Grinch Punch
Grinch Punch is a fun party drink for Christmas made with vodka for the adults or without for the kids. A festive lemon-lime punch served up with a red sugared rim.
I’ve been making my Easy Party Punch for every family gathering and holiday party for years and years and now we have a new favorite that is so fun for the holiday season and easy to make for a crowd.
Grinch Punch Recipe With or Without Alcohol
I love serving up vodka cocktails for holiday parties but I’ve always got a good selection of fun Holiday drink ideas for the kids as well. Make a pitcher without the alcohol for the kids table and everyone will be happy. Everyone loves the tale of How The Grinch Stole Christmas and this delicious punch is perfect for any Christmas themed Grinch party.
Ingredients Needed for Easy Grinch Punch Recipe
- Lemon-Lime Kool-Aid Packets or Green Hawaiian Punch (kiwi and strawberry flavors)
- Pineapple Juice
- Simple Syrup
- Vodka – We are using plain vodka but flavored vodka like marshmallow or vanilla are great options.
- Ginger Ale or lemon-lime soda like Sprite
- Honey for the rim of the glass
- Red Sanding Sugar
- Ice
How to Make Boozy Grinch Punch
- In a large pitcher, add Kool-Aid, pineapple juice, water, simple syrup and vodka. Stir well.
- Top off the pitcher with ginger ale and mix well.
- Rub honey around the rim of the glasses.
- Hold the glasses over a bowl and pour red decorating sugar around the rim of each glass or you can dip the rim of a glass into the sugar.
- Fill glasses with ice.
- Fill glasses with punch. Stir punch as needed, pineapple juice will settle.
How to Make Grinch Punch Without Alcohol
- Mix ingredients in a pitcher, leaving out the alcohol and adding an additional 3 cups of ginger ale. You might also like this easy Pickle Lemonade for an easy green punch!
Recipe Notes and Variations for Green Punch
- Yield: 8 Servings
- Best Vodka for Punch: Use your favorite brand, we used Smirnoff for this recipe. Light rum can be substituted for the vodka if preferred.
- Make Ahead: Punch can be made up to 4 hours ahead and refrigerated. Stir before serving. If preparing the day before, chill the ginger ale and add just before serving and mix well.
- Green Sherbet Punch: Make this a classic sherbet punch by mixing it up in a large punch bowl and adding scoops of lime sherbet. A scoop of vanilla ice cream will also taste delicious in this punch.
- Garnish Ideas: Maraschino cherries make a great garnish for the green grinch drink. Red stripe straws are a great idea for the kids.
- Storage: Leftover punch can be refrigerated up to 2 days. Store in an airtight container, ginger ale will lose its fizz after a day.
- Occasions: This green punch recipe is the perfect green color for Christmas time and New Year’s Eve Parties. This green punch would also be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or any green themed celebration.
More Christmas Cocktails to Try
- Christmas Punch
- Jingle Juice
- Tequila Punch
- Vodka Party Punch
- Champagne Punch
- Cosmopolitan Party Punch
More Kid-Friendly Punch Recipes
Serve with a plate of Grinch Cookies for Grinch movie night or your next holiday party for a guaranteed huge hit with the whole family. Both are great Christmas recipes and so easy to make.
This Grinch Punch is surprisingly tasty and refreshing. It’s a great large batch drink for parties and simple to make with vodka or without for the kids. Serve it up in red sugar rimmed glasses for a festive drink that will have everyone feeling merry and bright at your next Christmas party.
Have you tried this recipe? Please leave a comment and rating below!
Grinch Punch
Ingredients
- 1 package lemon-limem Kool-Aid .14 ounce
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups pineapple juice
- 3 cups vodka
- ½ cup simple syrup
- 4 cups ginger ale
- ice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- red decorating sugar
Instructions
- In a large pitcher, add Kool-Aid, water, pineapple juice, simple syrup and vodka. Stir well. Top off the pitcher with ginger ale and mix well.
- Rub honey around the rim of the glasses.
- Hold the glasses over a bowl and pour red decorating sugar around the rim of each glass.
- Fill glasses with ice and punch.
- Stir punch as needed, the pineapple juice will settle.
How to Make Grinch Punch Without Alcohol:
- Mix ingredients in a pitcher, leaving out the alcohol and adding an additional 3 cups of ginger ale.
Notes
Recipe Notes and Variations:
- Yield: 8 Servings
- Best Vodka for Punch: Use your favorite brand, we used Smirnoff for this recipe. Light rum can be substituted for the vodka if preferred.
- Make Ahead: Punch can be made up to 4 hours ahead and refrigerated. Stir before serving. If preparing the day before, add the ginger ale just before serving and mix well.
- Storage: Leftover punch can be refrigerated up to 2 days. Store in an airtight container, ginger ale will lose its fizz after a day.
- Occasions: Christmas and New Year's Eve Parties. This green punch would also be perfect for St. Patrick's Day or any green themed celebration.
If you can’t get Kool aid (real hard to get in Canada) I swapped the koolaid, 4 cups water and the simple syrup With 2 cups of lime cordial from the dollar store and some food colouring to get the right shade of green.
Yummy!
Hi Sandy,
I had no idea that koolaid was hard to get in Canada! Great tips and thank you for stopping by to share them. Merry Christmas!
~ Milisa
I don’t see how much of each ingredient in the alcoholic recipe.
Hi Kelly,
The complete recipe card is at the bottom of the post, use the “jump to recipe” button at the top to go right to it.
~ Milisa
Like Sandy mentioned lemon-lime kool-aid is not easy to find in Canada! However I did add lime cordial in place of it but I did have some lemon-lime kool-aid so I only used a very small bit of the Kool-aid (basically for colour but feel free to add some green food colouring) and maybe about a tablespoon or so of lime cordial in it and about 1/2 cup of pineapple juice and 1/2 cup of orange juice. I was only making one drink at a time. I prefer vodka so I would use 1 to 2oz of that but my wife likes it with white rum. I like to top it off with 7up or Sprite! Either way this is really good so thank you for sharing
Hi Paul,
So glad y’all enjoyed it, thanks for stopping by!
~ Milisa
I have a quick question : ) the recipe ingredients call for 4 cups of water, but it doesn’t state “water” in the actual instructions. Is the 4 cups of water needed? Thanks!
Hi Dana,
I have that updated, the water goes in with all of the other ingredients.
~ Milisa
How big of a pitcher is recommended and what would the serving amount be?
Hi Patrick,
A gallon size pitcher is best and I figure 8 ounce servings.
~ Milisa
If I don’t have lime cordial or Kool aid, how many cups of Green hawaiann punch can I use?
Hi Margie,
4 Cups.
~ Milisa