21 Yummy, Non-Alcoholic Punch Recipes For Baby Shower

21 Yummy, Non-Alcoholic Punch Recipes For Baby Shower

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Her loved ones and friends! What else would a mother-to-be want at her baby shower? Well, food and drinks, of course! Now, when we say drinks, we are referring to some harmless fruit punches and mocktails, which will definitely give the mother-to-be an energy kick and let her have some awesome fun!

There are quite a few recipes that you could try, including the pink and blue colored drinks. While a girl need not necessarily like pink and a boy blue, you could choose anyone of our multiple themes. MomJunction brings you a list of non-alcoholic baby shower punch recipes, which are not literally the knockout ones but are flavourful and tasty. What’s more? Use these to flaunt your hosting skills and win everyone’s heart.

Top 21 Punch Recipes For Baby Shower

With the list of our thirst quenchers and party coolers, you are sure going to enjoy throwing a wonderful baby shower for the mother-to-be. We have classified the drinks in ways in which you get to choose the style and kind of punch you’d like to serve!

Quick Makes:

Baby shower drinks should be made in large numbers to cater to all the guests. Which is why we bring you the easiest drinks first. These can be made in a jiffy and taste oh-so-good.

1. Dreamy Orange Delight

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Yes, you have to go easy on the sugars, but this one comes packed with other benefits.

You will need:

• 1/2 gallon orange sherbet
• 6oz frozen orange juice concentrate
• 2l ginger ale (non-alcoholic)
• 1 large bowl

How to:

1. Mix the orange sherbet and frozen orange juice concentrate in a bowl.
2. Let the two thaw together. This may take around 12-15 minutes.
3. Once thawed, add ginger ale to them and serve cold.

Preparation time: 15min

Servings: 8 to 10 cups

2. Sparkling-Not-So-Water Drink

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While we might just jump to have some champagne, let’s skip it during a baby shower. But why not have sparkling drink nonetheless, only minus the alcohol?

You will need:

• 2 lemons
• 3 big oranges
• 6oz can frozen lemonade concentrate
• 1l soda
• 1.5l sparkling apple cider
• 1tbsp white sugar
• Ice cubes
• 1 large bowl

How to:

1. Thinly slice the lemons and oranges and put them in a bowl.
2. After the lemonade concentrate thaws, add it to the sliced lemon and oranges.
3. Add the sparkling apple cider along with the soda.
4. Add sugar as per the taste and mix the entire contents gently.
5. You could serve this with some ice.

Preparation time: 10min

Servings: 6 to 8 cups

3. Flowery Apple Punch

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Love to serve apple drink with a new taste?

You will need:

• 32 fluid ounce bottle chilled apple juice
• 12 fluid ounce can frozen cranberry juice concentrate
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1.5l ginger ale
• 1 apple
• 1 large bowl

How to:

1. In a large bowl, add apple and orange juice and stir them up.
2. Add the cranberry concentrate to the above mixture and stir until all of them dissolve.
3. Pour in the ginger ale in the mixture.
4. Cut the apples vertically and add them to the entire mixture, making them float.

Preparation time: 15min

Servings: 6 to 8 cups

[ Read: Baby Shower Desserts Ideas ]

Saucepan Recipes

After a quick mix, here are some saucepan recipes. These would require a bit of heat on the stove but it would barely eat up on your time.

4. Hot Red Punch

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If you like a mix of pineapple and strawberry, then this cooler is sure to please you.

You will need:

• 6 cups water
• 2 1/2 cups white sugar
• Two 3oz strawberry flavored gelatin
• 46oz pineapple juice
• 2/3 cup lemon juice
• 1 quart orange juice
• 4l lemon-lime flavored beverage (carbonated)
• 1 large saucepan

How to:

1. In a large saucepan, bring water, sugar, and strawberry gelatin to a boil. This may take about three to four minutes.
2. Add lemon, pineapple and orange juice in the saucepan and keep stirring.
3. Divide this mixture into two bottles and freeze them.
4. Once frozen, take the contents of one of the bottles and thaw it with two liters of lemon-lime flavored beverage.
5. The mixture should be semi-thick.
6. Serve cold.

Preparation time: 15min

Cook time: 4min

Servings: 4 to 6 cups

5. Cider Cold Punch

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And yes, we bring you a cold and nice cider. Why should we always serve you with warm stuff?

