Pineapple Party Punch
Made with Sprite, sugar, Kool-Aid, and pineapple juice, this refreshingly sweet party punch will transport you to the tropics and is a must at your next event.
With New Year’s Eve upon us, I thought this would be a great time to bring you an old-fashioned and super simple party punch recipe that is suitable for everyone. My kids, our families, and our friends always enjoy this delicious punch whenever we have a get-together.
I’ve been making this pineapple punch since I was a teenager. One of my favorite things about it is that it’s so easily customizable. Our four main ingredients are Sprite, sugar, pineapple juice, and Kool-Aid. Today I’m going to show you how to make it using Splenda and Sprite Zero. This significantly cuts out the sugar and leaves the only remaining sugars to be the natural sugars in the pineapple juice.
But let this quick and easy party punch recipe work for you. Want to use granulated sugar instead? Go ahead. How about ginger ale or 7-Up instead of Sprite? I won’t stop you! You can also change the flavor and color by simply changing one ingredient (spoiler: it’s the Kool-Aid).
So, how do you make my party punch? Oh, it’s hard, folks. You see, you have to pour the ingredients into a punchbowl, stir them together, and… yeah, that’s all there is to it. So you can spend your time celebrating instead of making a punch. Sounds good to me!
Recipe Ingredients
- Sprite Zero
- Pineapple juice
- Splenda or sugar
- Kool-Aid
How to Make Party Punch
Pour your pineapple juice into a large bowl and add the Kool-Aid, as well as the sugar (or Splenda).
Stir well.
Pour in Sprite and gently stir again.
At this point, you can add an ice ring if you like. Instead of an ice ring, I just refrigerate all of my ingredients so the punch is good and cold. To make an ice ring, I’d make some Kool-Aid ahead of time in whatever flavor you are using for the punch and put it in a jello mold or bundt pan. Freeze until firm and then dip just the bottom into warm water for five seconds before releasing it into your punch bowl.
Can serve over ice, with an ice ring in it, or just serve cold.
You can garnish it with fresh fruit if you like, as I’ve done with these pineapple wedges and maraschino cherries. Fresh berries would also work well. Otherwise, just serve it over ice or in punch cups.
It is absolutely delicious and you just have to taste it soon!
Storage
Because of the carbonated soda, you’ll want to serve this immediately and not store leftovers, as it’ll go flat pretty quickly.
Recipe Notes
- Want to turn this into a party punch with alcohol? Opt for white rum, coconut rum, or vodka.
- Lemon-lime Kool-Aid is also delicious in this pineapple punch and is the perfect complement to lemon-lime soda. with a to take it to the next level!
- As mentioned, use any kind of carbonated drink you like, such as 7-Up, Sprite, , or even .
- Instead of adding fresh fruit as a garnish, chop up fresh pineapple into large chunks and freeze them. Then you can use the frozen pineapple chunks in place of ice cubes. The best part is, it’s tasty and stops the punch from being watered down.
Recipe FAQs
Can you make a pineapple punch with sherbet?
Yes, if you want to make sherbet punch, all you have to do is add up to 2 quarts of pineapple sherbet to your punch bowl and mix well.
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Ingredients
- 1 46-ounce can pineapple juice
- 2 liters Sprite or Sprite Zero*
- 2 cups Splenda or sugar
- 2 packets flavored drink mix such as Kool-Aid
Instructions
- In a punchbowl, pour pineapple juice. Add drink mix and sugar/Splenda. Stir until dissolved.1 46-ounce can pineapple juice, 2 cups Splenda or sugar, 2 packets flavored drink mix such as Kool-Aid
- Pour in Sprite and gently stir again.2 liters Sprite or Sprite Zero*
- Serve with a fresh fruit garnish or simply over ice.
Nutrition
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I totally agree with you about the alcohol & New Years Eve. We don’t drink alcohol and we like to stay home on New Years Eve. This punch will be great for showers & parties. I will print this for future use. Thank You, Christy!!
Christy, I recall the only time my husband and I went out for New Year’s Eve. I bought a red velvet dress with sparkles that we didn’t have the money for, but since we had never been to a fancy dance on New Year’s Eve, we splurged. ( a lot) We drove a long time, couldn’t find a parking place, stood in line to pay for our ticket and get a stamp at the door, finally found an empty table, and wouldn’t you know someone whirled around and sat down on me ( drunk) just as I sat down and poured a drink on my beautiful dress! I started crying and we left! It was nothing like I had dreamed of. That was in 1970. Haven’t been out since!
I made this punch today for a retirement party at school. Just so you know … Mixed Berry Koolaid is NOT red. It’s blue. (and the party was about to start and I didn’t have time to go back to the store and get RED!!!) And when you put yellow pineapple juice in blue Koolaid — yep, you get this really nice TEAL color punch! It actually looked really nice with the yellow tablecloth, and they drank it gone, so you know it was good. But it was TEAL!! We did get a few comments on our “designer” punch.
If you every find yourself needing teal punch, you know what to do! Haha!
You know, I was just thinking about your idea of adding stuff and thought of something else. What if you had a bowl of frozen berries on the side that folks could put in their glasses instead of ice? oooh yum!
That is a FABULOUS idea!!!
Sounds simple and delicious- what flavor of koolaid drink do you use?
Here’s another good non- alcoholic punch that my husband’s grandparents would serve at the holidays. They had 5 children and tons of grandkids and great grand kids and they always had the big holiday dinners at their house. They are no longer with us, so we make sure to serve this when we have Christmas dinner. It is very easy: 2 cans of frozen fruit punch concentrate and 3 two liters of ginger ale. I’ve made it with 1 can and 2 two liters before and that works too. I’ve taken this to parties before and everyone asks for the recipe. Kids and adults like it.
We’ve served a great punch during the holidays–very simple. Put vanilla ice cream in a punch bowl. Add eggnog and sprinkle a little nutmeg on top. You couuld use lighter ice cream and the light version of eggnog. So simple yet so decadent-tasting.
Hi Christy! Do you think this would taste good with strawberry ice cream or frozen yogurt instead of Kool aid? My kiddos can’t have artificial colors. Thanks so much! 🙂 Can’t wait for your new book to come out. 🙂
Hey Gina! The Koolaid gives it a wallop of flavor but replacing ice cream or frozen yogurt would give it mostly a different texture and little bit of flavor. It wouldn’t be the same recipe, but I do think it would still be good! I hope this helps!
Another option is to find some dye free drink mix. I think an Earth Fare or sprouts type grocery store would have it. I’m not a Whole Foods gal but they may have something like that there, as well.
Thank you so much – I didn’t know they HAD dye free drink mixes! I will definitely look for them. 🙂
Oh yeah they’re awesome! A lot of kids are allergic to he dyes but there is also the benefit of not staining clothes 🙂