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Learn how to make homemade passion fruit juice with this simple guide (no special gear required)! This juice recipe is vegan and low-sugar, and you can adjust the sweetness easily or customize it however you’d like.

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A Taste Of The Tropics

There’s nothing quite as refreshing as a cup of juice. I mean, everyone loves fresh-squeezed orange juice way more than store-bought, right? Plus, homemade juice is typically packed with antioxidants like vitamin C.

Well, we aren’t exactly squeezing passion fruits like we do oranges. Instead, we scoop all that tart deliciousness out of the fruit and blend it into a puree. Oh, and don’t worry — I have a trick to extract all the yellow pulp goodness for a seed-free beverage.

This passion fruit juice recipe is perfect for trying new tropical flavors when you might not want to experience new textures. Plus, making your own passion fruit juice means you know exactly what is in it. There are no stabilizers, synthetic vitamins, or excess sugar here, people.

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★★★★★

“This was so yummy and refreshing in this heat wave we are experiencing in SoCal. Thank you for “the blitz” tip!” —Charlotte Chappell

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Two glasses of homemade passion fruit juice next to cut open passion fruit.

Grab These Ingredients

  • Passion Fruit Pulp: Passion fruit pulp is simply the insides of the passion fruit. You can scoop your own or find some frozen. Either way, it’s the perfect taste of the tropics.
  • Water: We always need more water in our day! Look at this as a way to flavor your water to get more in.
  • Sugar: The best part about homemade juice is keeping it low in sugar. You are in charge of the sweetness and can taste as you go.

Sizing tip

Select passion fruits that are deep purple and heavy for their size. This means they will have a fair amount of pulp, which is what we want here. One fruit should yield around 2 tablespoons of pulp, so grab at least 8 to have enough for a cup.

Passion fruit cut in half with the seeds coming out on a white background

How to make Passion Fruit Juice

Making this lilikoi juice (as they say in Hawaii) couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is slice, blend, and drink!

Step 1: Blitz The Pulp
Use a spoon to scoop your passion fruit pulp into the jar of a high-powered blender, then top it off with cold water.

Passion fruit pulp in a glass measuring cup.
You are looking to just loosen up all the delicious golden liquid from the seeds, not pulverize them!
Passion fruit pulp and water in the jar of a blender.
Keep the speed low to prevent breaking up the seeds.

Step 2: Strain The Mixture
Once blended, use a fine-mesh strainer to catch any small pieces of seeds. No one wants crunchy tropical fruit juice!

A blender pouring passion fruit puree into a strainer over a measuring cup.
As long as you don’t blend them too much, you will easily catch all the seeds here.

Step 3: Sweeten The Juice
Dilute the passion fruit mixture in a pitcher with water. Taste to check your flavor levels, and then sweeten it until it’s just right.

A small glass of homemade passion fruit juice next to cut open passion fruit.
Don’t add the sugar all at once, and stir the drink well.

Recipe tips

Sweet As Sugar: Use whatever sweetener you prefer here. Liquid sweeteners, like simple syrup, are generally easier to use in cold liquids, but granulated sugar works fine.

Freezing Cold: If you can’t find whole passion fruit locally, you can purchase frozen puree. Just be aware that some frozen packages contain pulp, which is what this recipe blends up, and others contain puree, which can be directly diluted with water—no blender is needed.

Make A Concentrate: You can make a passion fruit juice concentrate by simply making passion fruit puree! Freeze the puree into cubes to have passion fruit juice at the ready anytime. Just add water!

Pair It With

Juice is a form of natural sugar (and carbs), which makes it such a fun treat on a hot summer day. Kids especially love juice, and it helps them stay hydrated. Here are some more tropical juices and serving ideas to pair it with!

  • Tropical Carrot Juice: Create a fun “juice tasting” at your next brunch gathering with this mango, carrot, pineapple, and ginger combo.

How To Make Passion Fruit Juice (Super Easy!)

5 from 8 ratings
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
Servings: 4 cups
Learn how to make passion fruit juice with this simple guide (no special gear required)! This juice recipe is vegan and low-sugar, and you can adjust the sweetness easily or customize it however you'd like.

Ingredients 

  • 3 cups water, 709 mL
  • 1 cup passion fruit pulp, 200 g
  • Sugar, to taste
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Instructions 

  • Blitz: Combine water and passion fruit pulp in a blender. Blitz for just a few seconds to loosen the pulp from the seeds (the longer you blend, the more the seeds will break up, which will require a more fine mesh sieve for the next step).
    Passion fruit pulp in a blender.
  • Strain: Pour juice through a wire mesh sieve to remove the seeds, collecting the juice in a spouted container.
    Straining blended passion fruit juice
  • Sweeten: Passion fruit can be sour, so add sugar to suit your taste.
    Passion fruit juice in a glass.

Notes

The passion fruit pulp is simply everything inside of the fruit, seeds and juicy flesh included.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 57kcal | Carbohydrates: 13.8g | Protein: 1.3g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 205mg | Fiber: 6.1g | Sugar: 6.6g | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information calculated by Sarah Bond, degreed nutritionist.

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8 Comments

  1. Charlotte Chappell says:

    5 stars
    This was so yummy and refreshing in this heat wave we are experiencing in SoCal. Thank you for “the blitz” tip!

    1. Sarah Bond says:

      Ice cold passion fruit juice really hits to spot when it’s hot out, doesn’t it? Enjoy!

  2. Dorothy says:

    5 stars
    I was looking for a way to use my passion fruit. Every other time I blender on a higher speed and chopped the seeds. I hated it. Common sense should have told me to use a low speed… I just finished processing close to a gallon of passion fruit juice most will be put in the freezer in smaller containers.
    Thanks for the information.

    1. Sarah Bond says:

      I’m so happy to hear this, Dorothy! Enjoy! 😀

  3. Kenna duarte says:

    5 stars
    this recipe was great me and all my family enjoyed it

    1. Sarah Bond says:

      So glad to hear it, Kenna! Enjoy! 😀

  4. Symphorosa Asabe says:

    Do I have to boil the passion fruit juice

    1. Sarah Bond says:

      Nope! No need to cook the passion fruit juice before drinking 😀