Tree-trimming punch

Name: Tree-trimming punch
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 18
Ingredients: 2 bunches seedless grapes, preferably green and deep red; 1.14-L bottle cranberry juice; 355-mL can frozen fruit punch concentrate; 355-mL can frozen orange juice concentrate; 6 juice cans cold water; 1 1/2 cups rum or ginger ale, optional

Prep Time15 min
Total Time15 min
Makes18 cups or 36 servings

*PLUS Freezing Time: 30 minutes, Refrigeration Time: 2 minutes

By Chatelaine

Ingredients

2 bunches seedless grapes, preferably green and deep red
1.14-L bottle cranberry juice
355-mL can frozen fruit punch concentrate
355-mL can frozen orange juice concentrate
6 juice cans cold water
1 1/2 cups rum or ginger ale, optional

Instructions

Wash and dry grapes thoroughly. Freeze in bunches on a baking sheet.
In a large punch bowl, stir together cranberry juice, fruit punch concentrate, orange juice concentrate and cold water.
Stir in rum or ginger ale (optional). Taste and add more rum or ginger ale, if you like.
Refrigerate until chilled, about 2 to 3 hours. To serve, pluck frozen grapes from stems and float in punch like ice cubes.

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