Pineapple Party Punch
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Made with Sprite, sugar, Kool-Aid, and pineapple juice, this refreshingly sweet party punch will transport you to the tropics and is a must at your next event.
With New Year’s Eve upon us, I thought this would be a great time to bring you an old-fashioned and super simple party punch recipe that is suitable for everyone. My kids, our families, and our friends always enjoy this delicious punch whenever we have a get-together.
I’ve been making this pineapple punch since I was a teenager. One of my favorite things about it is that it’s so easily customizable. Our four main ingredients are Sprite, sugar, pineapple juice, and Kool-Aid. Today I’m going to show you how to make it using Splenda and Sprite Zero. This significantly cuts out the sugar and leaves the only remaining sugars to be the natural sugars in the pineapple juice.
But let this quick and easy party punch recipe work for you. Want to use granulated sugar instead? Go ahead. How about ginger ale or 7-Up instead of Sprite? I won’t stop you! You can also change the flavor and color by simply changing one ingredient (spoiler: it’s the Kool-Aid).
So, how do you make my party punch? Oh, it’s hard, folks. You see, you have to pour the ingredients into a punchbowl, stir them together, and… yeah, that’s all there is to it. So you can spend your time celebrating instead of making a punch. Sounds good to me!
Recipe Ingredients
- Sprite Zero
- Pineapple juice
- Splenda or sugar
- Kool-Aid
How to Make Party Punch
Pour your pineapple juice into a large bowl and add the Kool-Aid, as well as the sugar (or Splenda).
Stir well.
Pour in Sprite and gently stir again.
At this point, you can add an ice ring if you like. Instead of an ice ring, I just refrigerate all of my ingredients so the punch is good and cold. To make an ice ring, I’d make some Kool-Aid ahead of time in whatever flavor you are using for the punch and put it in a jello mold or bundt pan. Freeze until firm and then dip just the bottom into warm water for five seconds before releasing it into your punch bowl.
Can serve over ice, with an ice ring in it, or just serve cold.
You can garnish it with fresh fruit if you like, as I’ve done with these pineapple wedges and maraschino cherries. Fresh berries would also work well. Otherwise, just serve it over ice or in punch cups.
It is absolutely delicious and you just have to taste it soon!
Storage
Because of the carbonated soda, you’ll want to serve this immediately and not store leftovers, as it’ll go flat pretty quickly.
Recipe Notes
- Want to turn this into a party punch with alcohol? Opt for white rum, coconut rum, or vodka.
- Lemon-lime Kool-Aid is also delicious in this pineapple punch and is the perfect complement to lemon-lime soda. with a to take it to the next level!
- As mentioned, use any kind of carbonated drink you like, such as 7-Up, Sprite, , or even .
- Instead of adding fresh fruit as a garnish, chop up fresh pineapple into large chunks and freeze them. Then you can use the frozen pineapple chunks in place of ice cubes. The best part is, it’s tasty and stops the punch from being watered down.
Recipe FAQs
Can you make a pineapple punch with sherbet?
Yes, if you want to make sherbet punch, all you have to do is add up to 2 quarts of pineapple sherbet to your punch bowl and mix well.
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Ingredients
- 1 46-ounce can pineapple juice
- 2 liters Sprite or Sprite Zero*
- 2 cups Splenda or sugar
- 2 packets flavored drink mix such as Kool-Aid
Instructions
- In a punchbowl, pour pineapple juice. Add drink mix and sugar/Splenda. Stir until dissolved.1 46-ounce can pineapple juice, 2 cups Splenda or sugar, 2 packets flavored drink mix such as Kool-Aid
- Pour in Sprite and gently stir again.2 liters Sprite or Sprite Zero*
- Serve with a fresh fruit garnish or simply over ice.
Nutrition
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We like to serve this at my daughter’s birthday parties and just change the color to go along with the theme to her party! Thanks for sharing.
Thank YOU!!! What a lucky daughter you have to have you for a mama!
BTW, universal time is Greenwich Mean Time which translates midnight GMT to 6 PM Cental time. That’s when we celebrate. I can have folks come over at 5 or 5:30 to mingle and have appetizers. We can ring in the new year at 6 and then sit down to our meal of peas and greens and cornbread with whatever we want to go with it. Everyone seems to like it and it’s become a tradition for us! So fun with older folks or young kids who often aren’t into revelry at 12 M Cental time. I know I’m not! I’m under the covers, fast asleep~!
Sue, you’re brilliant!
Christy, I’m with you on the alcohol thing. It seems be so accepted now and that one can’t even have a meal without it. I made a punch very similar to this for years at church — the only difference was 12 oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate (reconstituted) added and just one pack Kool Aid. I see folks occasionally from that church and they still talk about the “church punch”. So nice to have this to share and it seems to make an ordinary occasion a celebration when you serve it in punch bowl and cups!
Oh I know! I honestly can’t imagine drinking alcohol with a meal. To each his own, though! There are so many great “church punches” out there, and the kids love that they get to have a special punch. You are so right!!
My sister always makes this punch and I would drink the ENTIRE container if it weren’t absolutely impolite!! And…AMEN to the non-alcoholic drinks!! Happy New Year!!
okay so here is the real back story here…I made this twice this week so I could get more photos (we drank it too fast on Christmas day) and the second time, I just about did drink it all, lol!
Midnight on New Year’s Eve usually finds me sleeping and my husband playing computer games! We were in Publix last night and my husband noted the champagne displays. I said, “Oh yeah, I forget that some people actually celebrate New Year’s!”
I like wine, but my liver doesn’t so I drink maybe one glass at the most! I’ve never been anywhere that didn’t at least offer softdrinks for those who drink none or little.
Great minds think alike!
I am going to try this recipe. I have a big Mexican Fiesta every year and I provide tea, coffee and water. I do allow guest to bring their alcohol drinks if they like. I think the kiddos will love this. I really don’ t care for alcohol but sure have no issue if someone does. You are so right, when I go to those functions there is only water. Happy New Year to ll the Jordan’s.
You too Linda!! And BRAVO for you for providing so many options! Sounds like you are the ultimate hostess!!!
Christy, if someone’s kinda a clutz (like me), it might help to turn the ice ring onto a cutting board first. Then you can ease it into the bowl. I don’t know how many times I’ve plopped something into a bowl and had the contents splash all over everything (including me)!
Good point!!! I’m not known my my grace, either 🙂
iI HAVE ALSO FROZEN fruit in fruit juie in a ring and floated it in the punch. I used to make one that was almost like alcoholic but wasn’t and it was the pineapple. It had frozen pineapple concentrate, limeaide in frozen and had 7 up or gingerale and then floated some orange and lime sherbet in it. I don’t recall if it also had orange juice or not but I think it did. I had so much punch and shrimp once when I was getting a little flu and was sick for over a week and it was a couple of years before I could eat shrimp or drink the punch, but it was fantastic punch. I should try to find that recipe again. I usually put fruit juice in the ring and floated cherries and orange slices in it. They did melt and had fruit floating in the punch and the sherbet had a foamy liquid on the top and it was really good. The pineapple did give it a kick though.
Makes me wonder if this one does too. However this is much less expensive as it doesn’t use the fruits and the sherbet. I don’t even have my punch bowl anymore. I downsized and I got rid of everything I had stored in the shed for a couple of years.