You will need:

• 2 quarts of apple cider or juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1tsp cinnamon
• 1tsp ground allspice
• 12oz orange juice concentrate
• 1 quart chilled ginger ale

How to:

1. In a large vessel, add one cup of cider, sugar, cinnamon, and allspice.
2. Cook until the ingredients come to a boil and the sugar is well-dissolved.
3. While you are cooking this, let the juice concentrate thaw.
4. Once the juice thaws, add it to the above mixture along with another cup of cider.
5. Let the mixture cool down a bit and then refrigerate it.
6. Serve chilled.

Preparation time: 15min

Cooking time: 5 to 7min

Servings: 5 to 7 cups

[ Read: Baby Shower Mocktails Recipes ]

Perfect Coolers:

A summer baby shower isn’t the requirement here. Coolers can be had any time of the year as all they do is just cool and calm you down. So spin out these coolers and let there be some fun!

6. Cooling Minty

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This is a perfect drink to refresh you and soothe your nerves!

You will need:

• 1 large English cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 4 sprigs of mint without the stems
• 2tsp lime juice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4tsp sea salt
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup ice

For the garnish:

• Cucumber spears
• Mint leaves
• Lime wedges

How to:

1. Add deseeded cucumber, mint, lime juice, sugar, sea salt, and water in a high power blender.
2. Blend these ingredients well and add ice when serving.
3. Add the garnish from above. You could use one or all of the garnishing (as per the taste).
4. Additionally, if the entire mix has not been consumed, you can leave it in an airtight container and refrigerate it.

Preparation time: 15min

Servings: 2

7. Strawberry and Orange Mimosa

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Don’t worry. We did say no alcoholic beverages. We are giving you a mocktail of the exotic colors.

You will need:

• 1 cup orange juice
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 2 cups strawberries
• 2 cups water
• 16oz soda

How to:

1. In a saucepan, mix half a cup of sugar and half a cup orange juice and bring to boil.
2. In a second saucepan, mix strawberries, water, and one cup of sugar and boil them until the strawberries soften into a semi-pulp.
3. Strain out the pulp of the strawberries from the juice.
4. In a glass, add the strawberry juice, the ingredients from the first saucepan, and a dash of soda.
5. Serve with ice.

Preparation time: 20min

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Servings: 2

[ Read: Baby Shower Recipes ]

Mighty Mixes

A little bit of flavored virgin mojito. Sounds pleasing? If it does, then we bring you some amazing mocktail mixes, which are sure to steal your guests’ hearts.

8. Great Grapefruit Mix

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Grapefruits could be super bitter, but our drink would not let you feel that. All it would do is give you a pretty looking drink with some freshness loaded onto your glasses.

You will need:

• 1/4 deseed and cut pink grapefruit
• 2tbsp honey
• 12 unevenly cut fresh mint leaves
• 1/2 cup flavored mineral water

For garnish:

• Mint sprigs

How to:

1. Add the grapefruit, honey, and mint leaves in a deep vessel.
2. Press the ingredients hard with a muddler until all the juice from the grapefruit is out.
3. Transfer all this into a shaker, add some ice and shake well.
4. Once down, transfer the ingredients to the ice into glasses and garnish with mint sprigs.

Preparation time: 15min

Servings: 2 cups

9. Black Lemon Mix

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Blackberries can be quite tasty and just burst into your mouth giving you a wonderful flavor. But how will this flavor taste when added to some soda?

You will need:

• 1/2 cup fresh blackberries
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup lemonade
• 2tbsp lemon juice
• A few lemon slices
• 500ml club soda

For garnish:

Mint leaves

How to:

1. Add blackberries to a saucepan and mash them up with a fork.
2. To the mashed berries, add water, sugar, and lemonade.
3. Bring this to a simmer over low to medium heat for about ten minutes.
4. Strain this mixture in a way that the juice separates from the berries.
5. Refrigerate the mixture to cool.
6. When serving, add the above mixture to (four) cups and fill it with soda.
7. Serve chilled.

Preparation time: 10min

Cooking time: 12min

Servings: 4 cups

10. Watermelon Green Soda Pop

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Watermelon with a hint of basil – sounds sweet? Then this is what we will give you.

