Melon ball ice cubes are the perfect way to keep your drinks cool. Aside from looking impressive, they add a light and refreshing melon taste rather than watering your drink down. You can also enjoy these frozen melon balls as a delicious and icy cold snack in summer!

These make a delicious and healthy snack for kids, and a great way for your pooch to cool down in the summer too.

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Ingredients
Instructions
Substitutions
Equipment
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Ingredients

Watermelon, seedless
Cantaloupe melon
Honeydew melon

Watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe melons halved and ready.

Instructions

Halve your melons lengthwise, then scoop out and remove the seeds.

Using a melon baller, scoop out the melon into balls. I chose to use the smaller end of a double sided scoop. Don't worry if they don't all come out perfectly round. Many of mine had a flatter side.

Scoop out the melon balls using a melon scoop.

Prepare a tray that will fit into your freezer by covering it with parchment or wax paper. Place the melon balls on the tray. Make sure that the aren't touching to prevent them from freezing together.

Set the melon balls spaced apart on a tray covered with parchment or wax paper.

Allow the melon balls to freeze for at least a couple of hours. And voilà! The most adorable and delicious ice cubes ever.

Now that they're nice and frozen they are ok to touch each other and can be stored in freezer bags.

The frozen melon ball ice cubes should be stored in freezer bags in the freezer.

Now all that's left to do is decide how you will use them. They are an impressive addition to cocktails, as well as many other beverages. I love them in this amazingly refreshing, sparkling spa water.

Melon ball ice cubes with sparkling water, fresh cucumber & mint.

I simply placed honeydew and cantaloupe melon ball ice cubes into a glass with fresh cucumber slices (the stars). Then I topped it with sparkling water, and garnished it with a sprig of fresh mint for fragrance. It tastes like you are instantly transported to a luxury spa.

I've also used them in my delicious, sugar-free cucumber lemonade. The honeydew melon balls suit this drink perfectly.

A glass of cucumber lemonade with the pitcher and lemons in the background.

Substitutions

I used watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew melons. But winter melon (also known as canary melon) and golden honeydew are also great options.

Equipment

To make this recipe, you will need a melon baller, a tray that will fit in your freezer, parchment paper, and freezer bags for storage.

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Storage

Store the melon ball ice cubes in the freezer in freezer bags until you are ready to use them.

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