Graduation Punch

Total Time:Prep: 15 min. + cooling

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Debra Waggoner

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Updated on Feb. 08, 2022

Enjoyed for over 30 years in our family, this was the punch my mom served when I graduated from high school. And I made it when my own kids graduated! —Debra Waggoner, Grand Island, Nebraska

TEST KITCHEN APPROVED

Graduation Punch

Yield:3-3/4 gallons
Prep:10 min
Cook:5 min

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 8 quarts water, divided
  • 4 envelopes unsweetened strawberry Kool-Aid mix
  • 3 cans (6 ounces each) frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
  • 2-1/4 cups thawed lemonade concentrate
  • 2 cans (46 ounces each) unsweetened pineapple juice
  • 2 liters ginger ale, chilled
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Directions

  1. In a large saucepan, combine sugar and 2 qts. water. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; stir in Kool-Aid mix. Cool completely.
  2. Just before serving, divide the syrup between two large containers or punch bowls; add the concentrates, pineapple juice and remaining water to each. Stir in ginger ale.
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