Easy Punch Recipes

Christmas and New Year are not too far away, and most of us for sure are already making plans to celebrate the two occasions in a grand manner. Well, if you are wondering what can you do to make these two occasions a little different from the usual ones each year, then why not  introduce some alcoholic and non-alcoholic punch drinks to your party menu? Punch drinks will not only complete your party menu, but will also add a ‘punch’ to your celebrations. So, giddy up and don your creative caps; fix all the required ingredients and set yourself to prepare some tempting and tantalizing punch drinks to electrify the party atmosphere. These punch recipes need not necessarily be limited to celebrating Christmas and New Year. They can also transcend to the scope of other festive occasions as well. Mentioned below are some easy punch recipes to think about. Read on to learn more.

Simple Punch Recipes

Lavender Punch

• 13 inch stick of Cinnamon
• 3 tbsp fresh Lavender Flowers or 1 tbsp dry Lavender
• 1 cup Water
• 1 Lime (Sliced)
• 2 cups of bottled Purple Grape juice
• ½ tsp whole Cloves
• 16 oz Limeade concentrate (Can Frozen)
• 1 one litre bottled Seltzer (Chilled)
• Ice cubes

• Heat up the water with the cinnamon stick and cloves in a 1 quart saucepan until it has boiled well.
• Simmer the spice mixture over a low flame for 5 minutes and then remove the pan. Add the lavender flowers and cover it, and let it stand for 10 minutes to steep.
• Now strain the brew into a bowl and get rid of the dregs. Stir in the frozen limeade concentrate until it blends well and add grape juice.
• Cover the bowl and refrigerate the mixture. Pour the brew into a large pitcher, just before serving.
• Add the lime slices and ice to the pitcher and fill it with seltzer or ginger ale and serve immediately.

Apricot Rum Punch

• 1 oz Cherry mix
• 1 oz Rum
• Pineapple juice
• Orange juice
• 1 oz Apricot Schnapps

• Blend together all the ingredients until properly mixed.
• Pour into a pitcher and add ice. Serve immediately.

Blue Vodka Punch

• Pineapple juice
• Orange juice
• 1 oz Vodka
• 1 oz Blue Curacao 

• Combine the vodka, blue curacao, pineapple and orange juices together.
• Add ice and serve.

Gingery Rum Punch

• 1 large piece of Ginger (Fresh and Chopped)
• ½ cup Water
• 1 ½ cups of Rum
• 5 cups of Pineapple juice (Unsweetened)
• 2 litres Grapefruit Soda
• ½ cup Brown Sugar (Packed)
• 4-5 cups of Club Soda

• Chill all the ingredients before mixing them together.
• Mix the ginger, water and brown sugar in a saucepan and boil it over high heat.
• Lower the heat once the liquid reaches boiling point and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Remove it from the heat and let it cool. Strain the liquid to remove the ginger and then pour the liquid into a punch bowl.
• Add the pineapple juice and rum to the bowl. Add the club soda and grapefruit soda just before serving. Serve the punch with crushed ice.