Wedding Non - Alcoholic Punch Recipes & Alcoholic Punch - Holiday punches too! How much to buy...

Here is a selection of punches perfect for weddings! Be creative, add your own special touch. DIY ice sculptures, frozen punch cubes, using different shapes to fit your theme and fruit make a wonderful addition.

Have fun!

Non-Alcoholic Punch Recipes


Orange Egg Nog Punch
1 quart reduced-fat dairy eggnog or 1 can (1 quart) eggnog
1 can (12 ounces) frozen orange juice concentrate (thawed)
1 can (12 ounces) ginger ale (chilled)
In large pitcher, stir eggnog and orange juice concentrate until well mixed. Slowly pour in ginger ale and stir gently.


Egg Nog Punch
1 quart dairy eggnog
1 pint vanilla ice cream
1 quart 7-Up
Combine eggnog and softened ice cream. Slowly add 7-Up. Serves approx. 20.

Hot Spiced Cider Punch
1 pint sweet cider
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 pint 7-Up (2 cups)
1 tbs. whole cloves
1/2 tsp. allspice
3 sticks of cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
Tie spices in cloth bag. Put all ingredients into 2 qt. saucepan. Add spice bag, bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove spice. Serves 8-10

Cranberry Punch
4 c. cranberry juice
1 1/2 c. sugar
4 c. pineapple juice
1 tbsp. almond extract
2 qts. ginger ale

Combine first four ingredients. Stir until sugar is dissolved, chill. Then add ginger ale just before serving. Add cherry ice ring to keep punch cold. Serves 30.


Shaye's Wedding Punch
1 can sweetned condensed milk
1 Large frozen orange juice
1 Large frozen pinneapple juice
2 Liter 7-up
Great taste!

Apricot & Orange Punch
1 6-oz. can frozen orange juice
1 46-oz. can apricot nectar
3 quarts (96 0z.) 7-Up
Blend orange juice and nectar. Gently add 7-Up.
For extra zing, float one quart orange sherbet, in scoops, on top of punch. Serves approx. 35

Punch-in-a-cloud
2 quarts Sherbet - Choose flavor according to the color and flavor desired
3 - 2 liter size bottles of 7-up
place half of the sherbet into your punch bowl and allow to soften. Add 7-up gently. Do not stir. Float remaining sherbet in scoops on punch. Serves approx. 50

Wonderful punch
2 12oz cans frozen lemonade
2 12oz cans frozen orange juice
2 46oz cans of pineapple juice
1 cup of sugar
6 cups of water
mix all ingedients well then freeze for at least
12-14 hours are until frozen. Then serve in punch
bowl , pour gingerale in until slushy. Makes
quite a bit...

Big Red Punch
2 liter bottle Big Red (red punch soda)
46oz can pineapple juice
2-3 small cans crushed pineapple

Pour Big Red and Pineapple juice evenly. Put one can crushed pineapple in punch. Use the rest of the Crushed pineapple and extra juice to make ice-ring. Trust me it's really good!!! You may want to add more or less Big Red to taste. I'm not sure how many it serves because it's so easy to refill by just opening a can of pineapple juice and bottle of Big Red evenly.

Banana Pineapple Punch
Boil 5 cups sugar in 6 cups water
Add juice of 6 lemons
1 quart orange juice
2 cups pineapple juice
6 mashed bananas
Mix well, then freeze in small bags. Take out shortly before adding 2 quarts 7-Up in punch bowl. Makes a delicious and unusual punch

Frothy Fruit Punch
2 quarts lemon-lime or 7-Up
1 46 oz. can pineapple juice
146 oz. can orange juice
2 pints lime sherbet
Chill lemon-lime drink and fruit juices. Combine fruit juices, slowly add lemon-lime drink. Add scoops of sherbert. Garnish with fresh fruit. Strawberries are great with this punch.

