Any one have ideas for quick and easy party drinks non alcohol please?!
Answers: my teens like having friends over all the time and i always end up buying sodas to keep on hand. I could use some new ideas.
I like to keep LOTS of Crystal Light (or similar) on hand. It can be mixed up quickly with ice-cold tap water or sparkling water (for something different).
How about making a Spezi (pronounced "spate-zee") - it's cola with just a splash of orange pop. It can be made with regular or diet pop.
If you're feeling more "adventurous", try:
Sparkling Sunrise:
4oz orange juice
4oz sprite or soda water
splash of grenidine
ice
Put the grenedine in the bottom of a tall glass then put ice into the glass. Slowly pour in the orange juice down the side of the glass, then top with the pop. Serve with a cherry garnish.
Foaming Dragon:
Into a shaker glass over ice, add 4 oz. cranberry juice, 4 oz. orange juice, 1 tablespoon icing sugar. Shake and strain onto fresh ice in a highball glass and top with 7-Up. Garnish with fresh cranberries on a cocktail pick .
The Sunrise Blend:
In a blender, add 1 cup ice, 3 oz. fresh orange juice, 3 oz. fresh pineapple juice, 2 fresh strawberries and 1 banana.
Blend until slushy and strain into a large tumbler.
Garnish with strawberries.
The Rainbow Cooler:
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add 2 oz. each orange, pineapple and passion fruit juice, the juice of ? fresh lemon and 1 tsp, grenadine.
Shake until chilled and strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
The Coco Colada:
In a blender, add 1 cup ice, 4 oz. pineapple juice and 2 oz. cream of coconut (or 6 oz. pina colada mix).
Blend until slushy and strain into an old fashioned drinking or margarita glass.
Garnish with an orange wheel.
Harrowsmith Sunrise:
7 oz pineapple juice
3 oz strawberry kiwi Fruitopia
couple drops coconut extract
garnish with strawberry & pineapple
Happy Go Lucky Drink:
Fill a tall glass with crushed ice.
In a shaker add:
3 oz cranberry juice
4 oz orange juice or pineapple juice
a squeeze of lime
1/2 tsp grenadine
Shake well, and pour over ice. Add 2 oz. of soda water or ginger ale before serving.
Decorate with a cherry and lemon/ orange slice.
Jungle Berry Fizz:
4 oz 7-up
4 oz cranberry juice
2 oz orange juice
Garnish with orange.
The Citrus Sipper
Ice
1 oz Rose's Lime Cordial
3 oz cranberry juice
3 oz white grapefruit juice
ginger ale
wedge of orange
Fill a 10 oz highball glass ? with ice. Layer by pouring down the inside the Rose's Lime Cordial, then the cranberry juice, then the white grapefruit juice. Top with ginger ale and serve with a wedge of orange and a straw.
Southern Sunrise:
Ingredients (serves 20)
Cranberry juice 1.14 litre (4.5 cups)
Orange juice 1 litre (4 cups)
Almond extract 5-10 ml (1-2 tsp)
For tart drink: soda 2 litres (8 cups)
For sweeter drink: ginger ale 2 litres (8 cups)
Supplies: One 8 litre (2 gal.) container for mixing. Punch bowl and cups, or highball glasses.
Mixing: Chill all the ingredients for at least 3 hours. Combine the juices in your mixing container and all almond extract to taste. Cover. Refrigerate. Add soda or ginger ale just before serving.
Smart-Ini:
2 oz pineapple juice
2 tsp lime juice
2 oz. cranberry juice
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add 2 oz. pineapple juice, 2 tsp. lime juice and 2 oz. cranberry juice. Shake and strain into a Martini glass.
Garnish with a pineapple and cranberry skewer.
Alternatively, add all ingredients to a rocks glass filled with ice; garnish as instructed.
Pitcher Size:
2 cups pineapple juice
2 oz. lime juice
2 cups cranberry juice.
To a pitcher, add 2 cups pineapple juice, 2 oz. lime juice and 2 cups cranberry juice. Stir to mix.
Pour into glasses filled with ice and garnish each with a pineapple and cranberry skewer.
Makes approx. 8 - 6 oz. cocktails
Juliuses are quick, easy and fabboo.
Orange Julius
1-6 oz can frozen OJ concentrate
1 cp cold milk
1 egg
1 cp ice water
? cp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
12 ice cubes
Combine the frozen concentrate, milk, egg, water, sugar and vanilla. Blend for a few seconds to combine the ingredients. Add the ice cubes and blend 1 min, Pour into 4 8oz glasses and serve immediately
Strawberry Julius
2 C quartered fresh strawberries, washed and trimmed or frozen if it's the wrong season
1 C milk
1 C cold water
1 C ice cubes
? cp sugar (I usually cut this back a little)
? tsp vanilla
Place all ingredients in a blender. Mix about 20 seconds or until well blended. Serve immediately. Serves 4-5
I love the Strawberry Julius so much more than the Orange Julius that I was very excited to get this recipe. My favorite at the mall is the Triple Berry Julius that I want to try. I’m thinking 2 cps of frozen mixed berries. Yummy!!
fruit punch mixed with ginger ale and 7-up. if you want to be creative, put some apple or lemon or lime slices in it. and if you want to be more healthy, put more punch than soda. hope i helped!
Celebration Punch:
12 oz Frozen orange juice
12 oz Frozen lemonade
24 oz Frozen cran-raspberry juice
1 c Water
3 liters Club soda
Directions:
Combine juice and water and pour into punch bowl over ice ring. Slowly add Club soda.
Here's a link for all non-alcoholic drinks....a real gold mine!
http://www.floras-hideout.com/drrecipes/...
shirley temple
sprite mixed with cherry syrup topped with a marichino cherry
a great drink is SPARKLING APPLE CIDER. You can go to costco and i'm sure they will have it. They also come in cool champagne bottle so thats kind of neat. i drink this on new years all the time. its a tradition.