Fresh squeezed grapefruit and lime juice are shaken with vodka and served over lime sherbet for a boozy, delicious summer float cocktail recipe!

Grapefruit Lime Sherbet Float Cocktail Recipe

Eating scoops and scoops of delicious rainbow sherbet was one of my favorite things about hot summer days growing up in Oklahoma!

Sherbet Float Cocktail Recipe

One of my favorite things about being an adult is happy hour on Fridays! 😉

For this recipe I combined the two and made a boozy sherbet float cocktail!

Grapefruit Lime Sherbet Float Cocktail Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
  • ¼ cup fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 2 oz vodka
  • ½ cup ice
  • 4 small scoops lime sherbet
  • 1 cup ginger ale

Juice the grapefruits and limes into a cocktail shaker.

Grapefruit Lime Sherbet Float Cocktail Recipe

Add the vodka and ice to the shaker, and shake well.

Place two scoops of sherbet in two separate cups.

Pour half of the grapefruit lime vodka cocktail over the sherbet in one cup, and the other half over the sherbet in the other cup.

Grapefruit Lime Sherbet Float Cocktail Recipe

Top each glass with ½ cup ginger ale.

Grapefruit Lime Sherbet Float Cocktail

Grab a spoon and dig in to sweet, tart, refreshing, boozy sherbet perfection!

Sherbet Cocktail Float Recipe

If this doesn’t scream summer, I don’t know what does!

Cheers to a lovely weekend that starts right now with boozy sherbet floats!

Grapefruit Lime Sherbet Float Recipe

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Grapefruit Lime Sherbet Float Cocktail

Fresh squeezed grapefruit and lime juice are shaken with vodka and served over lime sherbet for a boozy, delicious summer float cocktail recipe!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup grapefruit juice, fresh squeezed
  • ¼ cup lime juice, fresh squeezed
  • 2 oz vodka
  • ½ cup ice
  • 4 scoops lime sherbet
  • 1 cup ginger ale

Instructions

  • Juice the grapefruits and limes into a cocktail shaker.
  • Add the vodka and ice to the shaker, and shake well.
  • Place two scoops of sherbet in two separate cups.
  • Pour half of the grapefruit lime vodka cocktail over the sherbet in one cup, and the other half over the sherbet in the other cup.
  • Top each glass with ½ cup ginger ale.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 213kcal (11%)Carbohydrates 37g (12%)Sodium 21mg (1%)Potassium 226mg (6%)Sugar 35g (39%)Vitamin C 40.8mg (49%)Calcium 17mg (2%)Iron 0.9mg (5%)
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