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This sour green grape hydration drink is like your favorite sour grape candy in a glass. Packed with natural electrolytes, it’s delicious and perfect for a refreshing summer mocktail. This is another version of my popular homemade gatorade recipes.

Green grape hydration drink on a tray with a bowl of green grapes in the background.

A Quick Look: Sour Grape Electrolyte Drink

Prep time: Only 5 minutes!
Servings: Makes 4 servings – about 4 cups total.
Main ingredients: Green grapes, coconut water, mineral sea salt, and citric acid or lime juice.
When to serve: You want a hydrating drink with electrolytes, but with all natural flavors and no packets. Or you need a tart drink to help with nausea.
Dietary information: This recipe fits a Mediterranean-style diet, and can be made gluten free and dairy free. It is HYH diet compliant.
Why you’ll love it: If you love sour grape candies or fruit riot frozen sour grapes, you’ll love this homemade sour grape drink. It’s tart, sweet, and refreshing which makes it perfect for a hot day. Super nauseous? This combines tart flavors with electrolytes to restore energy.

As someone who lives with both vestibular migraine and has had hyperemesis gravidarum, which is extreme morning sickness, I have found sour drinks and candies to be one of the best remedies for queasy days. You’ll love this homemade hydration drink for nausea in addition to this ginger drink or electrolyte popsicles!

Ingredients

Below are only details needed for grocery shopping, with the full recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Seedless green grapes – Generally seedless green grapes are used for the viral frozen sour grape recipes, but fruit riot uses a mix of green and purple grapes. For a vibrant green color, green grapes are ideal, but either can be used. For a sweeter drink, cotton candy grapes will offer a good sweet and sour balance, while green grapes will be more tart.
Coconut water – Vita Coco or Harmless harvest are great for this natural electrolyte drink as it contains potassium, sodium, magnesium, and calcium. Some studies have compared it as a substitute for sports drinks, which usually contain more artificial dyes and flavorings. I get asked a lot if there are any subs for coconut water, and it’s difficult to find ones that have the same electrolyte content plus a little sweetness. I’ve seen some people suggest cactus water, maple water, or watermelon juice. I think watermelon juice would work best here, and be easiest to find.
Citric acid or lime – I thought citric acid would be difficult to locate, but actually found it in so many places! This is HYH diet compliant and amazing for that really tart flavor you find in sour candies. Lime is great with this too if you either don’t want to bother finding citric acid, or can’t find it. But it does give a less sour flavor.
Mineral salt – This would be like Redmond’s real salt or similar, which retains trace minerals. It offers a less salty profile that enhances sweet foods without the same bitterness as table salt. It’s also ideal for improving hydration.

Want other hydrating drinks besides sour grape? Try this cortisol mocktail with strawberry and kiwi, electrolyte pomegranate non-alcoholic sangria, or ginger beer mocktail.

Variations

Red grapes – This will produce a sweeter and less sour drink!
Mint – Add fresh mint leaves to the mixture for a refreshing blend.
Green Grape Mocktail – Use the green grape juice base for a mocktail, topping it with club soda or homemade sprite.

How to Make

Pouring ingredients into a blender with the green grapes.

Step 1: Add the seedless grapes, coconut water, mineral salt, and either citric acid or lime juice to a blender.

Straining the green grape juice through a fine mesh strainer into a jar.

Step 2: Blend on high till smooth, then pour through a fine mesh strainer to extract the grape juice mixture. Enjoy over ice or store in a mason jar or container in the fridge. Freeze for sour grape ice cubes.

Pouring the green grape juice mixture into a glass with ice.

Storage Information

If you’re using this sour hydration drink as a mix on days you don’t feel well or have nausea, you may prefer the freezer option. I personally love to store my electrolyte drinks this way as I can just grab them at any time, and don’t have to worry about cooking.

Refrigerator – This sour green grape juice will keep for up to one week in a mason jar or container in the refrigerator.
Freezer – Pour into ice cube molds like these Souper Cubes or round ice balls and add to drinks with sparkling water for a fun mocktail.

A sour grape drink on a tray next to green grapes and mineral salt.

More Hydration Drink Recipes

This is a great rehydration drink recipe for adults and kids, but if you want more options or other flavorings, you’ll love these recipes too.

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Sour Green Grape Hydrating Drink

By Alicia

This sour grape electrolyte drink combines natural electrolytes with the viral frozen sour grape trend for a tangy drink that's amazing for nausea.

Prep: 5

Total: 5

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Ingredients

▢ 2 cups seedless green grapes, washed
▢ 3 cups coconut water
▢ ⅛ teaspoon Redmond’s real salt or similar/Himalayan salt
▢ 1 teaspoon citric acid, or sub 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice, from about 2 limes

Instructions

Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend on high speed for 30 seconds.
Strain pulp over a fine mesh sieve. Enjoy over ice, or store in a jar in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.

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