Party Slush - various recipes

Various party slush recipes for me to try from ward cookbooks:


Party Slush

Slushy Limeade Punch
1 12 oz can frozen limeade
2 cups sugar
7 cans water
1 (2 liter ) 7 up

Mix limeade, sugar and water.  Put mixture in double bag zip lock gallon bags.  Freeze 3 or 4 days!  Take out of freezer 3 hours before serving.  Put in large bowl and mash with a potato masher.  Add 7 up and serve.  Great for wedding receptions

Summer Slush
1 lg can pineapple juice
1 12-oz can frozen lemonade
1 pkg raspberry Kool Aid
4 cups sugar
1 pkg frozen raspberries
Add water to make 2 gallons.  Mix and freeze.  Serve this with 7 up or just thawed alone.


Isla's Shower Slush
2 cups sugar
3 cups water
1 1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
46 oz can pineapple juice
1 box frozen strawberries that have been mashed or blended
3 bananas mashed
3 qt ginger ale

mix sugar and water and boil five minutes.  set aside to cool.  combine rest of ingredients.  add to sugar and water mixture.  Freeze in two 1/2 gallon milk cartons . set the mixture out an hour before using  Add 3 quarts ginger ale just before serving.  Yield: 2 batches that serve 30 to 35 nicely.

Best slushy punch
2 pkgs Kool Aid  (any flavor)
2 cups sugar
2 quarts water
1 46 oz can pineapple juice
1 qt cold ginger ale
Mix ingredients together, adding ginger ale right before serving.  if you like, freeze punch base in gallon freezer bags the night before and add ginger ale before serving to make a slush.  I put 13 1 cup servings into the first freezer bag and pour the rest into the second bag.  This slush is always a big hit.  Serves 25

Pina Colada Drink
1/4 cup cream of coconut
1/2 cup pineapple juice
2 tsp lemon juice
1 large cup ice cubes
Put all in blender and blend just until ice is small crystals.

Old Fashioned Lemonade:
Water
1/4 cup sugar
3 lemons
3 limes
Mint leaves or lemon balm
Fill a teapot full of water and bring to a boil.  In a small saucepan bring 1/4 cup water to a boil  Add 1/4 cup sugar and stir til dissolved.  Add zest of 1 lemon, juice of 3 lemons, zest of 1 lime, juice of 3 limes.  Stir and pour into a 6 cup container.  Add 5 cups boiling water.  Stir and chill.  Serve with lots of ice and garnish with mint leaves or lemon balm.

Wedding Punch Sauce
5 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 oz almond extract
1 oz lemon juice
ginger ale
Bring sugar, water and lemon juice to a boil.  Remove from heat and add almond extract.  Cool in fridge.  Make the night before it's needed.  Add 1 1/2 cups sauce to 2 liter bottle of ginger ale.

Strawberry Crush
4 pkg frozen strawberries
3 large cans pineapple grapefruit juice
6 mashed bananas 
1 lg can orange juice, frozen
1 large can frozen lemonade
6 cups sugar
2 qts water
7 up
boil sugar in water about 5 min.  add all other ingredients and stir until frozen juices are melted.  Pour into containers and freeze  spoon into glasses and cover with 7 UP