You will need:

• 1/2 seedless watermelon
• 2 cups sparkling water
• 3/4 cup pure pear juice
• 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves

How to:

1. Using a melon baller, scoop chunks of the watermelon.
2. In a blender, blend the watermelon until it is pureed.
3. Transfer the pureed watermelon into a big container and throw in the basil leaves.
4. Crush the leaves with a muddler until the juice and flavor is out.
5. Add sparkling water and pear juice and serve chilled.

Preparation time: 15min

Servings: 6 cups

Pink Punch

Why choose pink theme only for a girl baby shower? Choose pink or a variation of it for your drinks! Have a colorful party with a mix of more than just pink. Here we bring you some pink colored drinks to keep that baby shower cute and sweet.

11. Crazy Cranberry

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Cranberry is quite a favorite for many. So why not add it to the baby shower drinks list?

You will need:

• 12oz can frozen pink lemonade
• 6oz can frozen pineapple juice concentrate
• 1 gallon cranberry juice
• 2l cranberry ginger ale
• 4 cups ice (crushed)

How to:

1. Take a large bowl and mix the pink lemonade and pineapple juice concentrate.
2. Allow them to thaw together and then add cranberry juice.
3. Give it a good swirl and add in ginger ale.
4. Top it with some crushed ice to serve chilled.

Preparation time: 20min

Servings: 6 to 8 cups

12. Pink Icy Drink

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A little bit of ice cream never hurt anyone, did it?

You will need:

• 2/3 cup of red cinnamon candies
• 1 quarter strawberry ice cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 46oz can pineapple juice
• 12oz can frozen pink lemonade
• 1l bottle ginger ale

How to:

1. Spray some vegetable oil in a five-mold tray.
2. To this tray, add a few crushed cinnamon candies.
3. Spread ice cream only to the top portion of the tray (in such a way that they look like rings when taken off the tray).
4. Wrap the tray in a food grade wrapping plastic and let it freeze.
5. Take the remaining candies and add them to a saucepan along with water and sugar.
6. Let the mixture come to a boil and then simmer it, allowing the candies to dissolve.
7. Once it has cooled, pour the mixture into a large bowl and add pineapple juice and pink lemonade.
8. Add ginger ale just before serving and then add the ice creams.

Preparation time: 20min

Cooking time: 5 to 7min

Servings: 4 to 6 cups

13. Pinky Peppermint

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This is a little peppermint ice cream which has some goodness of milk.

You will need:

• 1 quart peppermint ice cream
• 1 cup cold milk
• 2l ginger ale

How to:

1. Put the ice cream in a large bowl and let it thaw a little (until it is semi-hard).
2. Add some milk and ginger ale to the mixture.
3. Stir the entire mixture nicely until it becomes a little frothy.
4. Serve chilled.

Preparation time: 20min

Servings: 8 to 10 cups

14. Pink Sherbet and Cloud Punch

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Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? And we bet this will taste interesting (and yummy) as well.

You will need:

• 8 cups of frozen pink lemonade
• 4 cups carbonated lemon lime
• 2 quarts raspberry sherbet

To garnish:

• Lemon or orange slices

How to:

1. In a large bowl, mix the lemonade and lime soda.
2. To this mixture, add half of the sherbet and stir until the entire thing becomes frothy.
3. Now add in the rest of the pink lemonade balls.
4. Serve immediately and chilled.

Preparation time: 15min

Servings: 12 to 15 cups

Nutritional value: Calories – 245.7kcal; Fat – 2.2g; Cholesterol – 1mg; Sodium – 59.4mg

15. Strawberry and Rose Water Fun

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Imagine the lovely taste of strawberries with the beautiful smell of roses! That is what we are about to offer to you.

You will need:

• 2lb cut strawberries
• 1.5 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1tbsp rose water
• 1 lemon zest
• Sparkling water
• Ice

How to:

For making strawberry syrup:

1. Mix strawberries, sugar, water, and lemon zest in a pan.
2. Let the mixture come to a boil (which may take about 15 minutes).
3. Once it boils, simmer the heat for about ten minutes and then take it off the heat.

Once the syrup is made:

1. Strain this syrup on a fine strainer, making sure that only the juice is left.
2. Once you have strained it, place the juice in the fridge until it is chilled.
3. Before serving, add a small quantity of the syrup to cups and then add sparkling water.

