Cranberry Cream Punch Food

CRAN-RASPBERRY SNOWBALL PUNCH

Steps:

• COMBINE cranberry nectar, red raspberry jam and lemon-lime soda in a large punch bowl until well combined. Using a medium sized scoop, spoon half of the ice cream over fruit mixture; stir until frothy. Top with remaining scoops of ice cream forming "ice cream snowballs" atop the froth.

SANTA CLAUS CRANBERRY PUNCH

Steps:

• Heat a hot-glue gun.
• To make Santa belts, cut four 1 1/4-by-7-inch strips of black felt and round off one end of each strip. To make belt buckles, cut four 1 3/4-inch squares of aluminum foil. Snip 2 slits into either side of each square. Slide the rounded edge of a felt strip through the slits of one foil square, leaving a little overhang. Wrap the felt strip around the middle of a pint-size (16-ounce) mason jar and attach it to itself using a dot of hot glue. Repeat with the remaining 3 felt strips, foil squares and mason jars.
• To make Santa's face, make stencils from the attached templates and cut out 4 beards and 4 mustaches from white felt. Alternatively, cut 4 teardrops from white felt, each 3 1/2 inches wide by 5 inches tall. Cut a 2 3/4-inch hole in the end of each teardrop, leaving a narrow border. Cut out four 4 1/2-inch-wide Santa mustaches. Attach the mustaches with a dot of glue to the top of the beards. Set aside.
• Pour 1 1/2 cups of the lemon-lime soda and 1/2 cup of the cranberry juice into each decorated jar, then squeeze the juice from a lime quarter into each. Slip a beard over the mouth of each jar. Mound whipped cream on top of each drink and add a cherry. Insert a straw and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar snow if desired.

FIZZY CRANBERRY-LEMONADE PUNCH

Steps:

• In large pitcher, stir together cranberry-juice cocktail and undiluted lemonade concentrate until blended.
• Then, stir in seltzer, and ice cubes if you like.
• Garnish with orange pieces.
• Serve immediately.
• OR.
• You can blend this ahead and keep it chilled, but don't add the cold seltzer and ice cubes until just before serving.

7-UP CRANBERRY PUNCH

Steps:

• Chill fruit juices and 7-Up.
• Simmer water, sugar and cinnamon sticks together for 10 minutes.
• Set aside for several hours to allow the mixture to develop the cinnamon spiced flavor.
• Prior to serving time, remove the cinnamon sticks from the sugar syrup.
• In a large punch bowl, combine the sugar syrup, cranberry juice, orange juice, and lemon juice.
• Slowly pour in the 7-Up.
• Add ice-cubes and garnish with lime slices if desired.

CRANBERRY-CHERRY PUNCH

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in boiling water, then stir in the lemonade concentrate.
• Add the cold water & cranberry juice cocktail.
• Place 8-10 cups of ice cubes OR a molded ice ring in a large punch bowl, & pour the punch over the ice.
• SLOWLY pour the ginger ale down the inside of the punch bowl, & mix carefully by pushing the ice cubes/ring up & down several times.
• If desired, add scoops of fruit-flavored sherbet.

CRANBERRY PUNCH

Steps:

• In a punch bowl, combine cranberry juice, vodka, orange juice, cherry liqueur, allspice and nutmeg. Add a block of ice or ice cubes. Stir the punch until cold, and garnish it with lemon slices.

CRANBERRY PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix orange juice, lemonade, cranberry juice and water.
• Chill.
• Just before serving, add 7-up.

CRANBERRY CREAM PUNCH

Steps:

• Prepare Cranberry Ice Ring one day in advance.
• Cranberry Cream Punch: In punch bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, cranberry juice concentrate, (liqueur and food coloring, if desired).
• Just before serving, add club soda/ginger ale and ice ring.
• Cranberry Ice Ring: Combine cranberry juice cocktail and water.
• In 1-1/2-quart ring mold, pour 1/2 cup cranberry liquid.
• Arrange cranberries and lime slices or mint leaves in mold and freeze.
• Add remaining 3 cups cranberry liquid to mold; freeze overnight.