Banana Smash Punch Recipes

BANANA SLUSH PUNCH

Steps:

• In a blender, combine bananas, sugar and 3 cups water. Blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl and stir in pineapple juice. Blend in orange juice concentrate, lemonade concentrate and 3 cups water. Divide into 3 plastic containers and freeze until solid.
• Remove from freezer 3 to 4 hours before serving. Using one portion at a time, place slush in a punch bowl and pour in 1 liter of ginger ale for each.

BANANA BRUNCH PUNCH

Steps:

• In a blender, cover and process the bananas, orange juice and lemonade until smooth. Remove half of the mixture and set aside. Add 1-1/2 cups warm water and 1 cup sugar to blender; blend until smooth. , Place in a large freezer container. Repeat with remaining banana mixture, water and sugar; add to container. Cover and freeze until solid. , One hour before serving, remove punch base from freezer. Just before serving, place in a large punch bowl. Add pineapple juice and soda; stir until well blended. Garnish with orange slices if desired.

BANANA PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine water and sugar in a large pot; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until the sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Cool in the refrigerator.
• Put 1 banana and about 1 cup pineapple juice in a blender; blend until smooth. Repeat until all bananas are pureed into pineapple juice; stir into the pot with the simple syrup. Add orange juice concentrate and lemonade concentrate to the pot; stir. Divide the mixture into smaller containers and freeze until mostly solid.
• Put frozen mixture into a large punch bowl. Thaw until slushy, but stirrable. Stir lemon-lime carbonated beverage into the punch bowl. Garnish with orange slices.

BANANA CRUSH PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and water in a large pot and bring to a boil. Cool.
• Add the fruit juices and bananas and mix well. Place in a container and freeze.
• When ready to serve, plae the fruit mixture in a punch bowl. Allow to soften slightly. Break into slush.
• Add the soda, raspberries if using, and tint with food coloring if desired.

BANANA SMASH PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix together and freeze in several small containers.
• Pour 7-up over the frozen mixture and serve as a slush punch.

CELEBRATION PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine pineapple juice, soda, thawed fruit concentrate and, if desired, fruit slices in a bowl.
• Serve, placing slices of fruit on the rim of the glass (optional).

BANANA SLUSH PUNCH

Steps:

• Boil the sugar and water together for 5 minutes; cool.
• Mash the bananas and add the pineapple and lemon juices.
• Mix with the sugar water.
• Place in freezer.
• Can be frozen in 4 half-gallon milk cartons.
• (Well-rinsed, of course) To serve, mash one container of slush with a potato masher in the punch bowl.
• Pour one bottle of the Sprite over it and mix together.
• Serve immediately—slush should not be allowed to melt completely.

BANANA SLUSH PUNCH

Steps:

• Boil water and sugar together until clear. Let mixture set until cool.
• Add juice concentrates (and about 2 cups water) to mixture and freeze until slushy.
• When ready to serve, defrost slightly and place in punch bowl.
• Pour ginger ale over top.
• Mix in bananas.
• (I find it easiest to freeze the mixture in a large rectangular tupperware). Also, the 8 hours cooking time listed here is actually 8 hours freezing time.