Non-Alcoholic Beverages Recipes

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Non-alcoholic drinks are great beverages to serve the entire family, and a nice alternative for party guests who prefer not to drink alcohol. Remember, the legal drinking age in Maryland is 21.

Non-Alcoholic Drink Menu

Banana and Cocoa |  Banana Shake | Bay Teeze | Berry Berry | Breeze | Champ-Berry | Cherry Crush | Coco Cafe | Coco Cooler | Coffee Punch | Crown Calypso | Delight | Espresso Smoothie | Fairmont Fizz | Frozen Cappuccino | Frozen Virgin Tai | Fruit Fizz | Fruit Punch | Fruit Smoothies (ice cream) | Fruit Smoothies (juice) | Hawaiian Frost | Holstein Fizz | Ice Breaker | Joggers' Treat | Juice Cocktail | Justin Julep | Lynn's Dream Frappe' | Mock Pink Champagne | Orange Fizz | Orange Julius | Pacific Rim Fruit Delight | Palace Refresher | Pink Lemonade | Pink Punch | Punch and Jerry | Red Dream | Sober Strawberry | Sonoma Sonata | Strawberry Colada | Strawberry Fling |  Strawberry Patch | Summer Breeze | Summer Buzz | Summer Swirl | Sunrise Surprise | The Enforcer | The Vintage Crush | Tonga Twist Tropical 36 | Tropical Fruit Fizz | Tropical Fruit Punch | Tropical Shake | Vintage Sunset | Virgin Mai-Tai | Virgin Piña colada | Wassail on the Wagon

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Non-Alcoholic Beverage Recipes

All drink recipes yield one drink unless otherwise noted.

Banana and Cocoa

• 1 fresh banana
• 1 ounce hot cocoa
• 8 ounces half and half

Blend all ingredients with ice.

Banana Shake 

• 1/2 banana
• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 3 ounces orange juice

Blend all ingredients in a blender filled 1/2 with ice and pour in large glass. Garnish with banana slice.

Bay Teeze 

• 1 1/2 ounce non-alcoholic peach schnapps
• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 6 ounces cranberry juice

Mix all ingredients together. Garnish with slice of lime and strawberry.

• 1 dozen fresh strawberries
• 8 ounces sweet and sour mix 
• 1 teaspoon sugar 
• dash grenadine 

Blend all ingredients with ice. Serve in large snifter.  

Breeze

• 6 ounces cranberry juice
• 6 ounces pineapple juice

Pour over ice in a tall glass.

Champ-Berry 

• 6 ounces non-alcoholic champagne
• 1 ounce cranberry juice

Mix together. Garnish with strawberry.

Cherry Crush

• 2 ounces cherry juice
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 2 ounces orange juice
• club soda

Fill chimney glass with ice. Add juices and a splash of soda. Garnish with cherry.

Coco Cafe'

• 4 ounces crushed ice
• 4 ounces cream of coconut
• 4 ounces coffee

Blend ice, milk, and cooled coffee on medium speed for 10 to 20 seconds. Pour into snifter. Garnish with grated coconut and a cinnamon stick.

Cocoa Cooler

• 1 scoop ice
• 2 packs cocoa mix
• 4 ounces half and half

Blend well.

Coffee Punch

• 2 quarts strong brewed coffee, cooled
• 2 cups milk
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, softened
• 2 cups whipping cream, whipped
• ground nutmeg

Combine coffee, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Stir well and chill. Place ice cream in punch bowl and pour coffee mixture over ice cream, stirring gently. Top with dollops of whipped cream and sprinkle with nutmeg. Makes 25 servings.

Crown Calypso

• 1 scoop of fine ice
• 1/2 small banana
• 1 1/2 ounces cream
• 1 ounces orange juice
• 1/2 ounces simple syrup*

Blend all ingredients. Serve in a tall glass. Garnish with orange wedge, banana chunk and mint.

Delight 

• 6 ounces piña-colada mix
• 2 ounces chocolate syrup
• chocolate shavings

Blend, serve in a tall glass.

Espresso Smoothie 

• 1 cup espresso
• 1/4 ounce cream of coconut
• 1/2 banana
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3 ounces ice cream

Blend all ingredients. Serve over crushed ice.

Fairmont Fizz

• 20 ounces cranberry juice
• 4 ounces Rose's lime juice
• 10 ounces water
• 6 teaspoons sugar

Stir all ingredients in a punch bowl, add ice cubes. Garnish with orange slices. Makes 12-15 servings.

Frozen Cappuccino 

• 3 ounces espresso coffee
• 3 ounces whipping cream
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Blend with 1/2 scoop of ice.

Frozen Virgin Tai 

• 1 ounces orgeat syrup**
• 1 ounces pineapple juice
• 1 ounces sweet and sour mix
• 2 ounces orange juice

Blend all ingredients with ice.

Fruit Fizz 

• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 3 ounces orange juice
• 3 ounces cranberry juice
• 1 ounce club soda

Blend, chill, and strain into frosted mug.

Fruit Punch

• 1 - 12 ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1 - 6 ounce can frozen pineapple juice concentrate
• 1 - 6 ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate
• 1 quarts pineapple sherbet
• 1 quarts lime sherbet
• 1 1/2 quarts ginger ale, chilled
• fresh mint sprigs

Prepare juices according to package. Prepare lemonade using 3 cans water. Combine juices and chill 2 hours. Pour juices into punch bowl and add sherbets in small scoops. Add ginger ale and stir gently. Garnish with mint sprigs. Makes 25 servings.

Fruit Smoothies with Ice Cream

• 3 ounces ice cream
• crushed ice
• choice of fruit

Blend all ingredients. Garnish with appropriate fruit.

