Homemade Cherry Soda

• Vegan
• Gluten free

• Produce

  • 1 cup Cherries, fresh

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

• Drinks

  • 1 bottle Club soda

• Liquids

  • 1/2 cup Water, filtered

Found on wineladycooks.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup of fresh cherries, pitted and cut in chunks
• 2-4 tbls. of sugar (I used Monkfruit)
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• ½ cup of filtered water
• 1 bottle of club soda, keep chilled

Directions

• Place the cut up cherries, sugar, vanilla and water in a saucepan. Heat the cherry mixture, stirring until the sugar melts and cook 10 minutes on a gentle simmer.
• Remove from the heat and strain the liquid into a bowl or jar, setting aside to cool.
• Place some of the cooked cherries in a blender to puree - this is optional. Doing this is my personal choice. The boys like to puree the fruit and it also adds additional nutrients to the soda.
• Have plenty of ice ready and when the simple syrup is cooled, takes about 30 minutes to an hour, depending on the climate, you can refrigerate it to speed up the chilling.
• Add half the syrup to a pitcher and then slowly add in the club soda. Tasting as you go to be sure you have a rich cherry soda flavor.