With Easter coming this weekend you may, like me, be planning a gathering of festive proportions. Yes, Easter is often the first opportunity that the family has of all getting together post-Christmas so I like to make a big deal out of the 4-day holiday and make something special to eat and drink. As you can probably guess from the title of the blog post, today’s I’ve mixed up a fruity (non-alcoholic, good for all the family) cocktail that’s just right for a enjoying with a Springtime gathering. 
At this time of year I want something fresh, fruity, sparkling and a little bit chilled. Yes, I’m hoping for sunny days and hot weather over Easter weekend (however unlikely that may be) so I’ve stocked up with ice and frozen fruit for my fizzy fruity spring cocktail. Here’s what you’ll need to mix up the same recipe at home:
Ingredients: 1 carton of low sugar raspberry and cranberry juice, 1 litre of sugar free lemonade, a punnet of frozen mixed berries (the type you’d use in a smoothie or crumble filling), a squeeze of fresh lemon and lots of ice.
Get out your biggest jug – mine is from Dartington Crystal – and pack it full of ice and frozen fruit. Pour over the fruit juice and top up with as much lemonade as needed. Add a squeeze of lemon and stir the ingredients together. As the fruit defrosts into the drink it will release even more fruity flavours. Pour over ice in tumblers and add a cute paper straw, and perhaps some more fresh fruit.
My jug has one of those pinched lips so that the ice in the jug can’t plop into the glasses so it keeps splashes to a minimum. This is a bit of a godsend because I always spill. Whether I’m dealing with ice or tea, you can guarantee it’s going to end up all over the table. But not anymore with my new jug! By the way, if you’ve ended up with too much leftover punch, you can decant it into a bottle and drink another day.
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97 responses
A Vodka and coke is my favourite tipple x
Gin and tonic with ice and cucumber
real ale
My favourite drink is pineapple juice
Diet Coke!
Pink Lemonade
Has to be an ice cold gin and tonic 🙂
pineapple juice x
I love mango juice!!
My favourite drink is an espresso coffee with frothy milk.
Pimms & a lot of lemonade!
malibu and coke
Pink Lemonade
I love a good Chardonnay spritzer
Elderflower cordial
Tea is my favourite drink
Earl grey tea
Cuppa tea!
Gin with Elderflower tonic with lots of ice, lime and cucumber
Snowball with ice
fruit punch
banana smoothie
It depends on the occasion,if it’s friends round for a summer BBQ then it would be a Mojhito,which I can never spell !,or if it’s family fun then lemonade is very refreshing x
Frappe
White wine or vodka and coke 🙂
Diet coke with ice
Iced water is my favourite drink
Mainly coffee but at the weekends with the kids in bed I like to relax with a Rum and coke or 2 or 3 or ….. 🙂
coke zero or pineapple juice
Can’t beat a good cup of builders’ tea
Fresh lemonade with lots of mint and ice, so refreshing.
A nice cold beer
I love Sangria in summer, or a G&T 🙂
Mine is Bombay Gin and Ginger Ale lots of ice 🙂
Strawberry & Lime Cider and red wine (although not together lol) 🙂
Homemade elderberry cordial..really messy to make but a labour of love and can be used is so many ways
pimms yum 🙂
Lemonade with bits and plenty of ice.
Lemonade x
Strawberry daiquiri
love a glass of white wine spritzer on a lovely summers day 🙂
Homemade lemonade
I love Elderflower Cordial with chunks of real fruit 🙂
G & T or Pimms either has to be with cucumber
homemade lime and strawberries lemonade
I love orange juice & lemonade 🙂
I love iced blueberry tea! 🙂
I love making alcohol free punch.x
Gin and Tonic with ice and a slice lovely and refreshing x
A cold white wine
Ice cold Coca Cola!
Dry Martini and lemonade
If I am drinking alcohol my favourite is a chilled Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand but if I am not drinking alcohol I enjoy the French cordials from Teisseire.
Homemade lemonade is my favourite
Ice cold cranberry juice with lime.
Love a very cold coke zero lots of ice. But my other favourite is a fresh orange with lemonade.
I love a gin & tonic.
A henry orange juice and lemonade.
Soda water & lime 🙂
I love a coke , but pop a dollop of vanilla ice cream in there on a hot summers day 🙂
My most recent, favourite drink is cointreau, soda water & lime juice.
My favourite drinks are cold water, tea and wine according to the occasion
i love still flavoured waters x
Mine is whole milk
I love anything with elderflower in it!
My favourite drink is rose wine
Pink lemonade
Lemonade
Rose lemonade , unfortunately I can no longer drink.
Mango Juice and Lemonade
Mine is pineapple juice. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
I do love my wine – white and Rose, red gives me a headache xx
Good old malt on its own
Pimms
Vodka & coke
vodka and coke
Real lemonade!
Homemade elderflower & lavender cordial is delicious and would be perfect in this jug.
I put lavender flowers and elderflowers in the ice cubes (sometimes adding a small mint
leaf) looks pretty and tastes gorgeous.
Pink gin for little ones :~) take enough juice from Marrachino cocktail cherries to make
lemonade turn pink add a cherry and straw to glass.
Slightly bigger littles large mint leaf. Put cocktail stick through one end. Thread cherry on
next to leaf. Thread stick through leaf other end so it covers cherry. balance on glass rim
or pop in drink.
Makes youngsters feel very grown up :~)
BTW It doesn’t encourage drinking, I’ve raised 8 children doing this. 2 teetotal and the others
are socially responsible drinkers.
Bailys Irish creme
Maibu!
i love lemonade
I love a mojito!
Lemonade is my favourite
You reminded me of when my mum used to make us soda floats during the summer – my fave drink is apple juice
white wine
Elderflower cordial x
Lemonade x
I love cloudy lemonade 🙂 very refreshing
Iced Caramel Macchiato! 🙂
a refreshing frozen strawberry daiquiri is my favourite tipple 😛
fruit cider over ice
i love red grape shloer
Love a Pimms, this is perfect for that
Rose sangria x
a cold cider
Cola 🙂
I love my rose wine!