Planter’s Punch is a traditional Caribbean punch made with fresh orange juice, pineapple juice, rum, and bitters. It is refreshing and delicious!

This blog post was originally posted on May 16, 2016, and has been updated with new pictures.

Hey there, and welcome back, friends.

You are in for a refreshing summer treat!

Planter’s Punch originates from the Caribbean. It is made of dark rum, lemon juice, equal parts orange and pineapple juice, Grenadine syrup, and a dash of Angostura bitters.

All shaken and poured over ice for a refreshing and delicious cocktail.

What’s not to like, right?

I was inspired to share this classic Caribbean drink because I have fond memories of enjoying it on my honeymoon in Jamaica many years ago.

Every time I would ask the bartender at the resort to surprise me, he would throw together this tropical goodness with hints of pineapple, orange, and rum.

I loved recreating this island favorite at home to serve at parties. It’s always a hit and easy to make.

As we prepare for the summer season of entertaining and relaxing, cocktails and punches are a must to stay refreshed.

Ingredients

• fresh orange juice
• some pineapple juice
• dark rum (or coconut rum)
• grenadine syrup
• fresh lemon juice
• simple syrup
• a few dashes of Angostura bitters

How to Make Planter’s Punch

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all the ingredients except the bitters.

Start by pouring in the pineapple and orange juice.

Add the dark rum.

Add some grenadine syrup for the beautiful Planter’s Punch color.

Brighten the flavor with some lemon juice.

Sweeten this drink with some simple syrup.

Shake the cocktail shaker well for a few seconds. Pour the drink over ice into a cocktail glass.

Add the bitters and stir. Then garnish with a maraschino cherry and a fresh pineapple slice. Enjoy immediately!

Can I Make this punch ahead of time?

Yes, you can make a pitcher of this drink ahead of time and add ice just before serving. It’s a great way to make serving this drink easy for a party.

More Summer Drink Recipes

• Watermelon Sangria
• Strawberry Popsicle Prosecco Drink
• Blood Orange Mezcal Cocktail
• Strawberry Paloma Drink
• Orange Pineapple Rum Punch

What do you think of this quenching punch recipe? What would you serve with a glass of this? Let me know in the comment section below. 

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Happy sipping, friends!

Planter’s Punch Recipe

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Planter's Punch

Planter's Punch is a traditional Caribbean punch with fresh orange juice, pineapple juice, rum, and bitters. This drink is refreshing and delicious!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 parts fresh orange juice
• 2 parts pineapple juice
• 1 part dark rum (or coconut rum)
• ½ part grenadine syrup
• ½ part fresh lemon juice
• simple syrup, to taste
• 3-4 dashes Angostura bitters

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all the ingredients except the bitters. Shake well for a few seconds.
2. Pour over ice into a cocktail glass.
3. Add the bitters and stir.
4. Garnish with maraschino cherry and a fresh pineapple slice.
5. Enjoy immediately!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

1

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1226Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 23mgCarbohydrates: 281gFiber: 2gSugar: 249gProtein: 6g

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Hey there, and welcome back, friends.

You are in for a refreshing treat!

Watermelon Sangria

A refreshing recipe for watermelon sangria with either sparkling wine, dry white or rose. This is perfect for any summer gathering or picnic.

Let’s toast out this week with a glass of watermelon sangria, shall we?

It has been one hectic week on my front and I wish I had a pitcher of this in my fridge for the weekend. 

During summer, we need to maximize our watermelon eating before they go away. Making these watermelon mint popsicles or these watermelon mojito coolers will help you out on this venture.

And if you like a refreshing cocktail for a warm afternoon, then try this sangria. It will NOT disappoint you. It’s sweet (a good bottle of Rose does that), refreshing and perfect for any hot summer day.

I hope you give this watermelon sangria a try before the end of summer.  

Watermelon Sangria Ingredients

• watermelon
• vodka
• bottle of dry white wine or rose, cold
• orange juice
• triple sec
• orange & lime
• garnishes like raspberries, ice, fresh mint

How to Make Watermelon Sangria

Combine 6-8 cups of watermelon and vodka in your KitchenAid® Diamond Blender and purée until smooth.

Strain the mixture into a large pitcher or punch bowl. Stir and add the wine, orange juice, triple sec, orange, and lime slices.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight in your KitchenAid® Multi-Door Refrigerator.

When ready to serve, add in the fresh watermelon cubes and raspberries. Serve over ice in a glass and garnish with fresh mint.

