#3906 - Strawberry Lemonade Pops

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 12oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate
3 cups Sprite soda (cold)
16oz. frozen sliced strawberries

In a large bowl add the lemonade concentrate and the Sprite--stir well. In a blender add the frozen strawberries--puree until smooth. If you have trouble with the puree getting too thick and not blending, add some of the lemonade mixture to the blender to thin it out. Add the strawberry puree to the lemonade mixture--mix well. Ladle the mixture into popsicle molds, then freeze until set. If you don't have popsicle molds, fill paper cups 2/3 full with the mixture, freeze for 1 hour (or until slushy), then place popsicle sticks in the centers and freeze until hard. If you don't want to make popsicles, place the mixture into ice cube trays (and freeze them), then serve the ice cubes in regular lemonade.

#3278 - Orange Lime Punch

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 64oz. bottle red Hawaiian punch (or 2 - 32oz. bottles)
1 - 12oz. can frozen limeade concentrate (thawed)
2 - 6oz. cans frozen orange juice concentrate (thawed)
1 - 2 liter bottle 7UP or Sprite soda (cold)

In a large punch bowl add thawed limeade and both cans thawed orange juice--stir with a whisk until well mixed. Slowly add Hawaiian punch while stirring. Continue until all Hawaiian punch is added and punch is well mixed. When ready to serve add ice cubes and about 1/3 of the cold soda--stir. Taste--add more cold soda as needed.

#3130 - Blue Punch

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 gallon blue Hawaiian punch (cold)
1 - 2 liter bottle of Sprite soda (cold)
good quality vanilla ice cream OR a second smaller bottle of blue Hawaiian punch

If you opt to use the second bottle of blue Hawaiian punch, use it to fill ice cube trays and freeze it overnight to make blue ice cubes. In a large punch bowl add half of the 1 gallon blue Hawaiian punch and half of the cold Sprite--stir slowly to mix. Drop some of the blue ice cubes in to keep it cold. If you opt for the vanilla ice cream, skip making the blue ice cubes. Once you mix half of the blue Hawaiian punch and half of the cold Sprite, add scoops of vanilla ice cream to the top.

#2649 - Pineapple Lemonade Punch

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cup Country Time lemonade mix
2 cups cold water
2 - 24oz. cans Dole pineapple juice (cold)
2  - 12oz. cans of Sprite soda (cold)
1 or 2 oranges (sliced but not peeled)

In a punch bowl add lemonade mix and cold water--stir until dissolved. Add pineapple juice--stir until mixed. Taste the punch--if you want a more sour flavor, add a little more lemonade mix and stir until mixed. When ready to serve, add both cans of Sprite--stir until mixed. Float the orange slices on top.

#1908 - Applesauce Jell-O

(by Shirley McNevich)

3 cups unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup orange juice
2 - 3oz. boxes raspberry Jell-O
1 1/2 cups Sprite soda

In a saucepan over medium heat add applesauce and orange juice--stir and bring to a boil. Remove saucepan from heat--add both boxes of Jell-O--stir until dissolved. Slowly add Sprite while stirring. Spray a dish or a 6 cup Jell-O mold with Pam--pour the mixture into the dish or mold. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until firm.

#829 - Strawberry Punch

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 48oz. bottle Ocean Spray CranStrawberry drink (if your grocery store only has the 64oz. size, you can estimate)
2 quarts softened premium strawberry ice cream
2 cups frozen strawberries (thawed to room temperature)
3 - 12oz. cans of Sprite soda

In a punch bowl, pour in the CranStrawberry drink. Add the thawed strawberries--stir gently with a whisk. Add the softened ice cream--stir gently with a whisk. Open two of the cans of Sprite--pour into the mixture and whisk gently. If it seems too thick for your taste, add the third can of Sprite. Serve immediately.

#438 - Brandy Slush

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups white sugar
7 cups water
4 teabags
2 cups boiling water
2 cups unflavored brandy OR 2 cups whiskey
1 - 12oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate (do NOT mix by can directions)
1 - 12oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate (do NOT mix by can directions)
1 - 2 liter bottle Sprite soda

Use a saucepan and add the white sugar and 7 cups water. Bring to a boil, stir--turn stove off and let it cool to room temperature. Put the 4 teabags in a bowl and pour the 2 cups of boiling water over them--let it cool to room temperature, then remove the teabags and discard them. In a large plastic container or stainless steel pot, add the cooled sugar water, tea, 2 cups of brandy OR whiskey, orange juice concentrate, lemonade concentrate--stir everything with a wooden spoon until completely mixed, then freeze it overnight. Remove from freezer, put 3 TBSP of the frozen mixture into a 6oz. glass and add Sprite until glass is full--stir. Return unused mixture to the freezer until you need more.