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Sunset Punch

Sunset Punch

This Sunset Punch is basically golden hour in a glass—fruity, fizzy, and so pretty. Easy to make
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 8 serving
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Calories: 160
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Punch base (the fruity part)
  • 2 cups orange juice
  • 2 cups pineapple juice
  • 1 cup mango juice or tropical blend
  • ½ cup lemon juice or lime juice, or a combo
Bubbles (the sparkle)
  • 3 cups lemon-lime soda Sprite/7Up
  • OR
  • 3 cups sparkling water lighter, less sweet
The sunset color magic
  • 3 –5 tablespoons grenadine start small!
Garnish (optional, but makes it look like a “real recipe”)
  • orange slices
  • lemon wheels
  • cherries
  • pineapple chunks
  • mint
  • frozen berries

Equipment

  • Large pitcher
  • Long spoon / ladle for mixing
  • Measuring cup
  • Citrus squeezer
  • Glasses
  • Ice
  • paper straws
  • fruit skewers
  • a big ice ring mold
  • a tray so you look organized

Method
 

Step 1: Chill the ingredients
  1. If your juices are warm, ice will melt faster and your punch goes watery in 10 minutes. Been there.
  2. So ideally:
  3. juices cold
  4. soda cold
  5. pitcher cold (if you have fridge space)
Step 2: Pour juices into the pitcher
  1. Add:
  2. orange juice
  3. pineapple juice
  4. mango juice
  5. lemon juice
  6. Stir. Taste.
  7. At this stage it should taste like a tropical juice blend with a citrus kick.
Step 3: Add ice (not too much yet)
  1. Add a handful or two. Not a mountain.
  2. If you’re serving later, skip ice now. Keep it in the fridge.
Step 4: Add the bubbles LAST
  1. Slowly pour in soda or sparkling water.
  2. Stir gently. Like… don’t go crazy. You want bubbles, not sadness.
Step 5: Create the sunset layering
  1. This part is fun.
  2. Take your grenadine and drizzle it down the side of the pitcher.
  3. It sinks slowly and forms that red/pink layer at the bottom.
  4. Like a real sunset. It’s weirdly satisfying.
  5. Do NOT stir immediately if you want the layered look. Let it settle. Then you can either:
  6. leave it layered (super pretty)
  7. do one gentle stir for a “marbled” effect
Step 6: Taste and adjust
  1. This is the “make it yours” moment.
  2. too sweet → add more lemon/lime or sparkling water
  3. too sharp → add a splash more orange juice
  4. too flat → more soda
  5. too pale → tiny more grenadine
  6. You’re the boss.
Step 7: Serve
  1. Fill glasses with ice, pour punch, garnish if you feel like showing off.
  2. If you want sunset layering in each glass:
  3. pour punch first, then drizzle ½ teaspoon grenadine into each glass.
  4. It sinks. People go “ooooh”.