This Orange Julius recipe is a copycat of the classic mall food court drink. It’s made with orange juice, milk, water, vanilla, and ice. It’s a creamy, frothy, citrusy sweet, and very refreshing drink.
To help you cool off the heat try strawberry mango popsicles, blueberry frozen yogurt, and refreshing watermelon granita.
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Why You Should Try Orange Julius Recipe?
1. Your childhood favorite frothy, tangy-sweet mall food court drink is so easy to make at home.
2. You’ll only need 7 ingredients to make this summer favorite drink. I bet you have all the ingredients in your kitchen.
3. A blender and 5 minutes on the timer is all you need to whip up this refreshing drink.
4. Since most local Orange Julius and Diary queen locations are closed, this copycat recipe comes to rescue. Make your favorite drink at home!
5. It’s creamy, frothy, citrusy sweet and refreshing!
Ingredients
- Orange juice concentrate isn’t same as orange juice. Use frozen canned concentrate, orange juice won’t add as strong flavor. Highly recommend you use frozen orange juice concentrate.
- The secret ingredient in the recipe that adds fluffy/foamy, smooth texture to the drink is a small amount of powdered sugar. Granulated sugar may result in grainy texture in the drink. Powdered sugar makes the drink creamy and fluffy.
- Highly recommend you use whole milk for orange Julius recipe. The fat in the milk will add essential creaminess to the drink.
- Orange zest is optional, I highly recommended. It enhances the orange flavor in orange Julius recipe.
Looking for more ways to hydrate yourself and keep you refreshed? Try detox water, watermelon juice, pineapple juice, strawberry lemonade, and blueberry lemonade.
Is It Mandatory To Use Egg whites in The Recipe?
Traditional orange Julius recipe calls for egg white (or egg white powder) to get the right foaminess. Egg whites are added for creating rich and creamy texture in the beverage with right amount of foaminess.
I skipped egg white. The idea of eating raw egg whites and the risk of contracting salmonella made me decide to skip egg whites. Egg white powder is not available near me.
Trust me, even without egg whites the beverage is just like you’d expect. Creamy, slightly fluffy (thanks to powdered sugar) and tangy-sweet, everything you want in your orange Julius recipe.
How To Make Orange Julius?
It’s really simple to make the beverage:
Place all ingredients in a blender – frozen orange concentrate, whole milk, water, powdered sugar, vanilla and orange zest.
Puree it until smooth.
Add ice into the blender and continue to blend.
That’s it! Orange Julius recipe is ready! Pour into serving glasses and enjoy immediately.
Orange Julius Variations
There are limitless flavor variations you can try. Use any frozen fruits like frozen banana, frozen strawberries, frozen pineapple chunks or frozen mango. Try adding other berries like raspberries, blueberries.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frozen orange juice concentrate works the best. If fresh orange juice is used instead of orange juice concentrate the flavors won’t be as strong (will be less orange-y flavor and taste) and the texture of the drink will be slightly different.
If you want to use fresh orange juice, freeze fresh squeezed orange juice in ice tray first before blending. Please skip adding any water to the blender if using fresh orange juice.
The secret ingredient in the recipe that adds fluffy/foamy, smooth texture to the drink is a small amount of powdered sugar. Granulated sugar may result in grainy texture in the drink. Powdered sugar makes the drink creamy and fluffy.
Orange Julius tastes best right off the blender. You can however store it refrigerated for a day but I won’t recommend freezing it for longer storage.
As the beverage rest in refrigerator, it will tend to thin down, loosen it’s foaminess and you will begin to see two separating layers, water at the bottom and orange layer on top.
LOOKING FOR MORE REFRESHING SUMMER DRINKS?
- Best Homemade Iced Coffee
- Lemon Iced Tea
- Strawberry Lemonade
- Frozen Watermelon Smoothie
- Mixed Berry Smoothie
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📋Orange Julius Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 Oz frozen orange juice concentrate
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 orange zest optional
- Ice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender – frozen orange concentrate, whole milk, water, powdered sugar, vanilla and orange zest.
- Puree it until smooth.
- Add ice into the blender and continue to blend.
- That’s it! Orange Julius recipe is ready! Pour into serving glasses and enjoy immediately.
Notes
- Orange juice concentrate isn’t same as orange juice. Use frozen canned concentrate, orange juice won’t add as strong flavor. Frozen orange juice concentrate works best.
- The secret ingredient in the recipe that adds fluffy/foamy, smooth texture to the drink is a small amount of powdered sugar.
- Orange zest is optional step but highly recommended. It enhances orange flavor in orange Julius recipe.
- I skipped egg white. The idea of eating raw egg whites and the risk of contracting salmonella made me decide to skip egg whites. Also, finding egg white powder is next to impossible in my part of the world.
Comments & Reviews
Vincent Mileto says
I once made a drink of orange juice( I don’t remember if I used fresh or concentrated)
and just an egg yoke. I tasted very much like an original Orange Julius.