Fruit Smoothies with Juice

• 1/2 banana
• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 3 ounces orange juice

Blend all ingredients in a blender filled 1/2 with ice and pour in large glass. Garnish with banana slice.

Hawaiian Frost 

• 1 large scoop of ice
• 4 ounces Hawaiian Punch
• 4 ounces heavy cream

Blend well.

Holstein Fizz

• 8 ounces cola or diet cola
• 4 ounces half and half
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Fill a chimney glass with ice. Add all ingredients and stir. Garnish with cherry.

Ice Breaker

• 4 ounces herb ice tea
• 4 ounces cranberry juice
• squeeze of lime

Combine ingredients and garnish with a lime.

Joggers' Treat  

• 1 1/2 cups chilled pineapple juice
• 1/2 cups plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoons honey
• 6 ice cubes 

Combine ingredients in blender container. Cover and run on high until well blended. Serve in chilled glasses. Makes 2 servings.

Juice Cocktail

• 1 dozen fresh strawberries
• 1/2 fresh banana
• 4 ounces pineapple juice
• 4 ounces orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 4 ounces half and half

Blend all ingredients with ice. Serve in a large snifter. Makes 2 servings.

Justin Julep

• 1 cup black or orange tea (strong)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 lemon
• 4 mint leaves

Combine tea, sugar, and lemon in glass. Tear mint leaves into strips and steep in 2 tsp. hot water for 1 minute before adding to tea. Add ice cubes. Garnish with a lemon wheel and sprigs of mint.

Lynn's Dream Frappé

• 3/4 cup instant cocoa mix
• 3 cups cold water
• 1 container (4 1/4 ounces) refrigerated ready-to-serve chocolate pudding
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter

Blend cocoa mix and water until cocoa mix dissolves. Add chocolate pudding and peanut butter; cover. Beat until smooth. Chill at least a half hour. Just before serving, stir mixture well, pour into mugs or glasses. Garnish with shaved chocolate and/or mini-marshmallows.

Mock Pink Champagne

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 - 6 ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1 - 6 ounce can frozen grapefruit juice concentrate
• 1 - 28 ounce bottle chilled ginger ale
• 1/3 cup grenadine

Several hours before serve time, mix sugar with water in saucepan and boil 5 minutes. Cool. Add frozen juice concentrates. Refrigerate. At serving time, add ginger ale and grenadine syrup. Stir lightly. Makes 1 1/2 quarts or 10 servings.

Orange Fizz

• 3 ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
• 3 ounces sparkling mineral water
• grenadine

Put ingredients in a fluted champagne glass. Add a dash of grenadine for pleasing color and sweeter taste. Garnish with a slice of orange.

Orange Julius

• 1/2 of 6-ounce can (1/3 cup) frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 or 6 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients in blender; cover and blend until smooth. Makes 2-3 servings.

Pacific Rim Fruit Delight

• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 2 ounces orange juice
• 1 ounce sweet and sour mix
• 4 ounce orgeat syrup**
• cola

Fill a large glass with cubed ice. Pour ingredients into glass, stir. Float cola on top. Garnish with pineapple wedge and cherry.

Palace Refresher

• 2 wedges of lemon
• 2 ounces cranberry juice
• 2 ounces fresh orange juice
• 4 ounces sparkling mineral water        

In a tall glass filled with ice, squeeze two wedges of lemon and add cranberry and orange juice, top with mineral water. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Paradise Punch 

• 2 ounces orange juice
• 2 ounces cranberry juice
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 1 ounce half and half
• 1/4 ounce grenadine

Combine all ingredients. Shake well and serve.

Pink Lemonade

• 6 ounces cranberry juice
• 2 ounces sweet and sour mix
• club soda

Blend first two ingredients. Add soda. Serve in tall glass. Garnish with lime wheel and cherry.

Pink Punch 

• 1 quart cranberry juice
• 1 quart pineapple juice
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 quarts ginger ale, chilled

Combine juices and sugar in large container. Stir until sugar dissolves. Chill and stir in ginger ale just before serving. Makes 20 servings.

Punch and Jerry

• 1 ounce grenadine
• 3 ounces cranberry juice
• 3 ounces orange juice
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 2 ounces piña colada mix

Blend, serve in tall glass. Garnish with slice of pineapple and slice of orange.

Red Dream 

• 2 ounces orange juice
• 2 ounces half and half
• 3 ounces strawberries

Blend with ice until slushy.

Sober Strawberry 

• 4 ounces fresh or frozen strawberries
• 1 scoop ice
• 1 pack cocoa mix
• 3 ounces half and half

Blend well.

Sonoma Sonata

• 4 ounces grape juice
• 4 ounces ginger ale

Serve in a tall wine glass, over ice cubes. Garnish with orange slice.

Strawberry Colada

• 1 dozen fresh strawberries
• 8 ounces pineapple juice
• 1/2 ounce cream of coconut

Blend all ingredients with ice. Serve in a large snifter.

Strawberry Fling

• 1/2 pint strawberry ice cream
• 1 cup milk
• 4 teaspoons grenadine syrup
• whole strawberries

Beat ice cream and milk until foamy thick in blender; pour into glasses. Pour grenadine from spoon down inside each glass (forms bright crimson layer at the bottom). Garnish with strawberries. Makes 3 to 4 servings.

Strawberry Patch 

• 2 ounces frozen strawberries
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 2 ounces orange juice

Blend juices with ice. Garnish with strawberries.

Summer Breeze

• 3 ounces cranberry juice
• 1 ounces grapefruit juice
• 4 ounces ginger ale

Fill a 12 oz glass with ice cubes. Pour in juices and ginger ale. