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If you are having a patriotic party, or need 4th of July recipes, or even some red, white, and blue ideas then you have to make this Red, White, & Blue Layered Drink. It’s non-alcoholic, filled with 2 fruit juices and some diet Sprite (yes, it has to be diet).
Red, White, & Blue Layered Drinks
I love surprising my kids with special treats to celebrate the holidays. It’s never anything super fancy, just something to acknowledge the holiday and to make the day stand out from other days. Last year, I made a fun Patriotic Berry and Angel Food Cake Platter. I’ve never seen the kids eat so many berries at one time.
My daughter was looking at pinterest with me several months ago and she saw a layered drink for a party, so I thought it would be fun to surprise her with this. It turned out so cute that I had to share with y’all!
How to Make a Red, White, and Blue Drink
I bet you are wondering how to make layered drinks…aren’t you? The drink works by using premade juices and sodas that have different molecular weights…yeah that is a blast to college chemistry, isn’t it?
To get the soda to float on top you have to use a diet version. Urgh….I hate diet soda, but figured for this one drink (plus there was tons of other sugar in the drink) that it would be okay. I ended up using Sprite Zero.
Another important tip is to take your time! This is not something you just pour into the cup. It still doesn’t take much time, but slowly pouring (and try pouring over the back of spoon to slow it even further) is key to have the layers not totally mix together.
Total side note…this patriotic drink also doubles as a Captain America drink. So keep it in mind if you are planning a Captain America party.
Do you have any favorite patriotic party ideas or 4th of July recipes? I’d love to hear what you do to celebrate!
Red, White, & Blue Layered Drinks
Fun and impressive red, white, and blue layered drink for 4th of July or any other patriotic parties!
Ingredients
For the Layered Drink
- Cranberry Juice or Hawaiian Punch
- Blue G2 Gatorade
- Sprite Zero
- Ice
- colored sugar
- tall drinking glass
Instructions
- Dip rim of glass in water and then into colored sugar . Gently add ice to cup so you don't disturb the colored sugar.
- Starting with the drink with the most sugar (cranberry juice or hawaiian punch), fill the glass 1/3 full. Then move on to the drink with a lower sugar content (G2). Pour this slowly and gently over the ice so that it does not disturb the cranberry juice, glass should now be 2/3 full. Finally, use the drink with the lowest sugar content (Sprite Zero) and pour the same way until glass is full.
Doesn’t this look like a fun drink. Perfect for BBQ parties this summer. Wonder what other colours we could come up with!! Sounds like a fun project to try.
This is such a fun recipe! I’d always wondered how to make layered drinks and am so surprised by how easy it is. This will be perfect for our summertime parties!
My family loves this fun mocktail! The colored layers are always a hit with the kids!
Unfortunately we ended up w/ purple fizzy drinks……….oh well the kids loved them, especially the sugar rim anyway. very hard to pour slowly w/out spilling all over. any tips?
Oh no Dena! Glad they liked the drinks anyway. 🙂 I pour over a spoon to help slow down the pour….you really do need to be patient and pour really slowly!
Love this! I’m looking for great summer non-alcoholic drinks (31 weeks pregnant). Pinned!
These are so fun! And I love the sugar rim!!!!
Thanks Jocelyn… everyone loves that sugar rim!!!
I saw this on a 4th of July roundup and just had to pin it. I hope you’ll share your best post of the week on my Friday Flash Blog Linky Party going on ALL weekend at The Jenny Evolution.
Jennifer
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How early ahead can I make them before the colors run together?
Probably not too early because the ice would melt. The more you move them the more the colors will mix. Maybe 20-30 mins?
The slow pouring is definitely key. We made our first layered drink for a fun Avengers party last fall and the kids loved it.
Such a great drink! So pretty. My daughter would love the layers!
Thanks Dorothy! My kids went crazy for this one. 🙂
This is so much fun! And I never knew that about the layering by sugar content!
Oh dear, is it the 4th already??????? Cool, refreshing summer drinks sound perfect!
These look delightful, problem I can’t have carbonated drinks so the sprite zero would be out of the question. Any suggestions on what else to use? Thanks for sharing
I’ve seen some people use white (coconut?) Sobe. The layering would be different so just check the sugar content….most sugar on bottom to least sugar on top. HTH!
I am making these for sure. Beautiful drinks!
Thanks Janice! Your kids will love these!