Festive Cherry Punch

Sparkling, refreshing and so easy with only two ingredients, a bottle of cherry juice blend and ginger ale.

Recipe Ingredients:

4 cups cherry juice blend, chilled
1 (l-liter) bottle ginger ale, chilled
Ice ring (instructions follow)

Cooking Directions:

1. Just before serving, combine cherry juice blend and ginger ale in a large punch bowl. Add ice ring.

Makes about 16 servings.

For Decorative Ice Ring: Place a ring mold or other decorative mold in freezer; let chill. Rinse inside of mold with cold water; return to freezer until thin coating of ice forms. Cover the bottom of the mold in a decorative pattern with maraschino cherries. Gently add enough cherry juice blend to just cover fruit. Freeze until firm. Gently add more cherry juice blend to fill mold completely. Freeze overnight, or until firm.

Recipe provided courtesy of the Cherry Marketing Institute.