This Grinch Punch Recipe is festive, featuring a green fruit drink, lemon-lime soda, sherbet, and lime concentrate. It is perfect for your party and completely green, making it ready for Christmas. Easy to make and a delicious party punch for kids and adults to enjoy.
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Grinch Punch
When I’m hosting a Christmas party, I like to set out some fun drink recipes, like this Shirley Temple Drink, Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate, and Mom’s Spiced Wassail drink.
There are so many fun ideas to create during the holidays. This year, I decided a Grinch Punch drink was in order. It is the perfect punch to ring in the holidays, like Christmas or New Year’s Eve. The kids will love the fun sticker decals on their cups and the delicious green punch to fill them with.
Here’s What You’ll Love about this Punch
- It’s a festive holiday punch that all ages will enjoy
- This Christmas punch is easy to make
Grinch Punch Ingredients
Fresh Limes – This is a great way to get the sugar crystals to stick to the edge of the cups
Green sugar crystals (also called sanding sugar) – I’ve seen lots of Grinch punch drinks with red crystals which is also a cute idea.
7 Up or Sprite – Use any form of lemon-lime soda for this fun punch
Green Hawaiian Punch – Luckily, Hawaiian Punch makes a green flavor called Green Berry Rush, which is perfect for this drink
Limeade – Frozen Concentrate Limeade
Green Sherbet – Use just enough to cover the surface of your punch bowl. One quart is plenty.
Equipment You’ll Need
How to Make Grinch Punch
Prepping the cups
Get cups ready by adding Grinch stickers to the cups
Cut the lime into wedges
Cut a slit into each lime wedge
Place the lime over the rim of a cup and rub it all the way around so the juices stick to the rim.
Pour some sugar crystals (green or red) into a small plate – enough to cover the plate.
Turn the wet rim cup over and spin it around so the sugar crystals adhere to the cup rim. Tilt the cup so the sugars also adhere to the front of the rim.
Repeat for all of the cups.
Making the Punch
Squeeze the limeade concentrate into the punch bowl
Pour the entire 2 liters of lemon-lime soda over the limeade
Add 3 cups of green punch – more if you have room for it
Stir until well mixed, and the concentrate is dissolved
Finally, spoon sherbet onto the top surface of the punch
Set the Grinch cups in front of the punch for your guests to fill up
Expert Tips
You can Rim your cups in advance. Make them the morning of the party, and your sugar-rimmed cups will be nice and hard by party time.
You can prepare most of the punch in advance and store it in the fridge, but do not add the soda or Sherbet until about 15 minutes before your party.
If you can’t find the punch, use prepared green Kool-Aid.
FAQs
What Does Grinch Punch Taste Like?
This punch is a fun, fizzy, and sugary treat with a delicious creamy sherbet.
Can I Make Grinch Punch in Advance?
Yes and No. You can prepare the cups by adding Grinch face stickers and sugar to the rims. You can mix everything in your punch bowl except the soda and sherbet. Cover and refrigerate. Add the soda and sherbet to the punch about 15 minutes before your party.
Variations
Add-Ins: You can add pineapple juice to this punch for a fruity flavor
Soda: If you don’t have lemon-lime try ginger ale instead
Storing:
Although the soda will eventually go flat, this punch is still delicious the next day. Cove and refrigerate any leftover punch.
Quick Tip for Storing
Use a kitchen funnel to pour leftovers into the empty soda bottle. Twist the lid on for a tight seal and store in the fridge.
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Ingredients
- 2 limes
- ½ cup Sanding sugar green or red
- 12 oz. limeade frozen concentrate
- 2 liters lemon-lime soda
- 3 cups green Hawaiian punch more if you have room in the bowl
- 1 qt. sherbet green
Instructions
Prepping the cups
- Get cups ready by adding Grinch stickers to the cups
- Cut the limes into wedges
- Cut a slit into each lime wedge
- Place the lime over the rim of a cup and rub it all the way around so the juices stick to the rim.
- Pour some sugar crystals (green or red) into a small plate – enough to cover the plate.
- Turn the wet-adhere rimmed cup over and spin it around so the sugar crystals adhere to the cup rim. Tilt the cup so the sugars also stick to the front of the rim.
- Repeat for all of the cups.
Making the Punch
- Squeeze the limeade concentrate into the punch bowl
- Pour the entire 2 liters of lemon-lime soda over the limeade
- Add 3 cups of green punch – more if you have room for it
- Stir until well mixed, and the concentrate is dissolved
- Finally, spoon sherbet onto the top surface of the punch
- Set the Grinch cups in front of the punch for your guests to fill up
