Red White and Blue Spritzers!
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With patriotic summer holidays coming up, I thought I’d show you a cute little way to make layered Red White and Blue spritzers that will delight young and old alike – and not take any longer than it does to pour a regular drink!
Check out some other patriotic recipes that would be perfect for a holiday party like Patriotic Cereal Treats, America’s Cake Truffles, Red, White and Blue Fortune Cookies, and Punch Bowl Cake.
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Recipe Ingredients: Blue Gatorade, Sprite Zero or Diet 7-Up and Cranberry Juice Cocktail
A word about substitutions for the red, white, and blue spritzers:
This is one of the few recipes I have that I’m gonna tell you it’s best not to make any substitutions. Why? Because I’ve tried them and they don’t work.
Blue Kool-Aid? Nope, tried it and it didn’t work.
Regular Sprite or 7-Up? Nope, tried it and it didn’t work.
Lower Calorie Cranberry Juice? Nope, tried it and it didn’t work.
And don’t even think about using the new G2 Gatorade. As much as I am a fan of it, it won’t work for these red, white, and blue spritzers.
You really need these three things in particular to layer because each of these liquids have a density slightly lighter than the layer beneath it but heaver than the one on top of it.
That is what makes this work so well :).
Helpful Kitchen Tools
Fill your glasses with ice.
Ice is important here because when we pour our liquids that ice serves as a breakwater to help keep our layers separated.
Add in your first layer, which is cranberry juice cocktail.
Slowly pour the blue gatorade over the ice in each glass.
Now add Diet Sprite or 7-Up
Now drink it! 🙂
Ingredients
- Diet 7-Up or Diet Sprite
- Blue Gatorade Not G2, but regular Gatorade
- Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Note, please see post on why substitutions will not work in this recipe
Instructions
- Fill glasses with ice.
- Pour a layer of Cranberry Juice Cocktail first, then follow by slowly pouring gatorade over the ice to help keep it from mixing. Top by slowly pouring diet 7-up or sprite on top.
- Serve!
Nutrition
Here are some more patriotic recipes to go with the red, white, and blue spritzers:
Red, White and Blue Fortune Cookies
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These red, white, & blue spritzers look like so much fun! As a Type 2 diabetic, I have to be careful about sugar consumption, but with the Diet 7-Up or Diet Sprite, I may be able to enjoy this cute drink. My fiance’ would want an alcoholic version, & vodka could work color-wise, but only if it’s the proper density. If not, I could always make red, white, & blue vodka Jell-O shooters for him. Happy Memorial Day weekend, & may we always remember those brave men & women who sacrificed so much for our continued freedom.
These drinks are perfect for a Memorial Day gathering…and for any other patriotic celebration for that matter. Lovely!
This looks like a great science experiment to do with younger kids! I can’t wait to share the recipe with my neighbor. Too bad I can’t substitute Zero Gatorade or Diet Cranberry juice otherwise I would so make this for myself.=(
Are the spritzer really sweet like Kool Aid or soda, or would you say they are more thirst quenching? Don’t get me wrong, I love sweet stuff, but my husband will be asking lol.
I would describe them as not sugary sweet but there is a bit of a sweet taste. I would say they are more thirst quenching than a sugary Kool Aid drink.
I am looking forward to making these delicious-looking drinks. They will be perfect for the upcoming holiday weekend.
These spritzers look so refreshing and patriotic…I notice you used a cube type ice…I have an ice machine that makes the soft pellet type ice like sonic…do you think the colors would stay separated with this type of ice?
Great question! I haven’t made them with soft pellet type ice so you would have to experiment so let me know if they turn out and then I can add that to the post for others who may wonder the same thing. Keep me posted.
Another fun idea for July 4th and my granddaughter to help with. Will be refreshing too for the hot day at the pool.