Simple Holiday Party Punch Recipes
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If you need quick and easy punch recipes to serve your guests for a special holiday such as Halloween, Christmas, New Years, or just for a party, these simple punches are sure to get a few compliments and keep the refills pouring.
Easy Sherbet Punch
Sherbet Punch Recipe
- Serves: 18-20
- Prep Time: 5 min.
Punch made with sherbet and ginger ale is a traditional and very easy holiday punch recipe. The color and taste can be modified by using a different flavor of sherbet. You can use orange, lime, or raspberry sherbet, or opt for a specialty flavor such as blood orange or pomegranate sherbet if you can find it in your grocery store or local ice cream shop.
Ingredients
- 2 quarts sherbet
- 2 liter ginger ale
- 1 46 oz can pineapple juice
Instructions
Scoop the sherbet into your punch bowl and pour ginger ale and pineapple juice over it. Garnish with fresh fruit slices such as citrus fruits, strawberry slices, and maraschino cherries.
Glass Punch Bowl Set
Libbey 14-Piece Moderno Punch Bowl Set
Amazon Price: $89.00 (as of 02/14/2012)
This set includes a clear glass 14-quart punch bowl, ladle, and twelve 11-ounce punch cups.
Cranberry Lemonade Punch
Sweet Cranberry Lemonade Punch Recipe
1 bottle (32 ounces) cranberry juice cocktail, chilled
2 cans (12 ounces each) ginger ale, chilled
Make lemonade as directed on the can in a large pitcher and stir in the cranberry juice cocktail. Add enough ice just to chill. Just before serving, mix in the ginger ale. You can substitute regular lemonade, limeade, or orange juice concentrate if you don't want to use pink lemonade.
Gelatin Punch Recipe
- Serves: 20-25
- Prep Time: 5 min.
This simple punch recipe uses gelatin for both color and flavor to suit any holiday theme. Use lime and orange for spooky Halloween punch, cherry or lime for Christmas, strawberry or watermelon for Valentine's Day, and so forth...
Ingredients
- 1 box gelatin
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 46oz can pineapple juice
- 2 liter of chilled ginger ale
- 6 cups of cold water
- 2 cups of boiling water
Instructions
In a 4 quart container, dissolve the gelatin and sugar in boiling water. Add pineapple juice and cold water to your mix, then cover and freeze overnight. Remove your punch from the freezer about 2 hours before serving in a punch bowl. Add the ginger ale after the 2 hour mark, right before serving the punch to your guests.
Special Holiday Punch Recipes
- Black Halloween Punch
- A Creepy mix of grape and orange soda to scare your guests.
- Glowing Hand of Doom Punch
- Carbonated and misty punch with a glowing hand of doom.
- Warm Christmas Punch
- Cranberry and pineapple juice with warm and sweet spices.
- Wassail
- A traditional spiced warm punch recipe originally for Christmas in Germany.
- Leprechaun Lime Punch
- For St Patrick's Day or any day you're feeling a little green...
- Halloween Punch Recipes
- Wicked Witch Apple Punch, Halloween Harvest Punch, and Dragon's Blood Sangria....made with alcohol, but can be removed from the recipe for younger Halloween party guests. :-)
No-Mess Dispenser
Creativeware 3-Gallon Unbreakable Beverage Dispenser
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Dispense your cool drinks and punches in style and with less mess, using a glass drink dispenser. It's easier than a punch bowl and makes a great display for tables and counter tops.
Tips and Tricks for Perfect Punch
If you stock your punch bowl with regular ice cubes it will dilute your punch quickly. A bundt pan works well to make large ice rings that won't melt as quickly.You can create ice molds that fit your party theme by filling shaped cookie pans and cake pans with water and freeze to create festive ice shapes that float to the surface. A latex-free glove is popular for floating hands in your punch during Halloween.
Use seasonal sliced or whole fruit, maraschino cherries, fresh edible flowers, and a mint sprig to either place inside your water for an ice mold before freezing, and/or use in the punch itself for extra decoration and added flavors.
Festive Ice Mold Shapes
Pack in the Punch
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