This fresh-squeezed blue lemonade is a delicious and refreshing summer treat for kids, inspired by the blue foods Percy Jackson loves! Sponsored by Disney Book Group.
Percy Jackson’s Blue Punch
Reading is one of our family’s favorite summer activities, especially when it’s too hot here in Texas to play outside.
Our oldest daughter is a huge fan of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by author Rick Riordan. Disney Book Group sent us the 5-book collection at the start of the summer — my daughter loves them so much she’s already on her second time reading them!
What is the significance of blue foods in the Percy Jackson books?
I originally assumed that Percy’s favorite color must be blue, since his mom regularly makes blue-colored treats for him, like blue chocolate chip cookies.
However, my daughter corrected me: “Percy’s stepdad told Percy’s mom that there is no such thing as blue food. So to prove him wrong, she started making all kinds of blue foods!”
Now I know! 🙂
While the books specifically mention blue cookies, cakes, and candy, we thought it would be fun to make our favorite summer drink blue too!
Our blue lemonade turned out amazingly blue and delicious — I’m sure Percy would approve!
Related: Your young reader will love keeping track of all the books they check out over the next couple months with our printable summer reading log!
Blue Lemonade Ingredients
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- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup lemon juice
- Water
- Ice
- Lightning bolt sprinkles
I’ve seen electric lemonade made as a grown-up cocktail recipe, but since we used the lightning bolt sprinkles I feel like it is the perfect name for our drink too! Except our electric lemonade is totally kid-friendly!
How to Make Blue Lemonade
We’ve included a quick video demo to show how to make our electric blue lemonade, plus there is a printable copy below the step-by-step directions.
Click video to play:
This first step in making our blue lemonade is to cook up a simple syrup, which is used to sweeten the lemonade.
To make simple syrup:
Bring 1 cup of hot water to boil, then remove from heat.
Add 1 cup sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
To make your blue lemonade:
Puree 1 cup blueberries and add the puree to simple syrup (while still hot) and let steep to get the color from blueberries.
Strain blueberry simple syrup into pitcher with 4 cups cold water and 1 cup lemon juice (fresh squeezed) and stir together.
Fill rest of pitcher with ice.
If desired, add blue food coloring to get super-vibrant blue color. Top with lightning bolt sprinkles to complete your Percy Jackson Blue Punch.
Related: Click here to check out our free printable Percy Jackson word search activity!
Has your child read any of the Percy Jackson series? Which book is their favorite? Click here to learn more about the series, as well as other titles from author Rick Riordan!
Blue Lemonade Recipe
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Blue Lemonade - Percy Jackson Punch
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup lemon juice
- Water
- Ice
- Lightning bolt sprinkles
Instructions
To make simple syrup:
- Bring 1 cup of hot water to boil, then remove from heat.
- Add 1 cup sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
To make your blue lemonade:
- Puree 1 cup blueberries and add the puree to simple syrup (while still hoand let steep to get the color from blueberries.
- Strain blueberry simple syrup into pitcher with 4 cups cold water and 1 cup lemon juice (fresh squeezeand stir together.
- Fill rest of pitcher with ice.
- If desired, add blue food coloring to get super-vibrant blue color. Top with lightning bolt sprinkles to complete your Percy Jackson Blue Punch.
Video
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