I have made this punch quite a few times now, and every single time, everyone loves it, and empties the punch bowl, literally, I am pouring the last cup from the actual punch bowl. It really is that good. Now I wish I can say that I made up this great recipe, but I didn't, I found it online, quite some time ago, and have no idea where it came from, sorry, I would give credit if I knew who was the ingenious person that invented it! But, that being said, I have altered the recipe (the original was WAY to sweet,) and am offering tips to make the process much easier. This punch is great for any type of shower, and would make a great Christmas punch as it is red in color and would look wonderful if the punch bowl was surrounded by Christmas greenery.
Slush Punch Recipe
This recipe makes two batches. a.k.a. you can refill the punch bowl after everyone drinks the first batch!
Ingredients:
2 Cups White Sugar
6 Cups Water
2 (3 oz.) packages strawberry flavored gelatin mix
1 (46 oz.) can pineapple juice
2/3 cup lemon juice
1 quart orange juice
2 (2 liters) Sprite or Lemon-Lime flavored Soda
Directions:
One or two days before the party:
In a really large pot, heat the water, add sugar and strawberry gelatin. Boil this mixture for 3 minutes, continually stirring, making sure everything is well dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in pineapple, lemon and orange juices. Evenly divide the mixture into 2 gallon Ziplock bags. Carefully seal the bags, and place them laying down in a high walled container/tray in your freezer, you want a high walled container/tray in case the bags were to leak or break, you don't want to flood your freezer with this solution.
The day of the party:
Remove at least one of the freezer bags of frozen punch 2-3 hours before the party starts in order to give the solution time enough to soften so that it is easier to work with. Right before the party starts, dump out the contents of the freezer bag into your punch bowl, and using a potato masher, gently mush up the mixture to make it into a slush. Slowly pour one of 2 liters of Sprite into the slush and then stir. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
2 Cups White Sugar
6 Cups Water
2 (3 oz.) packages strawberry flavored gelatin mix
1 (46 oz.) can pineapple juice
2/3 cup lemon juice
1 quart orange juice
2 (2 liters) Sprite or Lemon-Lime flavored Soda
Directions:
One or two days before the party:
In a really large pot, heat the water, add sugar and strawberry gelatin. Boil this mixture for 3 minutes, continually stirring, making sure everything is well dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in pineapple, lemon and orange juices. Evenly divide the mixture into 2 gallon Ziplock bags. Carefully seal the bags, and place them laying down in a high walled container/tray in your freezer, you want a high walled container/tray in case the bags were to leak or break, you don't want to flood your freezer with this solution.
The day of the party:
Remove at least one of the freezer bags of frozen punch 2-3 hours before the party starts in order to give the solution time enough to soften so that it is easier to work with. Right before the party starts, dump out the contents of the freezer bag into your punch bowl, and using a potato masher, gently mush up the mixture to make it into a slush. Slowly pour one of 2 liters of Sprite into the slush and then stir. Enjoy!
Photo Credit: Taste of Home
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