Christmas Punch

Internet photo from Cooking Classy, Not my photo.

The trick to keeping your punch fresh and not letting it get watered down is to make ice cubes with the ingredients in the punch. For this punch I used plastic cups and filled them with cranberries, lime & pineapple slices and ginger ale. I made the ice cubes a day in advance so they would be sure to freeze well.

INGREDIENTS

Punch

1 - 2 liter cranberry ginger ale

1 - 2 liter ginger ale

1 - 64 oz cranberry juice cocktail

1 - 64 oz pineapple juice

2 cups simple syrup

Ice Cubes

1 - 2 liter ginger ale or cranberry ginger ale

lime slices

pineapple slices

cranberries

plastic cups, 12 oz size

DIRECTIONS

Punch; add all ingredients into a large punch bowl or large drink dispenser and stir.

Ice Cubes; layer lime, pineapple and cranberries into a cup, pour ginger ale to fill. Allow to freeze overnight before using. Make at least 6 of these large ice cubes. 

You can easily mix and match any fruit drink and soda combination you desire to make it your own. 

Simple syrup can be omitted if you want a more tart punch.

Punch recipe inspired by Allrecipes Holiday Punch.