Learn to make this easy sweet, tart Single Serving Lemonade recipe in just minutes with lemon juice and sugar, or make a low-calorie version with Splenda.
The perfect simple recipe for homemade lemonade for one or a crowd. The recipe is just a ratio of 2 parts lemon juice to 1-2 parts sugar to 5-6 parts water—make one glass of lemonade at a time or a pitcher. Always taste test, and more sugar may be needed.
Even with regular sugar, a glass of lemonade is only 105 calories, and with granular Splenda®️, it comes in at 30 calories—a good fit for a healthy diet like a low-calorie or low-fat diet. Or make a low-carb keto lemonade for your low-carb keto diet.
Relax and sip your lemonade on a hot day or serve it with any meal—I love it with beef, like grilled burgers or grilled strip steak.
🍋Ingredients
- Lemon juice—freshly squeezed or bottled
- Sugar—regular sugar or granular Splenda®️
✔️Tips
- Use cold water, and stir well.
- I suggest starting at 1 part sugar, 2 parts lemon juice, and 5 parts water.
- Taste test and add more sugar if needed.
- You can use granular Splenda®️ as a 1 to 1 substitute for sugar.
- 2 tablespoons (⅛ cup) granulated Splenda is equal to 3 packets. But adjust to your taste. Or use regular sugar.
- 2 tablespoons Splenda = 12 cal vs 2 tablespoons sugar = 97 calories
❓FAQs
This varies by the size and shape of the cubes. A cup of ice cubes will be ½ to ¾ cup of water.
Assume 2 tablespoons per medium size fresh lemon, but this will vary by the type and size of lemons. The general range for a medium size of lemon is 2-3 tablespoons. While a large lemon may yield 4-5 tablespoons.
Raspberry Lemonade Variation
The Raspberry version is 206 calories with sugar and 36 calories with Splenda®️ in a total volume of about 2 ½ cups.
For the raspberry lemonade, first, make the tea in hot water, then add the sugar and ice.
1 Raspberry herbal tea bag
¼ cup Sugar or Granulated Splenda
¼ cup lemon juice
1 ½ cups water-near boiling
2 cups ice cubes
📖 Recipe
Single Serving Lemonade Recipe
Ingredients
Regular Lemonade-about 12 oz glass
- 2-4 tablespoons sugar to taste - or Granulated Splenda®️
- ¼ cup lemon juice (juice of 1 medium lemon) - or ReaLemon®️
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup ice cubes
Raspberry Lemonade makes about 18 oz
- 1 Raspberry herbal tea bag
- ¼ cup lemon juice - 1 medium lemon or ReaLemon
- 1 ½ cup very hot water
- 1 cup ice cubes
- ¼ cup sugar - or Granulated Splenda®️
Instructions
- Just mix for the regular lemonade.
- Taste test and add a splash of lemon juice or sugar if needed for your taste.
For Raspberry Splenda Lemonaid
- Add tea bag to 1 ½ cups of very hot water for 5 minutes. I used a hot water dispenser, or you can boil or microwave the water.
- Mix tea, sugar, and lemon juice in a large glass.
- Add ice.
Your Own Private Notes
Recipe Notes
- Assume one medium lemon will yield about 2 tablespoons lemon juice. But this can vary from 2-3 tablespoons of juice.
- Ice cubes will vary in the amount of water per cup of ice depending on size and shape.
- 2 tablespoons granular Splenda®️ = 12 cal vs 2 tablespoons sugar = 97 calories
- The nutrition is calculated as regular lemonada with sugar.
Raspberry Lemonade variation
The Raspberry version is 206 calories with sugar and 36 calories with granular Splenda®️ in a total volume of about 2 ½ cups. For the raspberry lemonade, first, make the tea in hot water then add the sugar and ice.- 1 Raspberry herbal tea bag
- ¼ cup Sugar or Granulated Splenda
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 ½ cups water-near boiling
- 2 cups ice cubes
To adjust the recipe size:
You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.
Nutrition Estimate
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Jean Whittaker
Hello, You do not mention the calories per glass for the lemonade -- I know you
Use regular sugar or Splenda to decrease the calories by 70 calories per glass. This is just a ratio thing type recipe that is darn useful.
You do NOT say how many calories are in a glass of lemonade. I do not have the that information
Thanks,
Jean
DrDan
Hi Jean,
Welcome to the blog. My math was 8 yrs old, and my references have improved. I didn't redo it when I combined the two recipes and re-edited the images.
So here is the math.
2023 NOTE: The recipe size was for a very large (24 oz cup) it is now set for a 12 oz glass.
1/4 cup Splenda = 24 cal vs 1/4 cup sugar = 194 calories
1/2 cup RealLemon = 24 calories
the tea and the water we will call zero.
The volume is a bit variable. The ice is probably 4-6 oz of water, depending on size so ice cubes and airspace in the cup.
So Regular Lemonade with Splenda will be 48 calories for a total volume of a little over 3 cups.
The Raspberry version with Splenda is 36 calories in a total volume of a little over 2 1/2 cups.
If sugar is substituted for Splenda, it adds 170 calories to the above numbers. The 70 was wrong.
The automatic calculation in the nutrition box does some rounding so it is 47 instead of 48 for the regular Splenda lemonade.
The post is updated.
Thanks for the note.
Dan
CookinsForMe
I love homemade lemonade and make it during the warm months. I use Fiber fit sweetener (pure sucralose without the dextrose or maltodextrin of Splenda) and the juice of a real lemon, even throwing the lemon halves in the glass. Mmmm!
And thanks for telling me how to find the recipes. I'm computer literate but missed the 'more' on the pages.