Bananasmashpunch Recipes

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 SLUSH

Steps:

• simmer together 6 cups water and 4 cups of sugar until sugar is dissolved to make a simple syrup. remove from heat and let cool slightly. add the frozen juice concentrates and mix until all is melted together. set aside.
• in a blender, blend part of 1 can pineapple juice with 2 1/2 bananas. pour into a 1-gallon freezer-safe container. add the rest of the open can of pineapple juice. repeat with the other can of pineapple juice and the remaining 2 1/2 bananas.
• divide the simple syrup/juice concentrates mixture between the 2 containers. freeze for approximately 2 days, or until frozen through.
• let thaw 1/2 hour before serving. scrape half of a container into a punch bowl and add a 2L bottle of pop. OR scrape into individual glasses and add pop. stir to get a frothy, slushy texture.
• makes 4 punch bowls full.

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 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.

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.

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.