozen peaches instead of nectarines, you can’t go wrong with this substitution.

• This recipe can be doubled or halved, depending on how many people you are serving.

• Want it sweeter? Add more honey. Less sweet? Leave the honey out completely.

• Add more coconut water if the mixture is too thick.

• Buy already frozen and cut fruit if you don’t want to cut and freeze your own.

• Add a little vodka if you want to make this an adults-only version to sip by the pool.

Pineapple Slushie

This Pineapple Slushie is cool, refreshing and not too sweet, and puts the spotlight on the ripest fruit available. Frozen fruit works great too!

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• ▢ FOR THE SMOOTHIE

• ▢ 3 cups Pineapple cut in chunks, frozen

• ▢ 1 cup Nectarine cut in chunks, frozen

• ▢ 1 ½ cups Coconut Water

• ▢ ½ cup Lemon or Peach Sorbet

• ▢ 1 tablespoon Honey

• ▢ FOR THE FRUIT SKEWERS

• ▢ ¼ cup Kiwi, peeled, sliced

• ▢ ¼ cup Blueberries, whole

• ▢ ¼ cup Strawberries, cut in half

• ▢ ¼ cup Blackberries, whole

• ▢ ¼ cup Fresh basil or mint leaves, whole To add in between the fruit

• ▢ 4 Wooden skewers, 6 inch

• ▢ 4 Colorful straws as garnish, optional

Instructions

• FOR THE SMOOTHIE

  Place the frozen pineapple and nectarine chunks in a blender, along with the coconut water, sorbet and honey.

  Mix the ingredients in an electric blender on high speed until completely smooth, stopping occasionally to scrape the mixture down from the sides, about 2 minutes.

  Add more coconut water in small amounts if the consistency is too thick.

  Add more honey if you want the slushee sweeter.

  Divide into glasses and garnish with a fruit skewer and straws, if desired.

• FOR THE FRUIT SKEWERS

  Carefully thread one or two of each fruit onto a 6" wooden skewer, including a basil or mint leaf randomly when threading the fruit, leaving about 2" of space on the bottom.

  Repeat to make four skewers.

Notes

• For the pineapple and nectarine, cut them into rough chunks, put in a freezer bag and freeze for an hour or two. Or use pre-cut frozen fruit.

• Add a little more coconut water if the mixture is too thick when blending.

• Add more honey if you like it sweeter.

• Add vodka or rum if you want to serve this a party slushee.

• Cut the wooden skewers to 6″ from a larger skewer if you can’t find 6″.