Green Punch Recipes (Alcoholic)

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St. Patrick’s Day Punch (poorgirlsguidechicago.com)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hosting a party? We’ve got your green punch recipes covered! As part of our DIY Holiday + Party Kit series, we’re giving you our favorite St. Paddy’s Day punch recipes.

Choose your liquor – champagne, vodka or whiskey – and check out the recipes below!

Green Champagne Punch:

Ingredients

2 (1/4 ounce) packages lemon-lime Kool-Aid (powdered mix)
2 cups sugar
1 (46 ounce) can or jug of pineapple juice
1 quart of cold water
1 (2 liter) bottles ginger ale
2 Bottles of champagne

Directions

Chill liquid ingredients
In a large punch bowl, mix the drink mix, sugar, pineapple juice and water (this makes A LOT of punch, depending on your punch bowl you can also split the batch and refill as needed)
Add ginger ale and champagne

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VIDEO: Red White And Blue Layered Drink Recipe

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Watch our how-to video for a quick demo on how to get the layered effect in this red, white and blue layered drink. Instructions and quantities are listed below. Cheers!

Red white and blue layered drink (Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

SMALL BATCH / INDIVIDUAL DRINK RECIPE:

Ingredients:

Red=

Hawaiian Punch OR
Cranberry Juice
*Mix alcohol here (optional, I use Vodka)

Blue =

Light blue Gatorade, watered down with any of these options….
Diet Sprite, Diet 7-Up, Soda Water, Plain Water

White = Ice

Quantities:

Red drink & Vodka mix = 1/3
Blue drink (75%) & water or clear diet drink to dilute it (25%)= 1/3
Ice = 1/3

For this drink, I use thirds to make it easy. The amounts will vary depending on how many you’re making and the size of the glasses.

Red white and blue layered drink (Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

Instructions:

The key to this drink is the sugar levels. The more sugary drink will stay on the bottom and drink with less sugar will float to the top. Mix your alcohol in the red layer so the extra sugar will help keep it at the bottom. With the ice included, you’ll get the red, white and blue layered effect!

In 1 cocktail shaker mix your desired red drink with alcohol if you’re using it. For 4 drinks, I use 6 shots of vodka and fill the rest of the cocktail shaker with cranberry juice or Hawaiian Punch
Pour red mixture in to empty glasses
Add ice so your cups are now 1/3 red, 1/3 ice. Use plenty of ice to act as a separator between the red and blue. Eventually the ice will float to the top.
In the 2nd cocktail shaker, mix 75% blue drink with 25% clear liquid, choices noted above
Pour blue drink SLOWLY directly over the ice to avoid mixing

*Garnish with American flag toothpicks, red or blue berries & enjoy!

LARGE BATCH / DRINK DISPENSER RECIPE:

Ingredients:

Same as above

Quantities:

Red = 2 Liter or large bottle of cranberry or punch
Blue = 4 large light blue Gatorades, watered down 1/4 a liter of any of these options: Diet Sprite, Diet 7-Up, Soda Water, Plain Water
White = ice

Instructions:

Same as above for small batch recipe
Replace cocktail shakers with pitchers and pre-mix separately before pouring in to the dispenser
Follow the same order – 1) red, 2) Ice 3) blue mix

VIDEO: Red White And Blue Layered Drink Recipe

June 8, 2014June 17, 20141 Comment

Watch our how-to video for a quick demo on how to get the layered effect in this red, white and blue layered drink. Instructions and quantities are listed below. Cheers!

Red white and blue layered drink (Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

SMALL BATCH / INDIVIDUAL DRINK RECIPE:

Ingredients:

Red=

Hawaiian Punch OR
Cranberry Juice
*Mix alcohol here (optional, I use Vodka)

Blue =

Light blue Gatorade, watered down with any of these options….
Diet Sprite, Diet 7-Up, Soda Water, Plain Water

White = Ice

Quantities:

Red drink & Vodka mix = 1/3
Blue drink (75%) & water or clear diet drink to dilute it (25%)= 1/3
Ice = 1/3

For this drink, I use thirds to make it easy. The amounts will vary depending on how many you’re making and the size of the glasses.

Red white and blue layered drink (Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

Instructions:

In 1 cocktail shaker mix your desired red drink with alcohol if you’re using it. For 4 drinks, I use 6 shots of vodka and fill the rest of the cocktail shaker with cranberry juice or Hawaiian Punch
Pour red mixture in to empty glasses
Add ice so your cups are now 1/3 red, 1/3 ice. Use plenty of ice to act as a separator between the red and blue. Eventually the ice will float to the top.
In the 2nd cocktail shaker, mix 75% blue drink with 25% clear liquid, choices noted above
Pour blue drink SLOWLY directly over the ice to avoid mixing

*Garnish with American flag toothpicks, red or blue berries & enjoy!

LARGE BATCH / DRINK DISPENSER RECIPE:

Ingredients:

Same as above

Quantities:

Red = 2 Liter or large bottle of cranberry or punch
Blue = 4 large light blue Gatorades, watered down 1/4 a liter of any of these options: Diet Sprite, Diet 7-Up, Soda Water, Plain Water
White = ice

Instructions:

Same as above for small batch recipe
Replace cocktail shakers with pitchers and pre-mix separately before pouring in to the dispenser
Follow the same order – 1) red, 2) Ice 3) blue mix

4th of July Punch - Cranberry punch with blueberries

Red, White And Blue Punch Recipe

May 14, 2014May 13, 2014Leave a comment

Red, White & Blue Punch

Add a a little something extra to your BBQ this Memorial Day or 4th of July! Try this easy Red, White & Blue punch recipe- perfect for a summer get together.

With cranberry juice and blueberries, this punch is as festive as it is delicious!

Ingredients:

4 cups cranberry juice
1 1/2 liters of vodka
4 cups pineapple juice
2 liters ginger ale
blueberries to garnish

Directions:

Prep Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 15 mins

Combine all ingredients except the ginger ale.
Chill until serving time.
Pour into punch bowl and add ginger ale

Peep Cake Pop Recipe

April 8, 2014Leave a comment

Peep Cake Pop – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago

As part of our DIY Holiday + Party Kit series, we’re giving you some of our favorite (and cheap) ideas for Easter. Try these adorable “Hatching Chick” Peep Cake Pops this Easter.

Ingredients *Makes 24 cake pops

1 Box Cake Mix (Your choice)
1 Can Frosting (Your choice )
2 boxes of white chocolate chips
24 Cake pop sticks
24 Peeps
Styrofoam block
Clear treat bags (if desired)

Instructions

Bake cake as instructed
Let cake cool
Crumble cake as small as possible in large bowl
Mix in frosting by hand slowly
Shape cake in to small ball/egg shapes, use an mini ice cream scoop if you have one
Roll the balls on to a plate covered in wax paper
Melt half the chocolate as instructed (double boil or microwave)
Dip half the ball in chocolate and place back on the plate with wax paper
Put them in the freezer for about 20 minutes
While pops are in the freezer, cut the faces off the peeps and set aside
Melt the remaining chocolate and place small amounts at a time in cup
Remove cake balls from freezer, place a stick in each
Dip cake balls carefully in to the cup of chocolate so they are fully covered
Let the excess chocolate drip off
Take the peep and place it on the front of the cake pop, push it lightly so it sticks
Place cake pops in the styrofoam block and put them in the freezer
Serve them as is or individually wrapped in clear baggies or treat bags