Add these Cold-Fighting Citrus Ice Cubes to water, tea and smoothies as a great way to get extra Vitamin C during cold and flu season. 

Two white ice cube trays filled with citrus ice cubes.

These citrus ice cubes are rich with vitamin C and antioxidants and can be added to your water, tea or smoothies to help keep you going strong during cold and flu season.

A white ice cube tray filled with citrus cubes (made with orange juice and grapefruit juice).

Citrus Ice Cubes Recipe

These grapefruit and orange juice ice cubes are a great way to preserve the juice of all the fresh fruit sitting on your counter before it goes bad.

  • Orange Juice (fresh squeezed) 
  • Grapefruit juice (fresh squeezed)  
  •  1 ice cube tray

Find printable recipe with measurements below.

How To Make Citrus Ice Cubes

  1. Mix juice together and evenly distribute the juice in the ice cube tray and freeze for 8 hours or until frozen solid. 
  2. For layered cubes, evenly distribute the orange juice in the ice cube tray and freeze for 3-4 hours, then pour the grapefruit over the frozen orange juice and place back in the freezer until frozen solid.
  3. Add to hot tea, water (plain or sparkling) or smoothies.

A white ice cube tray filled with grapefruit and orange juice ice cubes.

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Yield: 12 ice cubes

Cold Fighting Citrus Ice Cubes

Prep Time 5 minutes
Additional Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 5 minutes

Add these Cold-Fighting Citrus Ice Cubes to water, tea and smoothies as a great way to get extra Vitamin C during cold and flu season. 

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
  • 1 cup fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
  • 1 ice cube tray

Instructions

  1. Mix juice together and evenly distribute the juice in the ice cube tray and freeze for 8 hours or until frozen solid.
  2. For layered cubes, evenly distribute the orange juice in the ice cube tray and freeze for 3-4 hours, then pour the grapefruit over the frozen orange juice and place back in the freezer until frozen solid.
  3. Add to hot tea, tall glasses of water or green smoothies.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 17Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 0mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 0g

theharvestkitchen.com attempts to provide accurate information, however, this nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. The nutritional information provided comes from online sources and calculations.