Cranberry Lemon/Lime Punch
1 can frozen cranberry juice
1 can frozen lemon-aide
1 can frozen lime aide or lime daquari mix
1/2 liter Sprite, ginger ale, or 7 UP

Mix in a very large container with 3 cans of water, then dilute with more pop to taste.Should be quite tart.
Add lemon and lime slices as garnish.
Frozen cranberries are attractive too

Raspberry Sherbet Punch
1/2 gallon Raspberry Sherbet
2 liters of Ginger Ale
1 33 oz can of pineapple juice

Combine all together and serve

Citrus Punch
2 cans frozen orange juice
2 cans frozen lemonade
8 cans water
2 cups grenadine syrup
Juice of 3 lemons
3 quarts 7-Up or Ginger Ale
Float Orange slices on top. Add Cherries




Great Wedding Punch
2 liter Gingerale
2 liter Club Soda
1 bag frozen strawberry & 1/2 bag frozen raspberry blended.
1 can of frozen lemonade
1 can of frozen raspberry grape
1 quart of frozen sherbet! put sherbet in last and let melt!! AWESOME!!!!!
Add Alcohol if desired!!!


Champagne Punch
1 gal. Sauterne Wine
4 bottles (qt.) champagne
2 bottles (qt.) ginger ale
1/2 pt. sherbet
Ice cubes to chill

Alcoholic Punch Recipes

Wedding Punch
2 fifth bottles of Bourbon
Juice of 12 lemons (total 12 oz.)
1 cup sugar
1 pt. very strong tea
2 bottles (56 oz.) club soda

Mix thoroughly. Pour over large piece of ice or 2 trays of ice cubes. Add soda last. Decorate with fruit

Party Punch
1 fifth Bourbon
8 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice
8 oz. unsweetened grapefruit juice
4 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 bottles (qt.) 7 Up
Pre-chill ingredients. Mix in bowl.
Add 7 Up last. Decorate with fruit.

Planter's Punch
1 gal. red wine
4 bottles (qt.) champagne
1 bottle (qt.) Vodka
1 oz. lime
Ice cubes to chill

Honolulu Cooler
1 gal. pineapple juice
6 oz. lime juice
2 bottles (qt.) vodka
2 bottles (qt.) 7 UP
1 bottles (qt.) brandy
1 bottle (qt.) soda
Ice cubes to chill

Open House
1 small can (6 oz.) frozen orange juice concentrate
6 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 small cans (total 12 oz.) frozen lemonade concentrate.
2 1/4 qts. (72 oz.) pre-chilled 7 UP
2 1/2 cups (20 oz.) blended Whiskey
Mix in punch bowl. Add 7 UP last. Add drops of red food coloring as desired (optional). Add ice cubes or lumps of ice. Garnish fresh fruit.

Anniversary Punch
1 fifth Bourbon
3 cups (24 oz.) cranberry juice cocktail
1 qt. 7 UP
1 cup fresh lemon or lime juice
1 dash Bitters (optional)
2 qts champagne
Pre-chill ingredients. Pour into punch bowl or large piece of ice. Add champagne last. Decorate with slices of lemon and orange.


Drink Serving Sizes and How Much to Buy

Punch

24 people per gallon of punch.

Champagne
1 case (12 fifths) serves 50 people (82 drinks). A champagne fountain will operate with as little as 3 bottles of champagne and as much as 5 gallons.

Liquor
Plan on approximately 2 drinks per hour per person. There are 28 drinks per quart of liquor. In order of performance: Vodka - Scotch - Gin - Bourbon.

Coffee
2 to 3 per person for a 3 hour party.

Cocktail Napkins
2 to 3 per person for a 3 hour party.


Table of Party Party Equivalents

If you are entertaining... 4 people Pre-dinner cocktails you'll average...8 to 12 drinks (one fifth required)

For a party you will average...12 to 16 drinks (one fifth required)



If you are entertaining... 6 people Pre-dinner cocktails you'll average 12 to 18 drinks (two fifths required)
For a party you will
18 to 24 drinks (two fifths required)


If you are entertaining... Pre-dinner cocktails you'll average (this is the first line)... For a party you will average...(second line)



8 people
16 to 24 drinks (two fifths required)
24 to 32 drinks ( two fifths required)

12 people
24 to 36 drinks (three fifths required)
36 to 48 drinks (three fifths required)

20 people
40 to 60 drinks (four fifths required)
60 to 80 drinks (seven fifths required)

25 people
50 to 70 drinks (five fifths required)
75 to 100 drinks (seven fifths required)

40 people
80 to 120 drinks (eight fifths required)
120 to 150 drinks (ten fifths required)
* To be safe use quarts for fifths.

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