Banana Smash Punch Food

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 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 SLUSH

Steps:

• Mix pineapple juice, bananas, orange juice concentrate, and lemonade concentrate in a large bowl.
• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Dissolve sugar in the water and bring again to a boil; pour over the juice mixture and stir.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and freeze until mixture is mushy, at least 4 hours.
• Mix equal parts slush and lemon-lime soda in cocktail glasses to serve.

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.

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.

GRAPEFRUIT-BANANA SMASH

Steps:

• Mash banana and beat into grapefruit juice.
• Sweeten to taste and chill until ready to serve.

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.

HONEY BANANA PUNCH

Steps:

• In a blender, combine orange juice concentrate and bananas; cover and process until smooth., Pour into a large bowl; add the pineapple juice, water, honey, sugar and soft drink mix. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour into two 2-qt. freezer containers. Cover and freeze until mixture is slushy. , To serve, transfer each portion of fruit slush to a large pitcher. Add 2 liters of soda to each pitcher; stir to blend.

BANANA PUNCH

Steps:

• BRING WATER AND SUGAR TO A BOIL.
• BOIL FOR 3 MINUTES AND LET COOL.
• MAKE FROZEN JUICES ACCORDING TO CAN DIRECTIONS.
• MIX BANANAS AND ALL JUICES TOGETHER, THEN ADD THE SUGAR WATER.
• FREEZE MIXTURE.
• LET THAW 2 OR 3 HOURS BEFORE SERVING.
• JUST BEFORE SERVING, ADD THE 7 UP, SLOWLY.
• SERVE WHILE STILL SLUSHY.
• ENJOY!!