Meet our White Wine Slushie: your new favorite frozen treat when summer’s sun screams HOT. Five ingredients, a blender, and just 5 minutes are all that you need to make this delicious, thirst-quenching frozen cocktail!
Homemade Wine Slushie
There is nothing I like better during long, hot summer days than relaxing with a refreshing glass of chilled white wine. But when you add it to a blender with some ice and frozen fruit, you’ve got one seriously delicious and thirst-quenching frozen cocktail!
Slushies aren’t just for kids! We’ve all secretly (or not so secretly) envied a child sipping a frozen drink when the sun beats down and the weather screams heat.
This adult version is loaded with frozen strawberries and pineapple, and blended with frozen wine to make the most delicious summer beverage that is for grown-ups only. While it may only call for 5 simple ingredients, it is 100% worth dragging out your blender.
This is a must-have recipe for your next pool day, barbecue or happy hour–it’s the most yummy, boozy, frozen summer slushie that you will ever sip. It’s simply the hottest cool drink of the summer!
Easy Summer Cocktail
A white wine slushie is super easy to make. That means it is the ultimate make-ahead item for your hot weather entertaining so you can spend your time with your guests without spending extra time in the kitchen. This is a great party drink that can be doubled or tripled, depending on your guest list.
The best part is that you can use any fruit combination for a different flavored drink. The health-conscious sippers can even claim they are drinking their daily dose of vitamins! The ideal party drink for the perfect party!
Why We Love This White Wine Slushie
- Easy to make
- Experiment with a variety of fruit combinations for different fruity flavors
- Simple to prep in advance
- Refreshing on a hot day
- Fruit adds wholesome nutrition
- Light summer drink
- Perfect party drink
Ingredients / Shopping List
- Sweet White Wine: I use a Riesling or Moscato, but you can use your favorite white wine. Keep in mind that if you choose a drier wine, you may need to add extra simple syrup.
- Frozen Strawberries: if you have fresh fruit in season, you can wash/peel and freeze it for your slushie, otherwise just grab a bag of frozen fruit from the freezer section at your grocery.
- Frozen Pineapple: I love using fruits like berries, stone fruits like peaches, mangos, and cherries, or pineapple chunks because they blend up the best.
- Ice cubes: adds the slush to the slushie.
For The Simple Syrup
- Granulated Sugar: the sugar not only adds sweetness to this drink but it also acts as an antifreeze so that a soft, wet slurry mixture is formed
- Water: the “slush” texture is made by blending the sugar and water with the fruit and wine
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How To Make White Wine Slushies
This white wine slushie recipe is so easy and makes a perfectly delicious and refreshing treat to beat the summer heat. And it only takes 5 minutes!
Make the simple syrup by heating the water in the microwave and stir in the sugar until it has dissolved. Set your bowl aside to cool before you add it to the blender.
Pro Tip: a glass measuring cup with a spout works great.
Blend together your chilled wine, frozen strawberries, ice and simple syrup (see recipe below for simple syrup). Your slushie should be smooth without any chunks of fruit or ice.
Pro Tip: Use a high-powered blender if possible. This will save you time and result in a smoother slushie. If you do not have a high-powered blender, no worries! You may just need to add a bit more liquid to create the smoothness.
Pour the contents of this “first” blender batch of slushie into a glass pitcher or large jar and set it aside.
Next, repeat the blending process above with your second fruit choice.
Now all that’s left to do is assemble, serve and enjoy! That’s it! So easy, right?
For the prettiest looking slushies, the two fruit colors should have a distinct difference. To assemble, start by spooning the strawberry mixture into the bottom of a wine glass, a drinking glass or a mason jar. Then, top the strawberry slushie with the pineapple slushie.
Finally, garnish your glass with fresh strawberry or pineapple. Add a straw and enjoy every sweet sip.
Pro Tip: You can make these white wine slushies in advance and store them in your freezer until you are ready to serve them. When it is time to assemble, remove the slushies from your freezer and allow them to thaw on your countertop for 5-10 minutes. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out the slushie and prepare your individual drinks in your serving glasses.
Variations / Options / Add-In’s
- Frozen Fruit: You can make any fruit-flavored white wine slushie of your choice. Use your favorite frozen fruit and follow the other ingredients and directions as listed.