How to Store Watermelon Sangria

More Summer Drink Recipes

• Peach Rose Sangria
• Watermelon Wine Slushie
• Tequila Sunrise
• Strawberry Paloma
• Frozen Peach Margarita

What do you think of this amazing watermelon rose sangria recipe? What would you serve with this drink? Let me know in the comment section below. 

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Happy baking, friends!

Watermelon Sangria Recipe

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Yield: 6-8 servings

Watermelon Sangria

A refreshing recipe for watermelon sangria with either sparkling wine, dry white or rose. This is perfect for any summer gathering or picnic.

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 6-8 cups watermelon, cut in large chunks (about one small watermelon), plus 1 cup cubed for serving
• 1 cup vodka
• 1 bottle dry white wine or rose, cold
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup triple sec
• 1 orange sliced
• 1 lime, sliced
• 1 cup raspberries, for serving
• Ice, for serving
• Fresh mint, for garnish

Instructions

Combine 6-8 cups of watermelon and vodka in your KitchenAid® Diamond Blender and purée until smooth.

Strain the mixture into a large pitcher or punch bowl. Stir and add the wine, orange juice, triple sec, orange and lime slices. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight in your KitchenAid® Multi-Door Refrigerator.

When ready to serve, add in the fresh watermelon cubes and raspberries. Serve over ice in a glass and garnish with fresh mint.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 500Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 17mgCarbohydrates: 84gFiber: 5gSugar: 67gProtein: 6g

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Happy Friday friends!! Or should I say TGIF? How was your week?

It’s been a hectic week over here on my end. We took a short weekend trip to Orlando last weekend with the baby and it was challenging traveling with the wee-one. We had a great time once we got there but on the way back he developed a cold and was congested for most of the plane ride back, which only got worse this week with an ear infection added to the mix. Needless to say, I will be needing one of this grapefruit mimosa this weekend to unwind. Gladly he is doing much better and is in good spirits.

Let’s talk about brunch, champagne, and winter citrus that all get combined in this grapefruit mimosa (and pineapple and blood orange mimosas!). It’s a whole lot of bubbly and I am sharing the recipes over on The Kitchenthusiast, the Kitchenaid food blog.

Why grapefruit? Because I love reinventing classics and here I spruced up my mimosas with freshly pressed juices. I’ve been obsessed with my new juicer from KitchenAid to make small or large batches of juices. I’ve been juicing all great winter citruses in this baby along with some veggies as well (mainly carrots) to add to smoothies, mimosas, and baked goods.

If you are throwing together brunch this weekend, be sure to add some mimosas to the table. With just two ingredients, you can have these ready in no time and unwind from what may have been a long week or a celebratory one.

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Grapefruit Mimosa

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 part fresh grapefruit juice
• 3 parts champagne, chilled (or sparkling juice for non-alcoholic version)
• Garnishes: thyme, grapefruit chunks

Instructions

1. Fill a champagne glass a third of the way with grapefruit juice. Then top with chilled champagne.
2. Garnish with fresh grapefruit and/or thyme. Enjoy immediately

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I did a little bit of cocktail investigation a few weeks ago when I was on break and I am here to report the results in the form of this Blood Orange Moscow Mule.

It all started with copper mugs. They started popping up everywhere last spring/summer and I was wondering why the sudden interest? Then Pinterest started exploding with Moscow Mule recipes in copper mugs and my interest peaked. What’s the special drink? But I was too pregnant and/or sleep deprived most of last year to fully investigate and didn’t get to it until the last two weeks of December. Luckily, this meant that copper mugs would be cheaper and I convinced myself I needed 4!!

Armed with my copper mugs, I took to the interwebs to investigate the history behind the Moscow mule. These were my findings: 1) It has absolutely nothing to do with Moscow. 2) It’s a combination of ginger beer, vodka and lime juice (imagine how shocked I was to find out it was so simple). 3) Wikipedia is unsure about the origins but rumor has it a vodka distillery owner and the owner of a ginger beer bottling facility came together to help each other’s businesses. Apparently it was in a bar and the drink came about. 4) Take that last piece of information with a grain of salt. The interwebs is a crazy place.

But who cares what the origin is? Once I realized there was ginger beer involved I was in. I love making my own ginger beer… the African version is always in my freezer so it was easy to make this drink. Moscow mule is an easy vodka cocktail that’s smooth and refreshing. I added a simple syrup to sweetened it a bit and add another flavor to the mix. This blood orange Moscow mule is a great place to start if you are curious about this cocktail taking over the interwebs.

Happy investigating this weekend!

