What’s a Party Without Punch?
Punch recipes for your Memorial Day celebration:
Remember that 8 oz is a serving size, but most cups now are super sized and hold 12-18 oz. You should figure each guest will have 2-3 drinks per hour.
Citrus Punch
- 12 oz frozen orange juice
- 12 oz frozen lemonade
- 48 oz water
- 6 oz lemon juice (preferably freshly squeezed)
- 96 oz Ginger Ale
- 12 oz Grenadine
makes 186 oz [a little shy of 1 1/2 gallons]
California Punch
- 64 oz Orange Juice
- 64 oz Pineapple Juice
- 64 oz Lime Juice
- 56 oz Ginger Ale
- 1/2 lb sugar
- optional: 56 oz light or dark rum
makes 248 oz [about 2 gallons]
Instead of using regular ice cubes that will water down your punch as they melt, make the punch in advance and pour the mixture into your ice trays to make frozen punch cubes! You might also just want to freeze cubes of 7-Up or Ginger Ale to keep your punch fizzy. Yet another option is to seal your ice in zipper bags or use specially made reusable “ice cubes”. They are plastic cubes filled with water you place in the freezer and they come in a variety of fun colors!
Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!!