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Fizzy coconut ocean water is easy and refreshing! This copycat Sonic drink is perfect for parties or a hot summer day.
We love fun kid-friendly drink recipes, like today’s ocean water. For more favorite drinks, check out our Pink Punch and Cherry Limeade!
Copycat Recipe
We love to go to Sonic as a family! Personally, I love to get Mozzarella Sticks and an Ocean Water. We love fun drinks!
What is ocean water at Sonic? Sonic ocean water ingredients include blue coconut flavor and Sprite. It takes minutes to make and is a kid favorite.
We made some a few months ago for a party, and it was a hit. Serve it up with some Sonic pebble ice (our favorite) or look below for some fun ideas on how to serve this for your next party.
The options are endless for making this fun, yummy Ocean Water recipe.
How to Make Ocean Water
Like most drink recipes, this ocean water drink is a cinch!
SIMPLE SYRUP. Combine water and sugar in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds, then stir until the sugar is dissolved.
COMBINE. Pour into a pitcher and add Sprite, coconut extract, and 3–4 drops of food coloring. Mix well.
CHILL. Add ice right before serving.
Serving Suggestions
It’s super fun to add Swedish fish to this drink. Not only is it cute, but you can eat the fish too! Here are a few other fun ways to serve this drink:
- Create ocean-shaped ice cubes. You can find several options on Amazon.
- Use a mini umbrella.
- Serve out of a coconut-shaped cup.
Recipe Tips
Coconut extract. This is typically near the vanilla in the baking aisle. The extract is pretty strong.
- For less coconut taste, reduce the amount of extract added.
- For more coconut flavor add more than what’s suggested.
- Not a coconut fan? Try pineapple extract instead.
Soda. Use Sprite or any lemon-lime soda.
Food coloring. The blue food coloring can easily be left out and the taste of this refreshing drink will not be affected. To create a natural blue color, use natural food coloring dyes or a bit of blueberry juice.
Sugar. Since the soda is already sweetened, easily reduce the amount of sugar added or try a sugar substitute.
Storing Info
Make ahead of time. This Sonic ocean water recipe is best when consumed quickly, but can be made up to a day ahead of time and kept in the fridge.
STORE any leftover Ocean Water Sonic in the fridge for 2-3 days.
FREEZE leftover drink in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Be aware that the carbonation in the soda will diminish with storage. Use the leftovers to make a slushy or popsicles.
Recipe FAQ
It has coconut, lemon, and lime flavors in it. Other people refer to it as “blue coconut”.
It’s typically in the baking isle, next to where you would find vanilla extract. If you can’t find it, or don’t have any, you could also use pineapple extract/flavoring for a similar tropical flavor.
For more yummy drink recipes, try:
- Pink Pineapple Lemonade Soda
- Sonic Cherry Limeade
- Watermelon Juice
- Homemade Lemonade
- Strawberry Lemonade
Ocean Water Recipe
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Ingredients
- ⅔ cup water
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 liter Sprite or 7UP
- 1 tablespoon coconut extract
- blue food coloring
Instructions
- Combine water and sugar in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds, then stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- Pour into a pitcher and add Sprite, coconut extract, and 3–4 drops of food coloring. Mix well.
- Add ice right before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe adapted from Food.com.
will definitely try this one this summer
This is my daughter’s favorite Sonic drink and she loved this copycat!
We love the blue ocean water from Sonic! Love having this recipe to make it ourselves as we can regulate the amount of sugar going in!! Thanks for sharing!!
Such a fun drink to make. My nephew who is into sharks loves when I put a gummy shark in it. Always asks me to make him a “shark drink” when he’s over.
This was really good. I am single so I only wanted one glass full. I used 1/8 C of water, 1 T. Sugar, 10 oz. can of sprite, 1/8 t. Coconut extract and 1 drop of blue food coloring. Poured it over crushed ice. Was perfect. Of course you can adjust to your taste. I love Sonics Ocean water but can’t always get one. Especially when I’m home. Thanks for this incredible recipe.
