Now, I know the lot of you definitely don’t have parties at home, especially while your parents aren’t around, so this article is more a case of general knowledge.
But, if you want to spice up your parties a little bit more, here are 5 really simple homemade cocktails recipes for you to try.
Strawberry Lemon Cocktail
- 16 ounces Frozen Strawberries, thawed
- 12 ounces Minute Maid Lemonade Frozen Concentrate, thawed
- ½ cup Sugar
- 2 litre Sprite, chilled
- Blend thawed Strawberries, sugar, and thawed Lemonade Concentrate in blender, until well blended.
- Pour mixture into large punch bowl.
- Then slowly pour in chilled 2-liter of Sprite and stir well.
- Transfer into large bowl and ENJOY!
Sparkling Pineapple Cocktail
- 46 ounces Dole Pineapple Juice {one large can}, chilled
- 2 liters Sprite, chilled
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- 5 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
- Bring water and sugar to a boil in small pot, stirring constantly.
- Once sugar has dissolved completely, remove from heat.
- Combine Pineapple Juice, Sprite and Sugar Water mixture in large bowl, and stir.
- Add scoops of Ice Cream just before serving for some fun frothy goodness!
- Transfer to large Punch bowl
Tropical Cocktail
- 1-gallon Berry Blue Typhoon Hawaiian Punch (3.78L)
- 12 ounces Dole Pineapple Juice, chilled
- 2 liters Sprite, chilled
- Keep all ingredients chilled in refrigerator.
- Combine Blue Berry Typhoon Hawaiian Punch, Sprite, and Pineapple Juice in large punchbowl and stir well. Enjoy!
Party Cocktail
- 1 (2 litre) bottle fruit punch, chilled
- 1 (64 fluid ounce) bottle orange juice, chilled
- 1 (2 litre) bottle ginger ale, chilled
- In a punch bowl, combine fruit punch and orange juice.
- Slowly pour ginger ale down the side to retain carbonation.
Literally as simple as that!
Witches Potion Cocktail
This is perfect for Halloween.
- 1/2 cup liqueur (any red vodka)
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice
- 8 slices lime
- Ice cubes (green coloured, made with food colouring
- Mix 1/2 cup liqueur, 1/4 cup of lime juice and 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice and pour into 4 glasses over green coloured ice cubes.
- Decorate the glasses with slices of lime and the gummy snakes.
Lazy Girl Sangria
Of course we’ve got to have this on the list.
- 8 fresh raspberries
- 2 tablespoons liquor (orange)
- 4 ounces red wine
- Club soda
- Raspberries
- Citrus
- Add fresh raspberries to a glass and mush them altogether.
- Add 1/2 shot of orange liquor and add 4 ounces of red wine.
- As club soda and ice and voila
There you have it; all these recipes are super easy to make and super delicious!
I know you won’t need them because you’re all good students and don’t drink alcohol and have parties at the house. 😉
By Tahlia Peppard