soda {and a Sonic dupe recipe}

I have a love hate relationship with soda, and by that I mean I love it and I know I'm supposed to hate it. It is such a vice for me. I read Skinny Bitch (it's a good read in some ways, but it's really political and some of it is a load of crap) about a year and a half ago and put down the soda I was drinking and didn't pick it up for 8 or 9 months, because I understood all the negative effects associated with soda, diet soda especially. (ie your body reacts to fake sugar by getting hungry because it thinks it's going to be getting nutrients in some form, which can then lead you to eating more than you would have with the calories of a real soda). I saw a segment on one of the morning talk shows where they used diet soda as a cleaning agent. I know the truth.
And while I've cut way back from where I used to be a few years ago (drinking 5-6 diet cokes a day) by not buying soda at the store and not keeping it in my house, I still have a few sodas a week. I almost treat it like alcohol sometimes and think having a diet coke will ease stress (call me crazy...you wouldn't be the only one). I know I need to cut it out, but I'm just not ready to go there again yet.
And I tell you all this to basically say that I crave those Sonic Diet Cherry Limeades all the time. The nearest Sonic to me is 30 minutes away (and not an easy 30 minutes), so it's a pain to get over there. Yesterday I was majorly craving it, so I actually looked up some recipes to see which one looked the most authentic, headed out for the ingredients (and was embarrassed to set the Sprite Zero next to the remaining Diet Coke from the fourth of July party), and went to work.
I found the perfect recipe over at Lauren's Latest.
You'll need Sprite (or Sprite Zero), Limes, Grenadine, and if you want, maraschino cherries.

Lauren has a great recipe for a larger crowd, but I wanted to make single servings for myself. Here's how I worked it:

2ish cups of Sprite Zero 

1 tablespoon Grenadine (you might add a little more if you want more cherry flavor)

Juice of half of a lime

(maraschino cherries if you have them...I didn't look for long enough at the store...my basket was really heavy)

Mix all of those together, drop the lime in, add ice, and mix it all up.

It fizzes a lot when the ice and lime juice and sprite meet, but I tell you that I'm fairly certain this is the exact Sonic recipe. I mean, couldn't it be?

Try it if you love Sonic Diet Cherry Limeades! And try it if you've never had one. Because I tell you this drink is delicious!

Do you drink soda? 

Have you tried to cut it out before? 

Any other Sonic dupes you've seen around or tried?

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