Holiday Punch
This red Holiday Punch recipe is only 5 ingredients including fruit juice and club soda. It’s a fizzy, fruity, non-alcoholic Christmas drink. (3-ingredient sugar-free version also available.)
Welcome back! Today is day 4 of the 12 days of Christmas Sweets series here at Dessert Now, Dinner Later! What is a holiday party without punch?
This drink is one my family has EVERY YEAR at both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s a non-alcoholic drink that is great for the whole family. With just a few ingredients it whips up so fast, and will be gone just as fast as it is made!
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Holiday Punch Recipe
This holiday punch recipe is probably more tropical than Christmas-y, but the red color is perfect for the holidays. You can always add cranberry juice or something to make it more seasonal.
For this holiday punch recipe you will need:
- Tropical Punch Kool-Aid Mix
- Granulated Sugar
- Water
- Pineapple Juice
- Club Soda
Make sure all liquids are chilled. Simply stir everything except the club soda together in a punch bowl or pitcher until the sugar dissolves. Add the club soda just before serving. Can serve as-is or with ice.
NOTE: This recipe is easy to double, or make twice if your bowl/pitcher isn’t big enough. I pretty much always plan on buying twice the amount of ingredients. You will often have leftover pineapple juice anyway, might as well use it.
*Complete measurements in recipe card at bottom of post.
Sugar-Free Holiday Punch Recipe
If you’d rather not drink your calories during the holidays we’ve made a sugar-free version with very few calories that tastes just as delicious.
My mom actually thinks the sugar-free version tastes better than the original. (I think I might have to agree with her, but they are both delicious.) You will need:
- Tropical Punch Crystal Light Packets
- Water
- Sprite Zero
Stir the juice packets and water together in a large punch bowl. Add soda just before serving. Serve-as is or with ice.
NOTE: If you don’t have a large punch bowl, you may want to make half at a time to fit inside of a pitcher.
*Complete measurements in recipe card at bottom of post.
More Non-Alcoholic Christmas Punch Recipes
- Cranberry Mocktail
- Sparkling Apple Cider
- Christmas Punch with Sherbet
- Cranberry Lime Spritzer
- Sparkling Cranberry Punch
Holiday Punch
Ingredients
- 1 packet Tropical Punch Kool-Aid Mix
- 1 cup granulated sugar, (can use half for less-sugar)
- 2 cups water, chilled
- 2 cups pineapple juice, chilled
- 1 liter club soda, chilled
Equipment
Instructions
- Mix kool-aid packet with sugar, water and juice. Stir until sugar dissolves. Chill in fridge.
- Just before serving add cold club soda and give it a light stir to keep the carbonation.
Notes
- Easy to double!
- Serve with or without ice.
- 2 (2-quart) packets Tropical Punch Crystal Light (or equivalent store brand drink mix)
- 4 cups water, chilled
- 2 Liter bottle Sprite Zero, chilled
- Mix Tropical Punch Crystal Light juice packets with chilled water.
- Add cold Sprite Zero just before serving.
Nutrition
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*Originally published 12/16/12.
By the way I made this for my family Christmas party and it was a huge hit! Thanks!!
Sounds like a great drink for New Years too! You are a featured favorite this week on Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes! We can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to with your family over Christmas! 🙂
Mackenzie 🙂