Serve a batch of refreshing ocean breeze party punch at your next summer party. This tropical punch captures the feeling of lounging beachside with notes of coconut and citrus.
Why you'll love this recipe
Flavor: Sweet sparkling lemonade with a hint of coconut.
Yield: This recipe makes 1 gallon of blue punch, or 16 eight-ounce servings.
Great for: Summer parties, beach vacations, picnics, blue-themed birthday parties.
Similar to: Grinch Punch and Spring Party Punch
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Ingredients and substitutions
- Punch ingredients - Sprite, 7up, or a generic brand of lemon-lime soda serves as the base of the recipe. Coconut water and frozen lemonade add flavor. You'll need a bit of water to dilute the lemonade concentrate.
- Food coloring - A few drops of liquid food coloring add blue color to the punch.
- Swedish fish - Optional drink garnishes include Swedish fish candies or lemon/orange slices.
How to make ocean breeze punch
- Add coconut water, frozen lemonade concentrate, and water to a punch bowl and stir until lemonade has melted and ingredients are incorporated.
- Add lemon-lime soda to fill the punch bowl.
- Add a few drops of liquid food coloring.
- Stir until color is fully incorporated.
Tips and tricks
Use large ice cubes - Want to add ice cubes to your punch bowl? Use very large ice cubes. They melt slowly and won't dilute the punch as quickly as small cubes. Here's a set of large ice cube trays (Amazon) that would work great.
Make a bundt cake ice ring - Did you know that you can make a large, ring-shaped ice cube in a bundt cake pan? Fill your bundt pan partially with water, freeze, and you've got a giant ring sized ice cube. If you don't have a bundt cake pan, you can also use any smaller baking pan, like an 8 inch round cake pan.
Garnish ideas - Swedish fish candies, lemon slices, orange slices, or tiny umbrellas make great drink garnishes for your ocean breeze punch. You could also rim serving glasses with sugar or shredded coconut along with a striped paper straw.
Frequently asked questions
For a short event that's only serving cake, you may need as little as 4 to 8 ounces of punch per person. For an event lasting several hours with appetizers and mingling, you may need up to 12 ounces of punch per person. This is a helpful article: How to Calculate Punch for a Party.
Your punch can be made a day ahead of time and stored in a gallon-sized pitcher in the refrigerator. Omit the lemon-lime soda, adding it just before serving, to ensure it doesn't go flat before the party.
Yes, punch is easy to make ahead before a party. Add the coconut water, water, blue food coloring, and lemonade to a gallon-sized pitcher and refrigerate. This can be done up to a day ahead of time. Just before serving, transfer punch to a serving bowl and top with lemon-lime soda. This ensures the soda doesn't lose its carbonation sitting around hours before the party.
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Ocean Breeze Party Punch
Ingredients
- 1 liter coconut water
- 12 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate
- 12 ounces water
- 2 liters lemon-lime soda
- blue food coloring
- Swedish fish candies, as a garnish
Instructions
- To a punch bowl or gallon pitcher, add coconut water, frozen lemonade concentrate, and water. Stir until lemonade has melted and ingredients are incorporated.
- Top with lemon-lime soda just before serving and stir to combine. Add a few drops of blue food coloring and stir to incorporate.
- Optionally, garnish glasses with Swedish fish before serving.
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Notes
- Make ahead: If not serving immediately, wait to add lemon-lime soda until just before serving. Otherwise, the soda loses its carbonation.
- Keep cold: Add an ice ring (made in a bundt pan) or large ice cubes to punch bowl to keep cold for several hours while serving.
- Garnishes: Optionally, garnish punch bowl or glasses with thin sliced lemon or orange slices.
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