Next time you host a big party, you NEED to make this punch! It really is THE BEST party punch, it’s so good!
Welcome: Tiffany who blogs at the Would-Be Writers Guild here to share the BEST party punch recipe. She is a freelance writer, wife, mama, kitchen dancer, and carb enthusiast. Her writing will make you laugh, cry and want to master the web cam self portrait.
First of all, Happy Blog Birthday to one of my favorites! Kami does a fabulous job of presenting ingenious ideas in a way that seems accessible to everyone. You know, like it’s nobiggie. From watermelon stars to glitter toes to owls-are-the-new-rooster, there’s always something great to learn here…but, you already know that!
I’m thrilled to guest post today for Kami and share a favorite punch recipe I developed in my special Punch Laboratory (sometimes called my kitchen). The key to this punch is the pebble ice, so it will be worth your while to track some down. The other ingredients you can play around with and substitute if you can’t find exactly what it calls for.
OK, are you ready?
We made a quick video so you can see this awesome punch in action:
The BEST party punch
The Best Party Punch refreshing and delicious. Don't forget "the good ice"!
Ingredients
- 1 can frozen Piña Colada concentrate thawed (Bacardi makes a good one)
- 1 can frozen orange pineapple juice concentrate thawed
- 4 liters Diet lemon-lime soda That’s two 2-liters for the mathematically challenged.
- 1 bag pebble ice You can buy it at Sonic Drive-In or at most grocery stores in the deli or meat department.
- 1 bag frozen raspberries
Instructions
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Pour the thawed concentrates into your punch bowl and stir.
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Use one of the empty cans and fill it with water four times and add it to the mixture. Stir.
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Add your diet soda to the mixture. (You can use regular sugar-filled soda if you want, but we think it gets too sweet and you will also feel guilty when you fill your glass for the sixteenth time. Which you WILL.)
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Next, add about half your bag of pebble ice.
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Add your frozen raspberries to the top. Stir, serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
NOTE: Please do not insult The Punch by using crappy ice cubes from your freezer. The Punch will hate you forever.
ANOTHER NOTE: Adding the ice before the soda will get an ugly foam at the top of your punch bowl. Make sure to stick to the order of ingredients as directed.
Making This Recipe? Tag us on Instagram: @NoBiggie using the hashtag #NoBiggieRecipes, so we can see what you are making in the kitchen!
Congratulations! You have just created the Mona Lisa of Punch!
Your punch should be a lovely dark yellow at the bottom of your punch bowl, light lemony yellow in middle, almost white on the top, and then bright magenta on the very, very top! So pretty!
When you start serving the punch with a ladle, it all mixes together and becomes this dreamy pink color. Then, when you lift the punch bowl to your lips when it is almost gone to swallow the last few drops of punch, it is an even darker pink because the raspberries have really mixed in.
When you pass out on the floor because you tipped the punch bowl too far and lost your balance, falling backward to the floor with the punch bowl hitting you square in the jaw, you will see lots of lovely yellow stars and magenta raspberries floating above your head. Beautiful!
One more note—you can find this classic glass jar to serve the punch here. It comes in three different sizes. We like the big 2 gallon jar for serving a crowd. If you would like to cut this recipe in half we like to serve it in the 1 gallon glass jar. You can also find this style of jar at Target or Walmart, usually on the bottom shelf in the housewares department. It comes with a lid and will cost you about $12.
One more note. If you would like to add alcohol to this punch one reader suggested Malibu rum to compliment the pina colada concentrate. Although she mentioned it would make this punch “sneaky”…the kind where you have a couple of glasses and then your’e feeling pretty buzzed. If you want to avoid the “sneaky” effect go with an unflavored vodka or rum. If you follow the recipe amounts listed, she suggested a quart of Rum.
Go now. Make Punch.
More Drink Recipes we LOVE:
–Cucumber Limeade Party Punch
–Sparkling Watermelon Lemonade
–DIY Italian Soda Bar
This is seriously the BEST punch ever. I served it at our girls night a few months ago and it's a good thing it doesn't have alcohol in it… as everyone had at LEAST 5 cup fulls of this delicious drink!
Making this punch for a shower tomorrow, it looks yummmmyyyyyyyy.Found the punch bowl at Wal-Mart thanks for that info also 🙂
Oh, Kami, you make me and my punch look so good! Enjoy your vacation!
Love Tiffany! That seriously looks incredible.
love this punch and have to add that Sprite Zero works great 🙂
mm.m mm. mm. can't wait to give this a try. thank you kami and tiff. two cute for words. that is you and her. xo.
Punch sounds delicious! (and dangerous) Tiffany cracks me up. You two are darling friends!
Mmmm…..I can taste it now!
(I deleted my comment, because I realized I didn't read the whole thing fully.) But this sounds divine. My grandma was the queen of punches. We'd always ask her what was in it and she would say, "Oh I don't know, just some juice and soda." Well, now we have one recipe to carry out her legacy!
