20 Fresh Watermelon Recipes to Satisfy Your Summer Cravings (2024)

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Delicious Fat-Free Watermelon Sherbet

Cool down this summer with this in-season watermelon recipe for sherbet. With only four ingredients, this cool watermelon treat is easy, delicious, and bursting with refreshing flavor. Even better, it's a budget-friendly option, too!

Grilled Chicken with Watermelon Glaze

Try a spicy red pepper-watermelon glaze on your next grilled chicken recipe. Apple jelly and a hint of lime add sweet flavor to this unique summer dish.

Grilled Watermelon Salad

The grill comes in handy for more than burgers and hot dogs. Grilling your watermelon adds a delicious smokey flavor to this easy fruit salad recipe, while pickled radishes give it a bit of tang. You'll love the honey-lime vinaigrette recipe, so save it for all your favorite salads.

Melon and Salt

Like this watermelon recipe name, all you need for a perfect healthy summer snack is those two ingredients, except we've added one more: smoked paprika. If that's not your thing, you can drizzle a bit of red or white wine into your salt before coating your watermelon cubes.

Mini Gyro Burgers with Watermelon-Feta Salad

You probably haven't had a burger like this before. Mint, watermelon, and feta add unique flavors complementing the seasoned half-lamb-half-turkey blend.

Watermelon-Berry Sorbet

Pair watermelon with your favorite summer berries in this easy, icy dessert. With fewer than 100 calories per serving, it's a summery treat you can feel good about serving to your family.

Watermelon Margarita

Add a fresh hit to fan-favorite margaritas with this sweet watermelon recipe at your next outdoor cookout. A double dose of the fruit (juice and frozen watermelon cubes) guarantees bright summer flavor in every sip.

Watermelon Pickles

Next time you dig into a plateful of watermelon, don't toss out your leftover rinds. When sliced and soaked in white vinegar and cinnamon, the pale green sections make a delicious snack year-round.

Watermelon Shrub

Up your at-home drink game with a homemade watermelon recipe to cool down this summer. The term "shrub" refers to two different things: a tart, fruity liquid you can sip straight up (a shrub starter) or a co*cktail made with the juice.

Watermelon Soup with Fresh Mint

Soup in the summertime? You bet! Try our simple two-step watermelon recipe at your next family meal. This sweet time-saver can be served as an appetizer or with vanilla yogurt as a dessert.

Melon-Hibiscus Gelato

Sweet watermelon, fragrant hibiscus, and zesty orange peel transform this light-as-air frozen treat into an even more indulgent affair. Just one scoop of homemade gelato will instantly refresh you on any hot summer day.

Watermelon Cooler

It's summertime, and nothing's more delicious than ice-cold punch poolside. Enjoy our light, minty grape cooler packed with watermelon slices and lime juice.

Spicy Watermelon Salad

This watermelon recipe is practically a work of art. And because this healthy salad is flavored with olive oil, lime juice, and balsamic vinegar, it clocks in at just over 100 calories per serving.

Watermelon Sorbet

Talk about summer in a cup! This 4-ingredient (plus water) cooling watermelon recipe combines zesty lime and tart raspberries with fresh watermelon to make this easy frozen dessert recipe.

Watermelon-Mint Salad

Make this fruity watermelon recipe if you want something fancy and refreshing. It only takes a few ingredients and makes the perfect treat for your summertime picnic. Plus, it gives you a new way to use up those mint leaves taking over your herb garden.

Watermelon Salad

This easy watermelon recipe hits it out of the park as refreshing sides go. Grape juice gives a hint of sweet pucker, while mint and feta add fresh, savory flavor.

Tomatillo-Watermelon Salad

A little salty, a little sweet, this flavor-packed fresh watermelon recipe is anything but boring. We're talking queso fresco, a hint of lime, some fresh mint, and a kick of fresh jalapeno chile pepper.

Watermelon-Mint Coolers

Sit outside and enjoy the sun while sipping this nonalcoholic watermelon drink. Or if it's an adults-only dinner, add 2 cups of white rum, then swap in club soda for the ginger ale.

Watermelon-Kiwi Pops

Though it may not be a competition, prepare to have the most adorable ice pops on the block. Plus, your kids will have no idea you're serving them blended fruit. If you want an adult version of this pop, look no further than our boozy watermelon pop recipe.

Watermelon Agua Fresca

This watermelon water might end up being the only drink refreshing enough to sip all summer long. If you're abstaining from alcohol, you'll want to give this Mexican-inspired agua fresca recipe a try.