A sweet and easy cocktail, Hard Brazilian Limeade is sweet, tangy, and crazy refreshing made with sweetened condensed milk and served over ice with plenty of rum!
Welcome to another installment of Thirsty Thursday, a series on Sweet Tea and Thyme where cocktails are the focus every Thursday.
Last year I brought you guys non-alcoholic Brazilian Limeade, which is delicious of course, but a hard limeade is perfect for this week's Thirsty Thursday! It's (unofficially) summer now and a big pitcher of a fast and easy ice cold drink is now a necessity.
What is Brazilian Limeade?
In Brazil it's actually called 'Swiss Lemonade", but Brazilian Limeade is a drink that has limes and sweetened condensed milk blended up with ice and water. To make Brazilian limeade with alcohol, I added a healthy amount of white rum and gave it a good whisk before serving.
Serve with these Great Summer Dishes
Variations of Hard Limeade
A great drink can always have different types of fun variations, this one is no different!
- Add coconut milk and coconut rum for a delicious Coconut Limeade.
- Add Strawberry Syrup for Brazilian Strawberry Limeade.
- I used rum but if you have Cachaca, you could make a super sweet rendition of a Caipirinha!
If you make this Hard Brazilian Limeade leave a comment and be sure to give a star rating in the recipe card! Don't forget to tag me @sweet_tea_thyme and #STATThursdays on Instagram so I can see all your Thirsty Thursday creations.
Looking for more summery drinks? These are some of my faves:
- Tropical Strawberry Margarita
- Sparkling Strawberry Ginger Lemonade
- Southern Arnold Palmer
- Strawberry Gin Smash
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📖 Recipe
Hard Brazilian Limeade
A sweet and easy cocktail, Hard Brazilian Limeade is sweet, tangy, and crazy refreshing made with sweetened condensed milk and served over ice with plenty of rum!
Ingredients
- Zest and juice of 7 fresh limes
- 9 cups ice-cold water
- 8 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 1 ½ cup white rum
- Ice
Instructions
- In a large pitcher, add in all ingredients and mix well.
- To make it frothy, blend all ingredients with 6 cups ice in a blender until ice is well crushed and drink is frothy.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
To Make Ahead
Mix all the ingredients together except for the ice. Add ice when ready to serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 309Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 96mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 2gSugar: 34gProtein: 5g
Eden Westbrook is the recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind Sweet Tea and Thyme. A classically trained chef, Eden has inspired home cooks into the kitchen with cultural comfort foods, easy family-friendly eats and sweets, and glorious spreads for date night and entertaining since 2015.
Giovina says
I love this drink with coconut rum!
Luca Melo says
I`m Brazilian and loved your drink! We really use cachaça but you can use vodka as well. And here in Brazil we also usually blend everything together with the whole lime. Just be careful with seeds and not over blend it to avoid bitterness. Sift everything and Saúde!!! (cheers!) Loved your blog and will be a current visitor from now on!
Ana Paula says
Hi! I'm brazilian! 🙂
I loved to see this post!
But if you want a more "brazilian touch", add cachaça instead of rum! I don't know if is easy to find in the markets where you live, but if someday you found, try it!
Kisses from Brazil!
Hi! I actually have a Caipirinha recipe which uses cachaça. It’s harder to find in most of the US, but it’s really good!