Looking for the absolute easiest, most refreshing, and delightfully creamy cocktail to beat the summer heat or liven up your next get-together? This incredible, 3-ingredient Mango Melona Soju Cocktail is your answer. It’s a fun, playful, and unbelievably delicious drink that tastes like a fizzy, tropical mango creamsicle float, and it takes less than three minutes to make.
This isn’t just a drink; it’s a phenomenon. Born from the creative and fun world of Korean soju cocktails, this recipe has become a viral sensation for a reason. It combines sweet, fruity mango soju with bubbly lemon-lime soda, and then uses an entire, iconic Melona ice cream bar as both a key ingredient and a stir stick. The result is a drink that’s interactive, beautiful, and a pure joy to drink.
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Recipe Overview: The Ultimate Refreshing Treat
What makes this Mango Melona Soju Cocktail a modern classic is its brilliant simplicity and its unique, satisfying texture. You need just three easy-to-find ingredients and a glass with some ice—no shakers, no blenders, no fancy techniques required. It’s the perfect, simple introduction to the world of soju cocktails for beginners, and a beloved favorite for seasoned fans. It’s the ultimate easy drink for any fun, casual occasion.
| Metric | Time / Level |
| Total Time | 3 minutes |
| Active Prep Time | 3 minutes |
| Difficulty Level | Easy |
| Servings | 1 cocktail |
The Essential Ingredients for This Fun Cocktail
This recipe uses just three key, easy-to-find ingredients to create a drink that is bursting with fun and flavor.
- Mango-Flavored Soju: This is the smooth, spirited base of our cocktail.
- What is Soju?: Soju is a clear, distilled spirit from Korea. It is the most popular liquor in the world and is known for its clean taste and lower alcohol content (typically 12-25% ABV), which makes for a very smooth and easy-drinking cocktail. The modern, fruit-flavored soju varieties are incredibly popular and perfect for mixing.
- A Mango Melona Ice Cream Bar: This is the genius secret ingredient that makes this drink so special!
- What is a Melona Bar?: Melona is an iconic South Korean ice cream pop, beloved for its incredibly creamy, almost chewy texture and its rich, authentic fruit flavor. The mango-flavored Melona bar melts beautifully into the drink, transforming it into a creamy, float-style cocktail. You can find them in the freezer section of most Asian grocery stores and many larger supermarkets.
- Sprite or 7-Up: A classic lemon-lime soda provides the perfect fizz and a touch of citrusy brightness. It lightens the drink and adds a bubbly texture that is wonderfully refreshing.
Step-by-Step to the Perfect Melona Soju Cocktail
This recipe is all about simple, fun assembly. It’s ready in less than 5 minutes!
Step 1: Chill Your Ingredients and Glass
For the most refreshing cocktail possible, make sure all your ingredients are well-chilled. Your soju and Sprite should be cold from the refrigerator, and your Melona bar should be frozen solid.
Pro Tip: For an extra-frosty experience, you can even place your serving glass in the freezer for about 15-20 minutes before you begin.
Step 2: Assemble the Cocktail
Fill your chilled, tall glass about halfway with ice cubes.
Pour in the 4 ounces of mango soju. Then, pour in the 4 ounces of Sprite or 7-Up.
Step 3: Add the Melona Bar and Enjoy!
Now for the fun, interactive part! Unwrap your frozen mango Melona ice cream bar and plunge it, stick-end up, directly into the glass.
Use the Melona bar as a stir stick. As you stir it around, the ice cream will begin to melt and swirl into the soju and soda, creating a beautiful, creamy, pastel orange color.
Continue to stir until the drink reaches your desired level of creaminess. You can let the whole thing melt in, or enjoy it slowly, taking bites of the ice cream between sips of the cocktail.
The Easiest 3-Ingredient Melona Soju Cocktail
An extremely simple and creamy cocktail made with the popular Korean Melona ice cream bar. This refreshing drink is created by combining mango-flavored soju and a lemon-lime soda, like Sprite or 7-Up, over ice in a glass. A whole Mango Melona ice cream bar is then added to the glass and used as a stir stick, melting into the drink to create a sweet, creamy, and fizzy beverage.
- Prep Time: 3 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 3 minutes
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: Korean-inspired
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- Ice
- 4 oz mango soju
- 4 oz Sprite or 7-Up
- 1 mango Melona ice cream bar
Instructions
- Fill a serving glass about halfway with ice.
- Pour in the mango soju and the Sprite or 7-Up.
