Boozy Grinch Punch for Adults

Looking for a fun holiday themed cocktail to serve at your next party? Try out this boozy Grinch punch for adults which is sure to catch everyone’s eye and taste buds.

What is Grinch Punch?

Grinch punch for adults is a combination of pineapple juice, green Hawaiian Punch, lemon lime soda, vodka and is rimmed with red sanding sugar. The resulting boozy drink is neon green in color and has a sweet and smooth flavor with a light citrus and pineapple taste and a little fizz.

Pineapple flavored drinks are really popular for serving at any warm weather event. Often times they are paired with melon, vodka and citrus flavors like in this punch.

Vodka is the ingredient which gives this drink the alcoholic content. Vodka tends to be rather neutral and flavor, so it’s perfect to use when you want to add some alcohol content, but want the other ingredients to shine through.

You can use any lemon lime soda for this punch. We really like the taste of Sprite and so that’s what we used in the recipe below.

The Green Hawaiian Punch is the key to making this a Grinch themed drink. Of course, it contributes the bright neon green color that is the color of the Grinch.

Rimming the glass with red sanding sugar is a must-do garnish for this cocktail. Oftentimes garnishes are optional. However, the red rim symbolizes the red heart that often goes with the Grinch. You don’t want to leave it out of the drink.

When to Make This Drink:

This drink is fun to serve at different party times such as:

• Christmas parties
• winter holiday celebrations
• St Patrick’s Day

Variations:

This is a lot of standardized cocktail, there are a lot of different variations you can try including:

• Make it Frozen. Add a little lime sherbert to this drink if you would like to make it more of a frozen punch.
• Substitute the green Hawaiian Punch. You can use something like a green Kool-Aid if you Don’t want to use Hawaiian Punch.
• Use Midori. If you want to add a little additional alcohol content and love melon flavor, substitute the green Hawaiian Punch for Midori.
• Use a different vodka. Try out a flavored vodka if you want to add a little more complexity to this drink. A vodka Citron or even an Apple vodka would be good.
• Substitute the vodka. If you don’t love vodka, you can try any other liquor such as rum or tequila. We do recommend using a clear liquor so you don’t mess with the green color of the drink.
• Substitute the lemon lime soda. You can use any type of carbonated beverage as long as it is light or clear in color, try out club soda or even ginger ale. Type of carbonated beverage as long as it is light or clear in color, try out club soda or even ginger ale.

Some similar green cocktails include: Cactus Juice, The Melon Ball Cocktail and these ninja turtle shots.

How to make this drink:

This drink is super easy to make. The ingredients below are for a single serving. However, if you want to make this in a big batch punch simply multiply everything by 5 and mix it together in a punch bowl.

Equipment:

• Rocks/Scotch/Bourbon glass
• jigger
• cocktail shaker
• Hawthorne strainer
• bar spoon

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Pineapple juice
• 3 oz Hawaiian punch
• 2 oz Vodka
• 1 oz Lemon lime soda
• Red sanding sugar to rim
• Ice

Instructions:

Step one

Collect everything you need for this drink including a rocks glass, jigger, cocktail shaker and Hawthorne strainer or bar spoon, green Hawaiian Punch, vodka, pineapple juice, lemon lime soda, ice and red sanding sugar.

Step two

Go ahead and rim your glass. Take an ice cube and run it around the rim of the glass to wet it.

Place a thin layer of red sanding sugar on a saucer. Then, stick the glass rim down into the sugar and roll it back and forth until the rim is coated.

Step three

Grab some ice and toss it into the rocks glass and the shaker. Both should be filled almost completely to the top.

Step four

Pick up your pineapple juice. Using the jigger, measure 1 oz and pour it into the shaker.

Step Five

Pick up the green Hawaiian Punch. Using a jigger, measure 3 oz and pour it into the shaker.

Step six

Pick up the vodka. Using a jigger, measure 2 oz and pour it into shaker.

Step seven

Pick up the Sprite. Using a jigger, measure 1 oz and pour it into the shaker.

Step eight

Pop the top on the shaker and shake for around 15 seconds. Make sure to not shake too vigorously or the soda will fizz up.

Step nine

Pop the top off the shaker and stick the Hawthorne strainer over the shaker. Strain your punch from the shaker into your rocks glass.

Recipe