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Raspberry Watermelon Granita Recipe

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This raspberry watermelon granita is one of my favorite summertime treats!  It’s so tasty and refreshing, you’d never guess that it’s less than 100 calories per serving!

 

Raspberry Watermelon Granita Recipe

I love summertime treats!  There’s nothing better than sitting outside on a hot day with a refreshing treat to cool down with.  Unfortunately, they’re not always calorie-friendly, and all of those treats can really add up.  This raspberry watermelon granita, however, is less than 100 calories and will still allow you to fit into your bathing suit.  And it’s so good that you won’t feel deprived!

Raspberry watermelon granita recipe.

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Raspberry Watermelon Granita

This raspberry watermelon granita is a great healthy, low-calorie treat and is so refreshing and delicious. Perfect for those hot summer days!
Course Dessert
Keyword healthy recipes, summer dessert recipes, summer recipes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Calories 100 kcal

Ingredients

  • 5 cups cubed seedless watermelon
  • 2½ cups fresh or frozen raspberries
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin {1/4 ounce}
  • ½ cup cran-raspberry juice cocktail

Instructions

  1. Puree the watermelon and raspberries in a food processor or blender. Depending on the size of your blender you may need to do this in two batches.
  2. Combine the sugar and gelatin in a small sauce pan and stir over low heat until gelatin dissolves. Stir in juice.
  3. Combine about half of the sugar mixture with the puree. Slowly add the remainder of the mixture to taste depending on how sweet you would like your granita to be. Remember that it will lose a little of the sweetness once frozen.
  4. Pour into a 9 x 9 baking pan, cover with foil, and place in freezer.
  5. Freeze for at least 2-3 hours and then use a fork to scrape along the top layers creating an icy texture. Continue until you start to get close to the less-frozen middle and then place back in the freezer. Repeat this process until it is all scraped. Makes about 10-12 servings.
  6. **NOTE: Don't worry if you won't be around to scrape it every couple of hours. I often just leave it overnight and then scrape it in one go - it just requires a little more muscle! If you only need a couple of servings, just scrape what you need and place the rest back in the freezer.
The best thing about this dessert, is that you can leave it covered in the freezer and just scrape away what you need.  I always like to have a batch on hand for anytime those sweet cravings hit and love that I don’t have to feel guilty having a second scoop!  It’s the perfect low-calorie treat for those hot summer days and a kid-favorite as well!  Can’t you just taste it?

Raspberry Watermelon Granita - a healthy, low-calorie summer treat!

 

More Summer Desserts

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Chocolate caramel peanut frozen parfaits in a mason jar.
Frozen hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
Raspberry watermelon granita recipe.

 

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Comments

  1. This looks deelish, Jenn!! We’re heading to St. Marteen in August…I need to try to lost a few pounds fast. This might help my sweet tooth {wink}. Pinning, Stumbling and Tweeting. xo

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  3. This looks wonderful for a hot summer day. Putting on my pinterest board. Have a great vacation. Found you through the Inspire Me Please link party.

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  4. We had to Mexico in a month and a half too. So I will definitely have to make this soon, always need a nice sweet low cal treat at night. Especially in these hot summer months.. Pinning! Thanks. 🙂

    Krista @ Joyful Healthy Eats

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  17. My husband is super obsessed with watermelon right now. Maybe I’ll surprise him with this tasty-looking treat tonight.
    Thanks for linking up with us at the #homematterparty. We’re glad to have you!

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  24. This sounds delicious. It sounds like my kind of treat. I can’t wait to make it. Found you at To Grandma’s House We Go Link Party.

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  28. 5 stars
    Wishing you a great 4th of July Celebration and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday! The links will be open early tomorrow, see you then.
    Miz Helen

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