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Yield: 1 cocktail

Blood Orange Moscow Mule

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1.5 ounces vodka
• juice of ½ a lime
• 1 ounce blood orange simple syrup (recipe below)
• 4 ounce Ginger beer (not Ginger Ale)

Blood Orange Simple Syrup

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• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup blood orange juice
• Garnish: Ginger slices, lime wedges, blood orange slices

Instructions

1. To make the simple syrup, combine all the ingredients in a medium pot and bring to a boil over medium heat. Once sugar has melted, cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
2. To make the cocktail, combine the vodka, lime juice and simple syrup in a copper mug (or regular tall glass) with crushed ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with ginger slices, lime or blood oranges.

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You guys we are starting this week with a cocktail!! A mango margarita that’s tropical in flavors and refreshing to the touch. Why, yes this is just as delicious without the tequila although the hubs think the tequila brings it over the edge (Thank you resident cocktail taster…for three more weeks).

I was looking through my recipe index recently at the tropical recipes I have and noticed that I only have one or two mango recipes. And that’s unacceptable given that I LOVE mangoes beyond normal. I grew up with mango trees in my backyard in Sierra Leone and during the raining season, we enjoyed a bounty of fresh ripe mangoes right off the trees. It was a nightly tradition where we will all sit around the table with a bushel of freshly picked mangoes in front of us and we will just eat. Eat until the juices run down our arms.

Sadly mangoes on that level of sweetness and juiciness seem to come from tropical places only and I have missed that living on the north end of the US. But I will settle for whatever ones I can get over the summer that are ripe.

OK back to these mango margaritas that are staring us in the face. They are pretty simple really but the flavors are amazing. Combining fresh mango puree with lime juice, agave syrup, Nielsen-Massey’s Tahitian Vanilla extract with floral and fruity hints, and a dash of their Orange Blossom water brings together a wonderful blended cocktail that is refreshing, fruity and tropical.

Of course, you can leave out the tequila and still enjoy all these flavors but for an adult version, be sure to add the tequila and some sugar-lime zest to the rim of the glass.

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Mango Margaritas

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

For Glass

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• Salt and lime zest for glass rims
• Ice cubes for serving

For Drink:

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• 1 cup mango puree (made from 2-3 ripe mangoes blended) (you can also use frozen mangoes)
• 2-3 tablespoons agave syrup
• juices from 2 limes
• ½ teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Tahitian Vanilla Extract (optional)
• a dash of Nielsen-Massey Orange Blossom Water (optional)
• ½ cup Tequila
• 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or Cointreau
• 3 cups of ice cubes

Instructions

Dip glasses in water or run a lime wedge around the rim of the glass. Combine the salt and lime zest. Lightly salt the rim of margarita glasses by dipping them in the salt and lime zest.

In a blender, combine all the ingredients and blend until smooth. Pour over ice into glasses. Garnish with fresh limes.

(Alternatively, divide the ingredients into three equal parts. Combine in a shaker and shake well over ice. Pour into glasses over ice. )

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Welcome back to Strawberry Week!! If you missed Monday’s recipe of these soft strawberry lemon donuts, run over there for it! It’s life-changing. With lots of strawberries in my refrigerator from our strawberry picking escapade of the last weekend, I decided to whip up a cocktail. Well a mocktail limeade since this lady is off alcohol for a few more months. This strawberry cucumber limeade is a refreshing summer drink that you need to make by the pitcher for any gathering you are having.

It’s simply filled with loads of juicy strawberry puree, lime juice and cucumber slices for a unique alternative to your regular lemonade. Sweet, refreshing and perfectly summer!! Everything that you should be serving up in a glass at your next BBQ or keep in your fridge for those hot summer days. Of course, you can add some liqueur in there to make this a cocktail; a refreshing cocktail for the adults.

I was going to share it at the end of the week, but why wait until Friday? Every summer evening is a weekend night to enjoy a cold, refreshing drink!

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Yield: 1 large pitcher

Strawberry Cucumber Limeade

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh strawberries
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 medium cucumber, sliced
• Ice
• ½ cup liquid sweetener (agave or honey), or more to taste
• Sparkling water or club soda
• Garnish: lime wedges, fresh mint and strawberries

Instructions

1. In a blender, blend the fresh strawberries until smooth. Pass the puree through a fine sieve and collect strawberry liquid into a medium bowl.
2. In a large pitcher, whisk together the water, sugar and lime juice until sugar dissolves.
3. Add in the strawberry mixture, cucumbers, ice and liquid sweetener. Top with about a liter of sparkling water or club soda. Mix well and add sweetener to taste.
4. Serve with garnishes and enjoy immediately.

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