Anyone have a cheap, non-alcoholic, but nice punch recipe?

[Julie in Austin]

Thanks!

[Susan in TN]

My favorite punch is equal amounts of cranberry juice and pineapple juice - say about 1 quart each, and then add the ginger ale or sprite-type soda. If it needs to look "fancy", you can thinly slice an orange or strawberries (more expensive) or put in little sherbert balls made with a melon baller.

[Stacie]

We served this at my sister's wedding reception and the guests actually tipped over the punch bowl to get the last of it out. I've never seen that before (except for a wine fountain at my wedding, but that's a different story!) It's good and not very expensive.

 

Mix together

2 envelope packs of Kool-aid, the unsweetened kind (I use strawberry, but you choose your flavor)

2 cups of sugar

2 quarts of water

1 large can of pineapple juice

 

Freeze this mixture.

 

Before serving, add the frozen mix to the punch bowl and pour 2 liters of ginger ale over it. Serve slushy.

 

For sister's reception I froze the mixture into heart shaped ice cubes and added those before serving. They were melted enough to taste good but you could see small hearts floating in the punch.

 

HTH!

[Ellie]

You can make frozen lemonade with soda water instead of "regular" water. It's quite fizzy and yummy :-)

 

And there's always your favorite sherbet added to 7Up.

[cjzimmer1]

Our family recipe is twp packages unsweetened koolaid, 6 oz frozen orange juice concentrate, 6 oz lemonade concentrate, 1 cup sugar (or to taste), 2 qts water and a 2 liter bottle of gingerale. We have this every time our family gets together for it's winter get together.

[dangermom]

We used this at my wedding and it was a hit--not too sweet.

 

6 cups water

4 cups sugar

1 2-qt. can pineapple juice

1 cup lemon juice

1 cup orange juice

 

Boil and cool the water and sugar; add lemon and pineapple juices and freeze. At serving, mash frozen stuff and add the OJ and 2 liters lemon-lime soda.

[Tracey in TX]

sherbet (either scoops or cut into chunks)-1/4 gallon

2-4 c. pineapple juice

2-4 c. orange juice

ginger ale (or sprite, 7-up)

 

The floating sherbet flavors and acts as ice cubes. It's a big hit at our parties.

[teamturner]

I sometimes make this punch that is super easy:

 

Kiwi/strawberry blend tea bags

liter of Sprite

 

Put 2 tea bags (it may be 3?) in the Sprite bottle the night before the event and let it seep overnight. When ready to serve, take out the tea bags and that's it. It's really yummy!

[MgoBlue]

I was going to post the to die for punch with the orange sherbert. When my older dc were in kindergarten, they had that for all the parties. I looked forward to it!

[Nestof3]

This is my favorite. I make it every Christmas. I use orange slices instead of apples.

 

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Orchard-Punch/Detail.aspx

[SapphireStitch]

My favorite punch is equal amounts of cranberry juice and pineapple juice - say about 1 quart each, and then add the ginger ale or sprite-type soda. If it needs to look "fancy", you can thinly slice an orange or strawberries (more expensive) or put in little sherbert balls made with a melon baller.

 

:iagree::iagree: This is the recipe both my mom and I use whenever we need punch for an occasion. I think Mom sometimes puts some grapefruit juice in hers for a little extra zing; I prefer it as-is.

 

What I really like about this recipe, especially when done without sherbet, is that it's very refreshing and thirst-quenching to serve with food. I love a sherbet punch, but it tastes like it should be dessert all on its own.

[Lisa in Jax]

My mom used to make this, and it was always a hit. You need only two ingredients -- a 2 liter bottle of clear soda (Sprite, 7-Up or Sierra Mist) for each carton of lemon, lime or orange sherbet.

[Lizzie in Ma]

Easy peasy, Cran-Grape and Sprite or 7-up. I hate it but it always goes fast.

[Carol in Cal.]

1 liter of cold ginger ale

1/2 gallon of orange juice

1 carton of orange sherbet

1 carton of vanilla ice cream (the nonfat works fine)

 

This is balanced just right--refreshing, sweet enough but not too sweet.

 

You can cross-slice mandarin oranges and limes in the skins (cleaned very well first) and float them in the punch to look more festive.

 

If you want an alcoholic punch, this hides either vodka or rum pretty well. The vodka is pretty neutral in flavor, and rum makes it somewhat sweeter and richer tasting.

[gardening momma]

Any flavor punch (but preferably something red) and grapefruit soda. Love it!

[chanda7]

My favorite is frozen white grape juice concentrate and ginger ale.