- Add the whole Melona ice cream bar to the glass.
- Use the ice cream bar as a stir stick, stirring until the ice cream melts into the drink to your desired creaminess.
- Enjoy immediately.
Notes
- This is an alcoholic beverage and is intended for adults of legal drinking age.
- The Melona ice cream bar is the key ingredient that provides both flavor and a creamy texture as it melts.
- The drink’s creaminess can be adjusted by how much of the ice cream bar you allow to melt into the cocktail.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 350-450
- Sugar: 40-50 g
- Sodium: 20-40 mg
- Fat: 5-8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4-6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45-55 g
- Fiber: <1 g
- Protein: 2-3 g
- Cholesterol: 15-25 mg
Serving Your Fun and Fizzy Creation
This drink is all about fun and presentation. It’s best served in a tall, clear glass (like a Collins or highball glass) so you can see the magic happen as the Melona bar melts and swirls into the drink. A wide boba straw can be fun for getting every last creamy bit, but it’s not required. Serve immediately and enjoy the show!
Storage and Make-Ahead Tips
The Mango Melona Soju Cocktail is designed to be made and enjoyed immediately while it is cold, fizzy, and the ice cream is melting.
- Not Ideal for Make-Ahead: This is not a drink that can be made in advance. The fizziness of the soda will dissipate, and the ice cream will melt completely. The magic is in the fresh assembly.
- For a Party: If you want to make a large-batch version for a party, you can create a “punch bowl” version. In a large punch bowl, combine a full bottle of mango soju and a 2-liter bottle of Sprite over ice. Then, you can either unwrap and float several Melona bars in the punch, or pre-scoop the ice cream from the bars and add the scoops to the bowl just before guests arrive.
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Creative Recipe Variations
The Melona soju cocktail is a fantastic formula that works beautifully with other flavors.
- Coconut Mango Dream: For an even more tropical, piña colada-like flavor, try to find a coconut-flavored Melona bar. Alternatively, you can add a splash of coconut cream or cream of coconut to the drink before stirring.
- Spicy Mango Version: For a fantastic contrast of sweet, creamy, and spicy, you can add a couple of thin slices of fresh jalapeño to the glass before you add the ice. The subtle, fresh heat is a wonderful complement to the sweet mango.
- “Soju Bomb” Presentation: For a bit of fun party theater, you can balance the Melona bar on top of the glass using two chopsticks. Let your guests use the chopsticks to “drop” the ice cream bar into the drink themselves, mimicking the action of a traditional soju bomb.
Enjoy Your Ultimate Fun Party Drink!
You’ve just created one of the easiest, most fun, and most delicious cocktails on the planet. This Mango Melona Soju Cocktail is a perfect harmony of creamy, fruity, sweet, and fizzy. It’s a trendy, refreshing, and guaranteed crowd-pleasing drink that is perfect for any party, barbecue, or fun night in with friends.
We hope you love this taste of pure, creamy, and bubbly fun!
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1: Why is this drink so popular?
The Melona Soju cocktail has become a viral sensation for several reasons: it’s incredibly easy to make with just 3 ingredients, it’s visually appealing and fun to watch the ice cream melt, it’s relatively low in alcohol, and the combination of creamy, sweet, and fizzy is simply delicious and refreshing.
Q2: What does “soju” mean?
“Soju” (소주) is a Korean term that literally translates to “burned liquor,” referring to the distillation process. It is a clear, distilled spirit that is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Korea and one of the best-selling liquors in the world.
Q3: Can I use a different soda besides Sprite or 7-Up?
Yes, you can experiment with other mixers. A ginger ale would add a nice, spicy warmth that pairs well with mango. A plain, unsweetened soda water or club soda can be used if you find the original recipe too sweet. You could even use a sparkling fruit juice, like a sparkling white grape or apple juice.
Q4: Is this a traditional Korean cocktail?
While soju is a very traditional Korean spirit, this particular cocktail is a modern, fun, and trendy creation. It’s part of a wave of creative and playful soju cocktails that have become popular both in Korea and internationally, especially among younger drinkers.
Q5: How can I make this drink stronger or weaker?
This drink is very easy to customize to your preference. For a weaker, less alcoholic version, simply use less soju and more Sprite (e.g., 2 oz of soju and 6 oz of Sprite). For a stronger version, you can increase the amount of soju and decrease the amount of Sprite (e.g., 6 oz of soju and 2 oz of Sprite). Just remember to always drink responsibly.