Watermelon champagne will get you through the home stretch of summer

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Watermelon has been a summertime staple for quite a while now – so why not give it a twist?

Summer 2016's newest drink trend is officially watermelon champagne, a sweet, bubbly and refreshing kicker on a hot day.

The recipe is pretty simple. Dose recommends blending watermelon chunks into juice, and then mixing one part watermelon juice with two parts champagne.


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Watermelon champagne's possibilities are endless.

Blogger Diane, A Broad suggests adding some lime juice and agave nectar to the two main ingredients – maybe that's how her creation got such a rich color.

Family Freezed, a Calgary-based gourmet ice pop company, merged watermelon and champagne for an iced treat.

Blogger Mouth Half Full put together watermelon champagne slushies.

For an added twist, Kitchen Konfidence suggests using watermelon and tomato to make a margarita.

And apparently the beverage has started making its way into restaurants.

May watermelon champagne season return in 2017.

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Sophie was a Viral Content Intern for the Watercooler channel. More writing and other stuff by Sophie can be found at www.sophiehirsh.com.

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