That ice is the best in punch. Shivers (on 3300 South) sells it by the bag.
Yes Mam I WILL go make this punch, adding all the stuff to my grocery list.
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I love "would be writer's guild" and i LOOOVE her punch! i actually made it earlier this spring for a baby shower and it was SUCH a hit!
(my husband worried a little when he saw the pina colada mixer going into BABY SHOWER punch… i just let him go with it.)
I love Tiffany! From our first hug to our love of Hip and Humble (I did go buy the love birds, I know, I copy those I love!)
I knew we'd be blog sisters, hey she even loves me even though I quit!
Okay chickies, I just made this punch last night for a bridal shower I threw and it was a hit! It's YUMMY! Everyone raved about the delicious punch! Also, be sure to follow her directions and then not absent mindly answer your helpers when they ask what they can do and you say put the ice in the drink before the soda. It's really a frothy mess. Still tasty, tasty, tasty though!
Can’t wait to try it! How many will it serve?
Slurp, burp.
YUM
That's the yummiest looking punch ever!
I just found this yummy looking punch from pinterest… I totally know Tiffany… small world. I can’t wait to try it.
So bummed, i can’t find the ice anywhere near this town I live in 🙁
check the meat department at your local grocery. i learned they have their own ice machine and they actually gave be the ice…..about 3 baggies full.
you can buy the ice by the bag at most sonic drive ins or Dairy Queens, I cant find the recipe to this where is it lcated
Sonic sells this ice by the bag. Just order it like you do when you order their food.
Made it. Loved it. Still drinking it! Want to make it all the time 🙂 thanks so much for the recipe!!! (P.S. i couldnt find pebble ice but found some really tiny rectangles at a gas station and it worked out great! So just find the smallest ice you can)
I really want to make this for a Bridal shower i’m throwing.. BUT one problem I need it to have alcohol in it.. Has anyone tried putting alcohol and what would be the best kind or does alcohol completely ruin it??? HELP! looks so yummy!
I’m not sure? Just add it in! Maybe less ice since that would dilute the alcohol quite a bit. Good luck! 🙂
Malibu rum (to compliment the pina colada concentrate) would be best (i think that malibu rum would make this punch “sneaky”. The kind where you have a couple of glasses and then your feelin pretty buzzed) if you want to avoid the “sneaky drinky” effect go with an unflavored vodka or rum 🙂
I made this tonight for our annual cookie exchange party. These ladies are really wine drinkers so I wasn’t sure how it would go over. WOWOW!! We dubbed it “Rum Joy”…added about a quart of rum. OH YUM!!!!!! It is a fabulous that will become a regular at our parties. THANKS for passing it along.
Can you tell me when I should add the rum? Should I mix it with the pina colada before adding the ice?
Thanks :0)
Ellen
Oh my gosh! I use this recipe for parties and whatever activities! I call it JUNGLE JUICE. I use either FRESCA or SQUIRT. I do admit I have not used the pebbled ice…I’ll have to try that! Thanks Tiff for sharing. 😀
Do I really have to have a party…Noooooooo! I am thinking at my earliest convience I need to make this yumminess! Yep, going to the store in a couple of days and this will be a done deal! Thanks!
Has anyone tried making this with regular soda instead of diet? Is it too sweet? I know the recipe calls for diet…but I hate the fake sugar aftertaste of diet drinks lol.
This sounds fantastic!! Now if you could only come up with a “lighter” version! Thanks for sharing!
Does anyone know how many people this will serve? I’m having a party for about 26 people…should I double this recipe (in other words, plan to refill bowl?)
Seriously THEE BEST punch I have ever had!! I made it for a party and almost every single person asked if they could have the recipe! They LUUUUVVVVEEEDD IT!!!! I did add a several pineapple wedges mostly for looks. Sometimes those ‘secret recipes’ dont always get shared because they’re just that good. Thank you ever soooo much for sharing.
I can’t find the frozen piña colada mix. 🙁 would the mix in the bottle work?
This punch was a HUGE hit yesterday at a birthday party I through. Luckily I didn’t get clocked by the punch bowl when I tipped it back to drink from it at the end of the evening (I really didn’t do that, the punch was gone way before the end of the party, but I would have; Ha!). Thanks for the recipe and the post was hilarious!
I was wondering if anyone tried to color it? I want to make it but I need blue for a birthday party…I’m afraid if I add blue food coloring it will be more green, any suggestions?
Just try it!
The frozen raspberries make it red or pink, so maybe swap them out for lime slices or blue berries with the blue food coloring?? Try it.
I can’t find pineapple/orange concentrate ANYWHERE!!!! Any suggestions on what to use instead?
I’m in Austin, TX. 🙂
overly anxious to make this! I love pebbled ice… *drooling as i type
Oh yum! I’m kinda thinking I might combine this punch recipe I stumbled upon on Pinterest with another idea I happened to find there. Tell me what you think. The idea was to make pre-mixed drinks in mason jars, and jam them down in a big ice-bucket server thing. You know, like a washtub, or other large open container like that. So if I did that, would this recipe work if I mixed the punch, then poured it into the jars, and THEN added the ice and raspberries to each jar individually?
