Rainbow Sherbet Punch is hands-down the hit of the party! Scoops of colorful sherbet floating in a bowl of fruity-flavored juice and fizzy soda make this a fun beverage to sip. With just 4 ingredients, this sherbet punch recipe is always a show-stopper!
Our easy Rainbow Sherbet Punch recipe is a refreshing, colorful treat that brings a splash of fruity fun to all your festivities. Its sweet taste and multi-colored contents add a festive touch that ties any event together. Perfect for entertaining, this party punch is the ultimate crowd-pleaser!
Imagine a drink recipe with swirls of tangy sweetness and effervescent bubbles in every sip. You get that when you blend lemon-lime soda, fruit punch, and frozen limeade. But here’s the twist: add scoops of frozen rainbow sherbet, and watch as it floats, foams, and froths on top, and you’ve transformed your drink into an exciting party in a punch bowl!
Once you’ve mastered the ratio of ingredients for this recipe, play around with the flavors. Make an orange sherbet punch with a can of frozen orange juice concentrate, a lime sherbet punch (like my Grinch punch and Halloween sherbet punch recipes), or add a bit of booze to your beverage for an adult only crowd.
If you are looking for other party drinks with an adult beverage twist, be sure to check out our Rum Punch and our Margarita By The Gallon – they are the perfect party cocktail.
Sherbet Punch Ingredients
- Lemon-lime soda: Use your favorite lemon-lime soda, like Sierra Mist, 7Up, Mountain Dew, or Sprite. Ginger Ale or Fresca will also work.
- Hawaiian punch: Any brand of fruit punch will taste delicious in this sherbet drink. Feel free to get creative with other flavor juices. You can try orange juice, passion fruit juice, grape juice, pineapple juice, or any of your favorites.
- Frozen limeade: Feel free to substitute frozen cherry limeade or frozen orange juice for the plain limeade.
- Rainbow sherbet: You can substitute strawberry or raspberry sherbet for the rainbow sherbet.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How to Make Rainbow Sherbet Punch
- Prepare The Punch: Add the limeade, Hawaiian punch, and lemon-lime soda to a large bowl.
- Add Sherbet Scoops: Spoon scoops of rainbow sherbet into the punch just before serving.
- Serve: Serve and enjoy sipping!
Serving Suggestions
Serve your rainbow punch in a large Punch bowl to showcase all the beautiful colors. Punch bowls are easy for scooping out sherbet and make a pretty presentation, but if you prefer a pitcher, you certainly can use one.
This sherbet punch is the perfect drink to sip with your favorite rainbow food recipes. It’s also great for everything from birthday parties, wedding showers, pool parties, Christmas, Halloween, BBQs, bridal showers and baby showers too!
Tips & Variations
- Add Fresh or Frozen Fruit: Adding fruit not only makes it taste yummy but also looks beautiful! I like to use pineapple chunks, raspberries, and strawberries as garnishes. These fresh fruits mix perfectly with the flavor of the rainbow sherbet.
- Cut The Calories: To lighten up your lemon lime punch, you can use diet soda, seltzer, or sparkling water.
- Add Some Alcohol: Adding alcohol to your punch bowl is a perfect way to get any adult party started. Try spiking your bubbly beverage with a bit of rum, vodka, Prosecco, or a bottle of Champagne (I love adding Malibu Coconut Rum to mine).
- Form Frozen Scoops: I recommend freezing your sherbet in scoops. This will prevent it from melting as soon as it is added to the punch. If you want to get nice round balls of sherbet, scoop the sherbet with an ice cream scoop onto a parchment-lined tray and place in the freezer for at least 30 minutes.
- Save Some Scoops: You can freeze a few extra scoops of sherbet to add to the punch if the sherbet foams melt or the scoops are all taken. The punch will become sweeter as you add more sherbet, so you may also want to add more liquid.
Proper Storage
- To Store: You can store any leftovers in the refrigerator. However, it does lose some of the fizz, and the sherbet melts very quickly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sherbet is not quite ice cream and not quite sorbet. It is a frozen treat made with fruit juice, sugar, and water, but also has the addition of dairy—usually milk or buttermilk. This gives it a slightly creamier texture than sorbet, as well as its signature pastel color.
Yes, sherbet does contain a small amount of milk product. But, it’s not nearly as much as you find in ice cream. That’s why the texture and flavor of sherbet is more like a fruit sorbet (which contains NO milk).
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Rainbow Sherbet Punch
Ingredients
- 2 liter lemon-lime soda
- 64 ounces (½ gallon) hawaiian fruit punch
- 6 ounces (½ can) frozen limeade thawed
- 2 quarts (½ gallon) rainbow sherbet
Instructions
- Using a large punch bowl, add the 6 ounces of thawed limeade, hawiian punch and lemon-lime soda.
- Just before serving, spoon the rainbow sherbet into the punch. Serve immediately.
Jenn’s Notes
- To Store: You can store any leftovers in the refrigerator, but it does loose some of the fizz, and the sherbet melts very quickly.
- I recommend freezing your sherbet in scoops. This will prevent it from melting as soon as it is added to the punch. If you want to get nice round balls of sherbet, scoop sherbet with an ice cream scoop onto a parchment lined tray and place in freezer for at least 30 minutes.
- You can freeze a few extra scoops of sherbet and add to the punch if the sherbet foams melts or the scoops are all taken.
- The punch will become sweeter if you add more sherbet, so you may want to add more liquid as well.
I’m going to try it on December 24th. For our family Christmas Eve and baby shower.
I AM TOTALLY INTO SHERBET ANYTHING OR RAINBOW ANYTHING
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