Category Archives: Drinks

MULLED CRANBERRY PUNCH

 

MULLED CRANBERRY PUNCH

Course: Drinks

Ingredients

  • 1 Bottle 1 Qt. Cranberry-juice cocktail
  • 2 Cups Apple Cider
  • ¼ cup golden raisins
  • 5 whole cloves
  • 5 whole allspice

Instructions

  • Combine cranberry-juice cocktail, cider, and raisins in a medium-size saucepan.
  • Tie cloves and allspice in a cheesecloth bag and add to the pan.
  • Heat slowly, 5 minutes, or just until warm; remove spice bag.
  • Ladle into stemmed glasses, adding some of the raisins to each; garnish each with an orange slice threaded onto a cinnamon stick if you wish.

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Fruit Punch

 

Fruit Punch

Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fruit, mixed drink

Ingredients

  • 2 6 oz can orange juice concentrate frozen
  • 1 6 oz can lemonade concentrate
  • 6 cups cold water
  • 10 oz frozen sliced strawberries thawed
  • 2 bananas
  • 3 cups ginger ale
  • ice cube or ice ring

Instructions

  • Dissolve orange juice and lemonade concentrate in cold water in a punch bowl or large serving bowl.
  • Place the strawberries and bananas in a blender and blend until smooth.
  • Stir the fruit into the liquid.
  • Can be made to this point up to four hours ahead and refrigerated.
  • Just before serving, stir and add the ginger ale and ice.
  • Serve cold.

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Skull molds
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Strawberry Frosted Drink

 

Strawberry Frosted

Blended smooth in a jiffy
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: gelatin, jello, milk, strawberry
Servings: 6
Author: unknown

Ingredients

  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 3 oz package of strawberry flavored gelatin
  • 1 quart cold milk
  • 1 quart strawberry ice cream

Instructions

  • Place boiling water and gelatin in blender; cover and blend until gelatin is dissolved.
  • Pour ½ cup of gelatin mixture into a cup and set aside.
  • Add half the milk to gelatin mixture in blender; blend on low speed until well-mixed.
  • Add half the ice cream; cover and blend until smooth.
  • Pour evenly into 6 tall glasses.
  • Blend remaining gelatin, milk & ice cream together and pour into the glasses.
  • Garnish each glass with a fresh strawberry, if desired.

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Brandy Punch

 

BRANDY PUNCH

Course: Drinks
Keyword: booze, brandy
Servings: 10
Author: unknown

Ingredients

  • Juice of 2 oranges about ½ to 1 cup .
  • Juice of 6 lemons about 1 to 1½ cups
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup triple sec or clear Curacao
  • 1 750ml bottle Brandy
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons grenadine
  • 1 quart seltzer or sparkling water

Instructions

  • In a large pitcher, combine orange and lemon juice and powdered sugar.
  • Stir until sugar is dissolved.
  • Add triple sec or curacao, brandy and grenadine.
  • Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
  • Place in serving bowl or punch bowl.
  • Add seltzer just before serving.
  • Makes about 10 servings.

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