- Fresh Fruit: If you have fresh fruit in season that you want to use, you only need to rinse/peel your fresh fruit, cut it into 1-inch pieces, and then spread it out in an even layer on a parchment-lined sheet tray and place it in your freezer for about 2 hours. Once frozen, you can place the frozen fruit into a freezer-safe zip-top bag and store it in your freezer for up to 3 months or until ready to use.
- Some delicious fruit combinations are: Raspberry/Peach, Mixed berry/Mango, Blackberry/Strawberry
- Serve: Get creative. You can serve your slushie in a wine glass, mason jar, a cocktail glass or even a margarita glass.
- Choose your finish: For a spoonable, sorbet-like consistency, blend your ingredients until just combined. Blend longer for a sippable slushie.
Tips
- You can make as many fruit flavor choices as you would like and allow party guests to create their own favorite fruit combinations.
- I highly recommend using fruits like berries, stone fruits like peaches, mangos & cherries (that have been pitted and peeled) or pineapple chunks. These fruits blend up the best.
- If you are using a dryer white wine, like a Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc, I’d suggest that you increase the amount of simple syrup to ½ cup per flavor blend. That would mean doubling your Simple Syrup recipe.
- Depending on how strong you prefer your wine flavor, you can experiment with more or less fruit and ice.
- Freeze your glasses. Slushies start to melt as soon as they come in contact with a room temperature glass. I love to freeze my glasses in the freezer for at least an hour before serving to make mine melt-proof.
Frequently Asked Questions
Instead of ice cubes, you can freeze a tray of white wine cubes and use them in your blender to avoid watering down your slushie.
These white wine slushies will already have sweetness from the fruit and simple syrup, but if you would like to make them sweeter, you can add a tablespoon of honey or agave nectar to the recipe.
While freezing could slightly change the flavor of the wine, it is usually unnoticeable and shouldn’t harm the wine’s flavor.
Use your favorite white wine. Keep in mind that if you choose a drier wine, you may neeed to add extra simple syrup to the recipe.
Berries, stone fruits like peaches, mangos and cherries (that have been pitted and peeled) or pineapple chunks blend up the best.
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White Wine Slushie
Ingredients
- 1 750-milliliters bottle Sweet White Wine (Riesling or Moscato) divided and chilled
- 2 cups frozen strawberries
- 2 cups frozen pineapple
- 2 cups ice cubes divided
- fresh strawberry and fresh pineapple slice to garnish if desired
Simple Syrup:
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Make the simple syrup by heating ½ cup water in a microwave-safe bowl (a glass measuring cup with a spout works great) for 1 minute. Remove the bowl from the microwave and add ½ cup of sugar and stir to dissolve the sugar. Set aside and allow to cool while you gather your remaining ingredients.
- In the container of your blender, add 1 cup chilled white wine, 2 cups frozen strawberries, 1 cup ice and ¼ cup simple syrup.
- Blend on high (or the smoothie setting if you have it on your blender) for 2 minutes or until smooth, and no chunks of fruit or ice remain. Use a high-powered blender if possible. This will save you time and result in a smoother slushie. If you do not have a high-powered blender, no worries! You may just need to add a bit more liquid to create the smoothness.
- Pour your slushie into a pitcher, or large glass jar, rinse out your blender container and repeat with your second fruit flavor. Combine the frozen pineapple, wine, ice and simple syrup until smooth.
- In the bottom half of a wine glass, spoon ½ cup of your strawberry slushie, then top that by spooning a ½ cup of pineapple slushie on top. You can garnish your glass with a piece of fresh pineapple and a fresh strawberry.
Jenn’s Notes
- You can make as many fruit flavor choices as you would like and allow party guests to create their own favorite fruit combinations.
- I highly recommend using fruits like berries, stone fruits like peaches, mangos & cherries (that have been pitted and peeled) or pineapple chunks. These fruits blend up the best.
- If you are using a dryer white wine, like a Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc, I’d suggest that you increase the amount of simple syrup to ½ cup per flavor blend. That would mean doubling your Simple Syrup recipe.
- Depending on how strong you prefer your wine flavor, you can experiment with more or less fruit and ice.
- Freeze your glasses. Slushies start to melt as soon as they come in contact with a room temperature glass. I love to freeze my glasses in the freezer for at least an hour before serving to make mine melt-proof.
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