Fruit Slushy Punch

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"I received this recipe from Denise Dorr who made this punch at my friend Michelle Hall's baby shower. It was so good that I made it for Gabrielle and Audrey's 1st birthday party."

  • 25

Ingredients

  • 46 ounces
  • 1 can pineapple juice
  • 8 cups
  • 8 cups water
  • 12 ounces 1 can frozen orange juice concentrate -- thawed
  • 12 ounces 1 can frozen lemonade concentrate -- thawed
  • 4 cups sugar
  • 2 envelopes cherry Kool-Aid
  • 4 liters Grapefruit or other citrus soda (Sierra Mist)
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

In a 6 qt container, combine first 7 ingredients. Cover and freeze for 12 hours, stirring every 2 hours. May be frozen for up to 3 months.

Yield: About 5 quarts (or approximately 25 women at a baby shower ;))

For each serving: Place 1/2 cup fruit slush in a glass. Add 1/2 cup soda

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 124 Calories; 0g Fat (0.0% calories from fat); 0g Protein; 32g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; trace Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : Denise's commentary:

They didn't have just pineapple juice at Meijer, so I got pineapple mango juice instead. I left out the raspberries because a) I know Michelle doesn't like raspberries and b) I don't really like things that need to be chewed in my drink. I didn't have a six quart container, so I divided the ingredients by two as best I could and mixed them together in two plastic freezer bags. I think this is MUCH easier then freezing in one container. The punch was alot easier to get out of the bags than a container. And instead of mixing the soda in 1/2 cup increments, I added about the same amount of soda as punch to the punch bowl to make things a little easier.

I'm so glad you all liked the punch....it's my favorite punch recipe. I wish I could take credit for it, but I lifted it from a magazine quite a few years ago :)