Pretty close to the sonic ocean water. Refreshing summer drink. I love anything coconut and this is my go to drink from sonic. Thanks for the recipe
I’ve never had ocean water at Sonic, but this is a good recipe for a fun beverage. Adding Swedish fish is inspired.
My family’s favorite!! So good!!
I know this recipe just came, but I had everything I needed to make it, so I’m sitting here drinking it! Soooo delicious! Perfect for a hot and humid summer day in Indiana!
Kids would love this drink. Easy and refreshing. Better than colas!
I doubled the recipe to use a whole 2 liter of sprite. I only used 1 tbsp. Of coconut extract and it’s perfect. Next I won’t double the water or sugar as it’s to much. It makes it to thick!! I’m hoping when I add more sprite it will make it then like sonics ocean water and not thick like drinking syrup.
Thanks for the feedback and for giving the recipe a try!
Could you use coconut syrup instead of the extract?
I haven’t ever swapped the two, but you could certainly try!
I havent made this recipe yet but i am wondering if i could substitute the sugar with something else that is diabetic friendly like splenda or something like that. i appreciate the help thank you.
I haven’t tried subbing the sugar for Splenda, but I imagine it would work just fine. You’ll have to let us know how it turns out! 🙂
Coconut snow cone syrup is Sonic uses, and you can order it online ( i LOVE coconut snow cones!). Originally they put in cherries and slices of oranges and lime .
An adult drink uses Ocean Water and Malibu or Parrot Bay rum.
Thanks so much for the tip on the Sonic Coconut Snow Cone Syrup! Sounds delicious!
Hey there! This ocean water recipe looks very refreshing and delicious! I am a huge fan of all things Sonic, but I am not a fan of artificial dyes and colouring. As far as the bright blue colour goes, is there a way to naturally colour the drink? Perhaps with berries or fruit of some sort? If not, how would you suggest sprucing up this drink without colour? Maybe a fancy mint leaf, fruit ice cubes, or cranberries? Thank you for the recipe! I’m just too excited to test it out! As a Canadian, Sonic is not available to us, and I am always craving their sweet, sugary, and summery drinks! 😋
You are welcome. I have not tried other ways, but I think you are on the right track..those sound like great ideas!
For natural blue coloring, look into butterfly pea tea leaves! Depending on the acidity of the soda it might turn pink though but it’d still be a pretty, natural drink.
That’s a great suggestion! Thanks for sharing!
Don’t let the fact that the recipe calls for food coloring throw you off. It only for color and contributes nothing to the taste. Feel free to just leave it out. It’ll taste the same. If you want the color, try adding fresh squeezed blueberry juice, or if you’d like a purple color, try pomegranate. Even though the juices have a flavor, you’re not using enough to significantly alter the taste of the original recipe. I do find it odd that you’re more concerned about a few drops of FDA-approved food coloring, than you are the 185g of sugar in this recipe. This drink (which I must confess is awesome tasting!!), contains 7x the recommended daily intake of amount of sugar.
You can use Butterfly Pea Tea that is readily available online and at many grocery stores! Completely 100% natural blossom!
Butterfly Pea Tea turns anything BLUE!
Fun summer drink. Its especially refreshing here in AZ
The little kids will love this fun drink. Very easy to make!
My kids will be so excited for me to make them this drink! They always want blue drinks!! This tastes great!
This is one of my favorite drinks over at sonic! Glad I can make some at home now, ESPECIALLY since ours just closed.
we love this for parties! It’s incredibly easy to make & always a hit! Love the hint of coconut..so refreshing!
Besides a Blast(if that even counts as a real “drink”), this is the ONLY drink I ever order from Sonic!! So glad I found a recipe that works so I can just make it at home! (;
My children would love these.
If they love a fun drink, then I bet they would! Hope you give them a try! Thanks for stopping by!
Ocean water looks really delicious! Definitely making a batch for my kids!
It is super delicious!! They’ll love it! Thanks for stopping by!
I just made this recipe and it turned out really good except I do think it was a little bit too sweet but it was still great!