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Holiday Citrus Christmas Punch

November 28, 2009 By The Recipe Mom Leave a Comment
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orangeinpunchWhat You Need:

4 maraschino cherries
1 orange, sliced thin
1 lemon, slice thin
1 lime, sliced thin
2 3/4 C of water, divided
1 (12 oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 (12 oz.) can frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
1 (12 oz.) can frozen pineapple orange concentrate, thawed
2 liters ginger ale, chilled

How to Make It:

Layer the cherries, orange, lemon and lime slices into a ring mold.
Add enough of the water to the mold to fill 2/3 full.
Place the mold in the freezer and freeze until solid.
Place the remaining water into a punch bowl.
Blend in the lemonade, limeade and pineapple orange concentrates.
Pour the ginger ale into the bowl and stir to combine.
Place the fruit ice ring in the punch fruit side up.

Makes 24 servings

This punch is tasty and a colorful addition to your Christmas buffet. Pineapple rings or chunks may also be added to the fruit ice ring.

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Strawberry Pineapple Citrus Punch

November 19, 2009 By The Recipe Mom Leave a Comment
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punchWhat You Need:

1 1/2 C of sugar
8 quarts of water, divided
4 (.14 oz.) pkgs. unsweetened strawberry drink mix
3 (6 oz.) cans frozen orange juice, thawed
2 1/4 C frozen lemonade concentrate
2 (46 oz.) cans unsweetened pineapple juice
2 liters of ginger ale

How to Make It:

In a large saucepan over medium heat put the sugar and 2 quarts of the water.
Cook until the sugar is completely melted, stirring constantly.
Take from the heat and add the strawberry drink mix.
Cool the mixture to room temperature.
Put the mixture in a large punch bowl to serve.
Stir the orange juice and lemonade into the strawberry mixture until well combined.
Stir in the pineapple juice and remaining water.
Pour the ginger ale into the punch and stir slightly to combine.

Makes 3 gallons

This is a quick and easy drink to serve on your Christmas buffet. The kids will love the taste.

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Scary Spider Punch

October 3, 2009 By The Recipe Mom Leave a Comment
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cauldronWhat You Need:

12 gummy spiders
1 vinyl glove
1 gallon green fruit punch, chilled
2 (1 liter bottles) ginger ale
1 qt raspberry sherbet

How to Make It:

Fill an ice cube tray 2/3 full of water.
Gently place a gummy spider into each of the ice cube tray compartments.
Put in freezer until completely frozen.
Fill the vinyl glove 2/3 full of water and tie the opening closed tightly.
Freeze the glove until solid.
Place the fruit punch and ginger ale into a punch bowl.
Fold in the raspberry sherbet.
Add the frozen spider cubes and lay the frozen hand in the middle of the punch bowl.

Kids love the taste and the scary aspect of this punch. You can use any type of fruit punch you like and lemon lime soda can be used instead of the ginger ale.

Makes 32 servings

Preparation Time: approximately 10 minutes
Freezing Time: approximately 4 hours
Total Time: approximately 4 hours 10 minutes

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