Preparation time: 15min

Servings: 10 to 12

Blue Punch:

There’s just something magical about the color blue! And yes, we’d like to suggest that there is no need to choose blue only for a baby boy shower. You may choose any color, irrespective of the gender of your baby.

16. Lime and Blue!

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A mix of lime and the blue color is surreal and exotic. We present you a very simple drink which has both of these ingredients.

You will need:

• 12oz lemonade concentrate
• 2 cups of ice
• 1 cup cold water
• 5 drops of blue food color
• 12oz lemon and lime soda

How to:

1. Add lemonade, ice, water, and food color in a blender and blend until you get the desired consistency.
2. You could also freeze this mixture a while to get a frozen consistency.
3. Add in the lime and lemon soda just before serving.

Preparation time: 5min

Servings: 4 cups

17. Cute Blue Punch

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This drink is a mix of cranberry and vanilla ice cream. Best served when cold, it is quite a decent drink for a baby shower.

You will need:

• A few drops of blueberry flavored unsweetened drink mix
• 2l bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
• 64oz white cranberry juice
• 8 scoops vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup white sugar

How to:

1. Take a large bowl and add cranberry juice, the blueberry flavor, and lime and lemon beverage.
2. Stir in the contents well.
3. Add sugar as per taste.
4. Now add scoops of ice cream such that they melt a little and float over the drink.

Preparation time: 10min

Servings: 10 to 12 cups

18. Blue Pina Colada

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This drink just has an amazing ring to it, doesn’t it? We bring you a nice, blue Pina Colada that will refresh the mom-to-be and all the guests as well.

You will need:

• 1/4oz unsweetened powdered drink mix
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 10oz frozen pina colada drink mix
• 2 cups water
• 2l soda or carbonated beverage
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream

How to:

1. Mix the sugar, water, and unsweetened powdered drink together.
2. Transfer this mixture to a large bowl and add the soda or carbonated drink and the pina colada mix.
3. Add a few scoops of vanilla ice cream and serve chilled.

Preparation time: 15min

Servings: 12 to 15 cups

Nutrition value: Calories – 86.2KCal; Fat – 1.8g; Sodium – 24.9mg; Cholesterol – 7.3mg

19. Slushy Blue

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Some goodness of pineapple along with a hint of strawberry and lime – this is what our next drink is.

You will need:

• 2.5 cups white sugar
• 6 cups water
• 6oz strawberry flavored gelatin mix
• 46oz can pineapple juice
• 2/3 cup lemon juice
• 1 quart orange juice
• 4l lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

How to:

1. Take a large saucepan and add sugar, water, and the gelatin mix.
2. Boil this for about four minutes, and add pineapple, lemon, and orange juice.
3. Make two portions of this mixture and freeze them separately.
4. When serving, take the contents of one part and add in two liters of lemon-lime flavored carbonated drink.
5. Once the mixture becomes slushy, you are ready to serve it.

Preparation time: 20min

Cooking time: 4min

Servings: 12 to 15 cups

20. Hawaiian pineapple punch

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From the dreamy lands of Hawaii, we bring you a cool, blue punch with a hint of pineapple and ginger.

You will need:

• 1 gallon of Hawaiian punch
• 2l ginger ale
• 2 cups pineapple juice
• Ice

How to:

1. Mix the Hawaiian punch with ginger ale and pineapple juice.
2. While serving, add in some ice.

Preparation time: 10min

Servings: 12 to 15 cups

21. Easy blue punch

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Just like the above recipes, this, too, needs some basic ingredients.

You will need:

1l ginger ale

1/2l raspberry lemonade

1/2l carbonated beverage

Ice

How to:

1. Just toss in all the ingredients together and give it a swirl.
2. Serve chilled.

Preparation time: 5min

Servings: 6 to 8 cups.

So, there you have it. A list of yummy and quick (well, almost) recipes that you can serve up this baby shower. Be a tad bit careful with the sugars, though. Also, if you think that any of these drinks could contain a common allergen, then strictly avoid it. The best option would be to get a list of yes and no (more like, likes and dislikes) from the mother-to-be! Better safe than sorry, right?

Do let us know which one was your favorite!

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