Thread: Blue punch recipes? (non alcoholic)

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Does anyone have any tasty punch recipes that are blue colored?

I need something that is not too dark or murky/cloudy, because I am going to add a light under the clear punch bowl to make it glow...

What about the blue colored Kool-Aid. I can't remember the flavor, but I love it! Or blue Hawaiin Punch.

Can you make punch with that (I mean obviously I could, but would it taste good?)

I can't really recall any very delicious blue virgin punches. I just keep thinking AMFs. There is a "Big Blue" soda This recipe also looks yummy. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/baby-bl...ch/detail.aspx

i suggest you go with the koolaid if it's going to be a kid's party.

You may actually want a little bit of cloudiness, maybe lemon juice levels or less. Or a frosted punch bowl. I have a portable light-up bar rack and I'll tell you that the sour mix glows a heck of a lot better than the Bombay Sapphire. Slowly collecting frosted or otherwise non-clear bottles (Absolut has a "cut glass" style one) since for a lot of drinks it's almost pointless to even have the lights for it.

Originally Posted by kweni16

i suggest you go with the koolaid if it's going to be a kid's party.

It's mostly teens and adults but a few kids.

Originally Posted by Xane

You may actually want a little bit of cloudiness, maybe lemon juice levels or less. Or a frosted punch bowl. I have a portable light-up bar rack and I'll tell you that the sour mix glows a heck of a lot better than the Bombay Sapphire.

Thanks for the tip! I'll have to experiment before the party to see what opacity looks best. Hmmm I wonder what's a good ingredient I could use to sort of play with the cloudiness level...

I am thinking of using one of these to get the glowing effect:
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/vaselights.html

I actually use the rainbow/color shifting pumpkin lights for mine. Maybe if I had brighter lights the non-frosted bottles would glow better. Either way it looks pretty good but it's not that bright. I plan on wiring them up to an AC adapter one of these days, or use rechargeable batteries...

Here is my suggestion . . . it's the punch I make every year. This is generally used as a slush punch, so you could use it that way (the glowing effect should still work) or just prepare it and let it melt a bit before serving. It is even mega tasty after it loses its slushiness!

46 oz can unsweetened pineapple juice
1 large or 2 small boxes JELLO
2 cups sugar
2 cups boiling water
2 quarts cold water
2- 2 liter bottles 7-up (or comparable pop)

Dissolve JELLO and sugar with boiling water. Add cold water and juice. Mix it up and put into snack size ziplock baggies. Freeze overnight. Take out of freezer a couple hours before serving. Cut up with a pastry blender or something that could chop it up nicely. You could probably even put it in a blender. Add 7-up right before serving.

If you make it with cherry flavors, it is absolutely sinful! However, I am thinking you could use the blue colored jello and maybe add some blue food coloring and it would probably be pretty tasty. If you mix it up and find it needs more flavor, try adding some extra strong blue kool-aid.

Originally Posted by AndiKay

If you make it with cherry flavors, it is absolutely sinful! However, I am thinking you could use the blue colored jello and maybe add some blue food coloring and it would probably be pretty tasty. If you mix it up and find it needs more flavor, try adding some extra strong blue kool-aid.

That sounds tasty, thanks! I think I might experiment with that one ahead of time to see how it looks with the light when slushy or melted, and with or without food coloring.

I was also thinking about making red jello syringe"shots" (non-alcoholic) as another drink choice for the party, I wonder if the first part of the recipe would set up like normal jello if put in the fridge in the shot syringes?