Red Slushy Punch

Some years ago I added a new punch to our Christmas Eve menu. I got the recipe from my cousin, Jeani. It is Christmasy Red and slushy… okay. So Christmasy isn’t a word… but you know what I mean. This punch is on the sweet side. My family usually prefers a less sweet punch, but this is so good, and the family goes through this stuff, so I guess sweet is good. Pre-plan – this is a frozen punch mix, and it needs to thaw out a little while. I make it up a couple days before our party. Red Slushy Punch Ingredients 3 (3 ounce) packages cherry gelatin 9 cups boiling water 4 cups sugar 4 cups water 2 (46 ounce) cans pineapple juice 6 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 (2 liter) bottles ginger ale - cold Directions Dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water in a large saucepan. In a separate saucepan boil together the sugar and 4 cups water. Add the pineapple juice, orange juice and lemon juice. Cool. Combine the gelatin and juice mixtures. Divide into plastic containers  (gallon ziplock bags work great) and freeze. Set out about 2 hours before serving. Add the cold ginger ale just before serving. The punch will be slushy Notes We have used sprite instead of ginger ale and we like it just as well. We have used pineapple soda in place of the pineapple juice (walmart sells the pineapple soda in 2 liter bottles) This punch can be made with other flavors of gelatin depending on the color punch you need.