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If you’re searching for a way to use tart cherry to improve your sleep, look no further than this Tart Cherry Almond Mocktail! The sweet almond and tart cherry mesh together beautifully and give a delicious treat to send you off to dreamland.

Tart cherries have been shown to boost sleep through melatonin content and possibly the high amounts of antioxidants. They also have a lower sugar content than other cherries.

So while keeping your blood sugar down is a concern for supporting better sleep (and is necessary for diabetes and inflammatory conditions), this mocktail may still be a viable option, even with the straight tart cherry juice.

Although alcohol can always be added to mocktails to make a full-on cocktail, I don’t advise doing it with this recipe. The recipe-tester (that would be me) advised that it will turn this delicious treat of a beverage into a large, full glass of cough-syrup flavor. No thank you.

Instead, enjoy this tart cherry mocktail treat alcohol-free after or during dinner to prep you for bedtime!

Tart Cherry Almond Mocktail

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• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 5 minutes
• Yield: 1 1x
• Category: Drinks

Ingredients

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• 1/3 cup sugar-free cream soda ((diet or Zevia brand))
• 1/3 cup tart cherry juice (Montmorency )
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
• 1 sprig mint (optional)

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Instructions

1. Place ice in short tumbler. Place ice cube/s in a short tumbler.
2. Pour ingredients into glass over ice. Pour almond extract first, then tart cherry juice, and top it with the diet cream soda.
3. Garnish with mint + enjoy! Add a sprig of mint for garnish.

Notes

**I don’t recommend converting this to a full-on cocktail by adding alcohol– it turns the drink into cough-syrup flavor.

When it comes to a mocktail that’s fun + fruity but has the added benefit of improving sleep, this Pineapple Kiwi Mocktail is pretty much perfect!

Pineapple contains melatonin, which helps improve sleep, and kiwifruit has been shown in studies to improve sleep as well, making them a perfectly dynamic duo.

What I love about this Pineapple Kiwi Mocktail recipe is that even though we’re using fruit, which contains fructose, we’re not using straight juice. The fruit itself stays in the recipe, which keeps all the fiber. This is important for sleep to help blunt blood-sugar spikes, which can interfere with sleep.

Plus the tropical feel of this mocktail is super fun!

{This is not to say that this mocktail is a good option if you’re diabetic or pre-diabetic and having a hard time controlling your blood sugar. Know your body and go from there. ie-be smart about your mocktail options!}

Pineapple Kiwi Mocktail

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• Prep Time: 7 minutes
• Total Time: 7 minutes
• Yield: 1 1x
• Category: Drinks

Ingredients

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• 1 kiwi fruit (peeled and chunked)
• 1/4 cup frozen pineapple chunks (or can use canned)
• 2–3 drops liquid stevia (to taste)
• 1 can lemon seltzer water (or sparkling water)
• 1 sprig fresh mint leaves (optional, for garnish and aroma)

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Instructions

1. Puree fruit and stevia. Put chunks of kiwi and pineapple, and stevia drops in a high-powered blender cup. Add 1/4 cup seltzer water and pulse approx 20-30 seconds until pureed into a smoothie-like texture.
2. Place ice in glass. Place ice cubes in a large glass.
3. Pour into glass. Pour fruit mixture into glass.
4. Top with selzer. Top it off with seltzer water and stir.
5. Garnish and enjoy! Garnish with mint. Enjoy!