Independence Punch
Independence Punch
Ready for the most patriotic drink around? This Independence Punch will totally wow guest for 4th of July, Memorial and Veteran's day!
Ingredients
- Cranberry Juice
- Blue Gatorade Frost
- Diet 7-Up
- Ice cubes - enough to fill the entire drink container
- A large drink dispenser
Instructions
(Either in a Glass or a drink dispenser)
Fill the glass or drink dispenser with Ice.
Pour in the Cranberry Juice
Next Pour in the Blue Gatorade Frost, BUT make sure that when you're pouring the Blue Gatorade Frost that you pour straight onto some of the ice to gently add the layer. If you pour it directly into the juice it will mix!
Next, pour in the Diet 7up, also pour onto an ice cube to prevent them from mixing.
I suppose you could do this with any color drink combo.
You need to use drinks with varying amounts of sugar, since those that contain more sugar (such as soda) are denser than those with less (such as diet drinks), this makes it possible to actually stack one on top of another.
The whole right side of this recipe is cut off. Could you send it to me? Thanks.
So sorry! Just e-mailed it to you!
Do you start with the cranberry and then pour ice then the gatorade?
Ice, Cranberry juice and then Gatorade. Just place sure when you pour the gatorade that you’re pouring it slowly directly on a big chunk of ice or the back of a spoon. if you just straight pour it into the cranberry juice it will mix.
But if you use a dispenser, wont the first couple glasses be just cranberry, the next couple drinks be just Gatorade, and the next only getting the soda ect ect.tonda
Nope. It all mixes together when it comes out 🙂 I thought it would be like that too when I made it for the first time but it comes out of the dispenser purple.
Do you pour the cranberry juice before or after you add the ice?? It doesn’t specify in the receipe.
Ice and then cranberry juice 🙂
Yes it does, it says “fill the glass or despenser with ice” and then the next step says “pour in the cranberry juice”
Hi, can you tell me if this can be done with regular soda, not diet?
Thanks
Hi April! Only if the soda that you want to use has less sugar that the other two. You need to use drinks with varying amounts of sugar, since those that contain more sugar (such as soda) are denser than those with less (such as diet drinks), this makes it possible to actually stack one on top of another.
Tried this out today for a practice run and it did great! I think the key is to use a ton of ice and pour slowly.
YAY! I’m so glad that everything worked out perfectly!
Any suggestions on how to booze it up for the adults without compromising the layers?
Do u think I can use crystal light type juice and add just a little drink with sugar in it I’m each layer ? Like bottom do crystal light fruit punch and add a little kiolaid, and then layer up with less sugar ?
Hey Andrea,
I’ve never made it with Crystal Light or Kool-Aid so I have no idea if that would work. I would think that as long as the sugar content of each layer is different that it would but I’m not 100% sure of that combination.
What happens as you are dispensing drinks…Do the first group of people get cranberry, then the sports drink, etc.? Do you lose the red layer first? Thanks much!
Hey Lisa! It comes out purple hahaha. (it really does)
Hi Angie, Just so I’m understanding this correctly — if it’s being dispensed in the same type of container pictured, with the faucet near the bottom — the drink will remain separated in the container but the flavors will be mixed and purple in the glass?
Hey Jeff! Yep, it turned purple. I don’t know why, it just does. The first time I ever made this I went to pour a glass thinking that I was going to get red….nope…it came out purple. I’m guessing the red and blue mixes when it dispenses?
Hi! Looks great! How does it taste?
mmm I’m not quite sure how to answer this haha. It just taste like punch haha. It’s a mix of all of these flavors but it doesn’t really have a taste that I can compare to anything really. If you’re worried about taste, I would just buy 3 little bottles of each, mix them up and give it a taste before going through buying everything and layering it. All of the ingredients also come in individual size bottles as well.
Also if you’re looking for like the ice cream type punch for a party, you could always put liek 1/2 a scoop of sherbert into each cup before dispensing the punch into the cup 🙂
Excellent thank you for this drink!!! It was a huge hit!!!
YAY! I’m so glad that you liked it!
can vodka or another alcohol be added?? or will this disturb the layers?
It’s not listing the recipe. When do you put in the sprite? Could you email it?
Hi Whitney,
The recipe is right above the last photo 🙂
Hi Angie,
Trying to make this for a large party. How much cranberry juice, diet 7 up, and Blue Gatorade Frost per recipe? Also, how many servings per recipe? Love the idea just trying to use it for about 125 people.
I normally use about 1-2 liters of each when I’m making this for a cookout for about 20 people depending on the size container I have 🙂
Can you liquor with it
Maybe. I haven’t tried it like that before. Not sure if it’ll mess up the layers or not.
Maybe just put the liquor in your cup to be safe?
I kind of think that idea would work best!
Maybe set out little airplane bottles?
So excited to try this for our 5-year-old’s Transformers party. I always water down our drinks so I’m going to use straight soda water on top.
Let me know how it turns out!! Hope y’all love it!
This is incredibly cute! When I have parties it’s always BYOBooze, but I always have non-alcoholic options for my guests because we have some who are designated drivers, and also quite a few kiddos. We’re always family friendly around here. So this is awesome for the 4th! And it looks so darn good too! I love the layered colors. I couldn’t help but notice your water bottles too. LOVE LOVE LOVE those labels! What a great idea! Love your blog! There’s always such good ideas and great recipes.
Thank you so much!!!
If I make this in cups ahead of time how does the ice melting affect the layers? And by ahead of time maybe 10 minutes before the guests arrive. Of course, the liquids will be chilled before I mix them.
When I made this in the big pitcher they ice melting didn’t affect the layers at all.