Limoncello Mocktail | A Delicious & Easy 3-Ingredient Recipe

This limoncello mocktail recipe is every lemon lover’s dream. It’s refreshing, tart, fizzy, and ridiculously easy to make. It’s also ridiculously easy to turn into a cocktail by adding alcohol if you fancy something stronger.

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If you saw my most recent blog post, you know that I’m currently expecting a baby. Ah… it feels good to not have to come up with yet another reason for posting yet another mocktail recipe.

I actually saw this recipe on my Insta friend @techieblends page. You can find Sundeep’s original post here. The moment I saw it, I knew I had to make it. I love using oleo saccharum in drinks and this looked like a great way to highlight it.

If you’re unsure what oleo saccharum is, it’s essentially a citrus-y sugar syrup that happens when you let citrus peels and sugar hang out for a bit. You can see how I make mine by reading this post. It’s suuuper easy. Promise. If you can make simple syrup, you can make oleo saccharum.

Sundeep called this recipe a Lemon Fizz Mocktail. And while that name is definitely fitting, I started toying around with the idea of calling it a Limoncello Mocktail. You see, the processes of making oleo saccharum and limoncello are actually quite similar. Just… minus the alcohol. And then I went to the grocery store to buy some lemon sparkling water and saw that LaCroix actually makes limoncello-flavored sparkling water. I knew that the Limoncello Mocktail was meant to be.

I thought the LaCroix limoncello sparkling water (not sponsored, btw) would taste similar to their lemon flavor. But it’s actually very different. I was surprised. It definitely has a more… subdued?… flavor. The lemon isn’t in your face and it’s got a slight floral taste to it. I really dig it. It’s pricey on Amazon but if you can find it at your grocery store, I recommend buying it!

If you can’t find limoncello sparkling water, regular lemon sparkling water would definitely work in this Limoncello Mocktail recipe. Sundeep actually used club soda in his original recipe and he said that he’s also tried it with ginger beer with great results. I think a ginger beer version sounds ah-mazing. I’ll be trying that next.

I did promise you guys in my newsletter and on my IG account that I’d always give you guys ideas for how to turn the next few months’ worth of alcohol-free recipes into alcohol-full ones. And today I’m sticking to my word. If you want to turn this mocktail into a cocktail, add 1 1/2 ounces of your favorite vodka.

Once baby #2 gets here, I plan on making my own real limoncello. But until then, this Limoncello Mocktail will definitely hold me over.

Ingredients for a Limoncello Mocktail

• 1 1/2 oz freshly-squeezed lemon juice (please. fresh. you should have leftover lemons after peeling them for your oleo saccharum anyway.)
• 1 oz oleo saccharum (click here for an easy recipe)
• 2+ oz limoncello-flavored or lemon-flavored sparkling water, unsweetended

How to Make a Limoncello Mocktail

Add the fresh lemon juice and oleo saccharum to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well, about 20 seconds. Strain into a glass filled with crushed ice. Top off the glass with your sparkling water. Garnish with a fresh or dehydrated lemon wheel.