Hi Elizabeth!
I don’t think it would be as good, because it’s all the ice that melts into the punch that helps dilute the concentrates of the punch mixes that makes it so good.
What if you still served them in the cute mason jars, but had them off to the side?
That might be what I end up doing, Kami. My thought was that we have a big porch where we entertain a lot, and sometimes it gets pretty hot out there. Putting the already made punch with ice and raspberries on more ice seemed like a good way to keep them cold. Perhaps I’ll need to do a trial run before I actually have guests to try this out on…? 🙂 Thanks!
Can’t wait to try this for Easter Brunch: NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY IT SERVES?
This was seriously the BEST punch EVER! WE had about 30 adults at dinner last night and it served everyone at least twice, if not three times!
I am trying to find the pebble ice. No luck in Jersey. Any other suggestions. Can I just keep breaking up the ice in the refrig?
About how many cups does this recipe serve?
I just went to Walmart and purchased this jar! it gorgeous and huge!! Do you have to double the recpe to fill the jar? Recipe looks awesome. Going to put a bottle of rum beside bowl since we have non alcohlic drinkers coming as well!
Made this for a baby shower today (actually made two batches) and it was a huge hit. I added Malibu rum to it for an extra kick!
Total HIT!!!!
For those striking out on the ice: they have the pebbled ice in the soda machine at Costco if you only need a little. You could purchase a few drink cups at the foodcourt and instead of filling them with soda, you could fill them with ice.
When you say a bag of ice, exactly how big of a bag are you suggesting? And why does it have to be people ice, is this just for looks or will it change the taste? Thanks!
It’s about a 5 lb bag of ice.
by “people” do you mean pebble? Because yes!! The small type of ice whether you call it pebble or pellet ice, makes this party punch the best!
Ha ha, yes, I meant pebble ice. Thanks for the quick response!
Will the punch still taste the same if it is served from a dispenser and not out of a punch bowl w/ a ladle?
Not sure…it’s all about the ice with this one. Worth a try…
Having a 40th birthday party (outside) and am looking for a “drink in buld”…this sounds delicious. So….how much Malibu do you think I should add and would it be in addition to all the existing ingredients?
*bulk, not buld. Sorry!
Hi Theresa!
I’m not sure. I do know the ice dilutes it quite a bit, so it’s up to your preference. Sorry I’m not a lot of help in that department.
Where did you get that jar??? I looove it I’ve been looking all over for it
Hi I’m gonna do a test run on punch tomorrow, I couldn’t find right container so I got one of those with spout, question how will it taste if people put the pebble ice in cup then pour drink from spout
Hi Jamie! It will work good, although I’m not completely sure.
I can’t find the pineapple orange concentrate. Any suggestions?
Try a different grocery store.
Serioulsly THEE best punch I have ever tried!!!!!!!!! Omy goodness! Awsomeness. I use Mr & Mr T’s Pina Colada drink mix found at Winco. Always get many requests for this punch!
Hi ladies, I’ve searched SO many recipes and this seems to be the winner!! However..I have already called about 9 stores, and they’ve discontinued carrying frozen pina colada mixes! PLEASE help me find another non alcoholic substitute. I was really looking to wow my guests next week 😉
I did find one store carrying Seagrams coconut cream in a can (meant for making pina colada).
I’m late to discovering this recipe, but it will be my go-to punch recipe from now on. I made it this weekend for a shower and everyone loved it. This was to be the alcoholic punch so I added rum. I got the pebble ice at my nearby Sonic for about $5.25 for 10 lbs (I think – 2 5lb bags). I could barely add half a bag when making the punch, but I continued to add it as it was drank and it never tasted weak, watered down, etc. This ice really did make a big difference in my enjoyment of the punch.
Thank you for an easy and perfect recipe.
How much alcohol should you add to this punch
Hi Cynthia! One reader suggested a quart of Malibu Rum if you follow the recipe measurements as directed.
I also just discovered this punch. I made it for a reception. It was really easy. I couldn’t find the frozen pina colada concentrate. I bought a drink mix and cooked it down so it would be concentrated. It worked just fine. I bought two bags of frozen berries and used half of one bag to make raspberry syrup with the some sugar and water. I added some of it to the punch before adding the soda. It changed it a beautiful color and added to the flavor. The Sonic ice really does make a difference as well. I heard over and over, “This is the best piunch.” It’s definitely my new go to recipe. Thanks!
Hello. I want to make this punch for a party soon so I am hoping someone can help. I live in Southern California and I have tried so many stores (and liquor stores) to find the frozen pina colada mix. I’m not sure what I can use instead. If I have to use non frozen pina colada mix – will that be disastrous? How much of it should I use? Thank you in advance.
Hi Mindi!
What about Amazon Prime? Can you call the local stores near you. You could totally try the non frozen kind. Test it in a small batch before you make the full punch.