5 easy tart & fruity holiday punches with soda – retro recipes from the ’60s

1. Mix up a merry olde bowl with tart, tingling Sprite.

Add just the right note to the festivities. Sprite. Exuberant. Switched on. Noisy. Like nothing you’ve heard before. Look for five easy-to-mix holiday punch recipes free in cartons of Sprite. So tart and tingling, we just couldn’t keep it quiet. Here’s a punch that comes in loud and clear.

“The Modhouse” green Christmas punch (1966)

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Sprite Modhouse Punch (1966)

Yield: 48 4-ounce servings

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Ingredients

• 1 6-ounce package lime-flavored gelatin
• 2 cups hot water
• 1/2 to 1 cup bottled lime juice
• 2 12-ounce cans frozen concentrate for limeade
• 90 ounces of Sprite
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Then stir in frozen concentrate for limeade. Add lime juice.

To serve, pour into bowl over 1-1/2 quarts of cracked ice. Add Sprite.

Makes 48 4-ounce servings. If you like a little more spirit, add a fifth of vodka.

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2. Christmas wreath punch (1967)

Sunny Florida citrus is the star of this tart, sparkling punch

Ingredients

6 cans (6 0z. each) frozen Florida orange juice concentrate, undiluted
1-1/2 cups light corn syrup
5 quarts ginger ale, chilled
1/4 cup lime juice

Directions

Combine orange juice concentrate, corn syrup, lime juice. Mix thoroughly.

Just before serving, add ginger ale and ice ring (recipe below). Yield: About 50 1/2-cup servings.

Christmas ice ring

Fill a 6-cup ring mold 2/3 full with water; freeze. Alternate orange wedges, peel side down, with red and green maraschino cherries (3 in each group) on top of ice.

Add thin layer of water; freeze 30 minutes or until oranges and cherries are firmly in place. Slowly add water to top; freeze. To unmold, run warm water on sides of mold.

3. Try this Spicy Punch recipe just for openers.

Sprite can be very adult holiday entertainment. Especially if you approach it with the right spirit.

Holiday nogs and grogs take on a whole new dimension when you spark them with the natural tartness of Sprite. To give a party something special, invite Sprite.

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Sprite Spicy Punch (1966)

Yield: 38 4-oz. servings

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Ingredients

• 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
• 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 12 bottles of Sprite [8 to 10 ounces each]
• (food coloring, if desired)
• Combine all ingredients except Sprite. Add food coloring, if desired. Chill. Add cold Sprite just before serving. Makes 38 4-oz. servings. If desired, add 1 part blended whiskey to 5 parts punch. Also good with brandy or rum.

Instructions

Combine all ingredients except Sprite. Add food coloring, if desired.

Chill. Add cold Sprite just before serving.

Makes 38 4-oz. servings.

If desired, add 1 part blended whiskey to 5 parts punch. Also good with brandy or rum.

4. Stir up some tart and jingling punch with Sprite

The happy sound of holiday bells. The exuberance of Sprite. Something a little special for the holidays. Tart, tingling & jingling.

Tingle Bells Punch recipe (1965)

Ingredients

2 quarts cranberry juice
1 can (6 ounces) frozen Minute Maid Lemonade Concentrate, thawed
1/2 cup maraschino cherry juice
6 bottles 10-ounce Sprite, well-chilled

Directions

Combine all ingredients. Serve over ice in punch bowl. Garnish with lemon slice, orange wedge and maraschino cherry alternated on cocktail picks.

Makes about 40 4-ounce servings

5. 7-UP red satin punch recipe

Have a ball with a bowl of punch! Make it red as Santa’s suit. And make it with 7-Up! Seven-Up gives it brilliant sparkle. And 7-Up brings its own fresh, clean taste that accents (never covers!) the flavors of other ingredients. P. S. Have plenty of 7-Up for drinking “as is,” too.

Ingredients

2 pints cranberry juice
1 quart apple juice
10 7-ounce bottles 7-Up (about 9 cups)
2 trays 7-Up “ice” cubes

Directions

Chill fruit juices and 7-Up. Prepare 7-Up “ice” cubes by pouring additional 7-Up into 2 ice cube trays. Freeze. At serving time, combine cranberry juice and apple juice in a punch bowl. Slowly pour in 7-Up. Add “ice” cubes. Makes about 35 punch cup servings.