Imagination Punch

It is a great drink for kids’ summer birthday parties.

Ingredients

Ice cubes

1. 18 disposable plastic cups
2. 18 maraschino cherries
3. 36 fresh blue berries
4. 1-1/2 cup cold distilled water, divided

Punch

1. 2 packages berry blue gelatin
2. 2 cups boiling water
3. 4 cups old water
4. 2 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
5. 12 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
6. 2 liters ginger ale, chilled

Preparation Method

• Place plastic cups in muffin pans
• From each cherry, cut out a mouth shape, pat dry
• Place one cherry mouth and two blue berries for eyes in the bottom of each cup
• Pour 1 teaspoon distilled water into each cup, return to freezer, freeze for 30 minutes or until solid
• For a punch, in a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water
• Stir in cold water, pineapple juice and lemonade concentrate
• Refrigerate for 1-1/2 hours or until chilled
• Just before serving, transfer to a 5-qt. punch bowl. Stir in ginger ale
• Remove ice cubes from cups, place face side up in punch bowl

Tip: whenever lemons are limes are on sale, I throw a bag of each in the freezer. Later, when I need fresh lemon or lime juice, I just defrost a single lemon or lime in the microwave.

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