Galentines Pink Lemonade Punch (Print View)

Vibrant pink lemonade with fresh strawberries and lemon slices, a bright and refreshing punch for festive gatherings.

# Components:

→ Fruit

01 - 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
02 - 1 lemon, thinly sliced

→ Juices

03 - 2 cups pink lemonade, chilled
04 - 2 cups strawberry juice or strawberry nectar, chilled
05 - 1 cup cranberry juice, chilled

→ Sparkling

06 - 2 cups lemon-lime soda or sparkling water, chilled

→ Optional Garnishes

07 - Fresh mint leaves
08 - Extra strawberries, whole or halved
09 - Lemon wedges

# Directions:

01 - In a large punch bowl, combine the sliced strawberries and lemon slices.
02 - Pour in the pink lemonade, strawberry juice, and cranberry juice. Stir gently to combine.
03 - Just before serving, add the lemon-lime soda or sparkling water to the punch and stir gently.
04 - Add ice cubes if desired, and garnish with fresh mint leaves, extra strawberries, and lemon wedges.
05 - Serve immediately in glasses.

# Expert Advice:

01 -
  • It actually tastes like real fruit, not artificial syrup pretending to be juice.
  • You can make it in under ten minutes, which means you're not stuck in the kitchen while everyone else is having fun.
  • The combination of pink lemonade and strawberry juice creates this naturally gorgeous color that needs zero food coloring tricks.
02 -
  • If you add the soda too early, it goes flat before anyone even gets to drink it—learned that the hard way at my first attempt.
  • Freezing some of the juice into ice cubes before the party keeps the punch from tasting watered down as things melt, which completely changed my understanding of how to serve cold drinks.
03 -
  • Those frozen juice ice cubes are genuinely a game changer because they keep the punch tasting true as everything slowly melts.
  • Adding the soda or sparkling water in the last five minutes before serving is the secret that keeps your punch feeling alive and bubbly instead of flat and forgotten.
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