Frozen cocktails (18+)
Vodka & lemonade slush
The classic “vodka slushie”: lemonade, a little lemon and a measured amount of vodka — about 1 unit a glass.
18+1.1units / serving
Photo: Lutoma, CC BY-SA 3.0
Frozen cocktails (18+) · adults only
Cherry vodka slush
A red, grown-up party slush: cherry slush syrup, lemonade and vodka, coloured differently from the kids’ blue batch on purpose.
- Batch
- about 1.7 litres
- Serves
- 7 × 243 ml
- Setting
- Ninja SLUSHi: Frozen Cocktail · Tower Slushie Fusion: Cocktail
18+1.1units / serving
At parties, colour is the easiest safety label. Keep blue for the children’s slush and make the adult batch red, so cups can’t be confused.
Ingredients
- 250 ml cherry slush syrup (sugar-based)
- 1.25 litres full-sugar lemonade, chilled
- 200 ml vodka (37.5% ABV)
Allergens to watch: Check the syrup and lemonade labels. Always check the labels of the brands you use.
Method
- Mix the syrup and lemonade in a jug, pouring the lemonade slowly.
- Stir in the vodka.
- Pour into the machine below the maximum fill line.
- Run the Frozen Cocktail setting.
- Serve in clearly marked adult cups.
Sugar check
With a syrup at 60 g sugars per 100 ml, 250 ml carries 150 g of sugar — about 8.8 g per 100 ml of the 1,700 ml batch before the lemonade’s sugar. A “reduced sugar” syrup may need help; check the labels in the calculator.
Strength and UK units
UK units = ABV (%) × volume (ml) ÷ 1,000 (the NHS formula)
| Ingredient | Sum | Units |
|---|---|---|
| vodka | 37.5 × 200 ÷ 1,000 | 7.5 |
| Whole batch | 7.5 | |
| Per serving (7 servings) | 1.1 |
The mixed batch is roughly 4.4% ABV (75 ml of pure alcohol in about 1.7 litres) — inside the 2.8–16% range Ninja gives for the original SLUSHi (FS301UK) cocktail setting.
Spirits and liqueurs vary: if the bottle you use has a different ABV, the units change. Our serving size is 243 ml; a bigger glass means more units.
Tips
- Use a sugar-based syrup: home machines need real sugar to slush (Ninja’s minimum is 4%).
- Keep the bottle of vodka out of reach once the batch is made.
Sources for the rules we followed
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Photo: tjeerd (Flickr), CC BY 2.0