Grape Lime Rickey

Let me introduce you to the Slick Rick Cocktail! The adult version of my Lime Rickey Soda childhood favorite is made with lime juice, lime sparkling water, vodka, and grape juice ice cubes which make it grown up AND fun at the same time.

Before we can talk about my Slick Rick cocktail, we need to talk about its inspiration, the Lime Rickey cocktail.

Lime Rickey Cocktail

A traditional Rickey Cocktail is made up of 3 simple ingredients. Like all my other 3 ingredient cocktails, I love a Rickey Cocktail too! These 3 simple ingredients are:

1. gin/bourbon
2. 1/2 lime, juiced
3. carbonated water/club soda

A Rickey Cocktail is considered “Highball” cocktail which means that it’s typically served in a tall glass and consists of an alcohol spirit and a mixer with more mixer than spirit.

Think Gin and Tonic, Rum and Coke, Scotch and Soda. I prefer a little more spirit than mixer most of the time, but if I do this more than once I tend to go nighty-night much quicker. Time to get to my Slick Rick!

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Ingredients Needed

• vodka
• grape juice
• lime
• lime sparkling water
• grape juice ice cubes
• fresh grapes (optional)

Ice Cube Ingredients

• 8 ounces grape juice
• silicone ice cube tray

I’m also pretty sure that they added some lime hinted simple syrup or Rose’s Lime Juice to make it even more appealing to kids. 

My Slick Rick Cocktail is appealing to kids of all ages!

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How to Make a Lime Rickey

First: Prepare the Grape Juice Ice Cubes: Pour the grape juice into the ice cube tray and freeze at least 4 hours. Keep frozen until ready to use.

Second: Make the Slick Rick Cocktail: Cut the lime in half and juice into a highball glass. Add one of the lime halves to the glass.

Third: Pour in the vodka and grape juice. Add a few grape juice ice cubes to the glass. Pour the sparkling water on top.

Fourth: Serve with a cocktail spoon or stir and enjoy!

For the full recipe and detailed instructions, please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Rickey Soda Recipes

There are a ton of variations on the Rickey Soda that you can find at drive-thru burger restaurants.  Some of the most popular are the:

• Sonic Grape Limeade
• Arctic Circle Lime Rickey
• Firehouse Subs Cherry Limeade

How to Make a Vodka Rickey

So when making my adult version of the Lime Rickey Soda that I enjoyed as a child, I didn’t want to use Gin, but vodka.

With vodka in the Slick Rick, the flavors of grape and lime shine.

Adding a small amount to the cocktail itself but also making grape juice ice cubes like I did with my Space Pop Cocktail.

As the grape ice cubes slowly melt, they keep the cocktail cool, add a hint of grape color, slowly add grape flavor, all while not diluting your drink!

This Slick Rick cocktail is my adult version of a Lime Rickey Soda but with vodka and fun grape juice ice cubes. Because it is so child-like feel free to leave out the vodka and make a mocktail version too!

Slick Rick Cocktail – Grape Lime Rickey with Vodka

Let me introduce you to the Slick Rick Cocktail!  The adult version of my Lime Rickey Soda childhood favorite is made with lime juice, lime sparkling water, vodka, and grape juice ice cubes which make it grown up AND fun at the same time!

4.86 from 7 votes

Print Rate

Course: Drinks and Cocktails

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 cocktail

Calories: 1g

Author: Jennifer

Ingredients

Slick Rick Cocktail

• 2 ounces vodka
• 0.5 ounces grape juice
• 1 lime cut in half, juiced
• 4 ounces lime sparkling water I prefer Key Lime LaCroix for this one
• 3 grape juice ice cubes
• 1/2 cup fresh grapes optional

Grape Juice Ice Cubes

• 8 ounces grape juice
• silicone ice cube tray

Instructions

Prepare the Grape Juice Ice Cubes

• Pour the grape juice into the ice cube tray and freeze at least 4 hours.
• Keep frozen until ready to use.

Make the Slick Rick Cocktail

• Cut the lime in half and juice into the highball glass.
• Add one of the lime halves to the glass.
• Pour in the vodka and grape juice.
• Add a few grape juice ice cubes to the glass.
• Pour the sparkling water on top.
• Serve with a cocktail spoon or stir and enjoy!

Notes

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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 818kcal | Carbohydrates: 173g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 57mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 159g

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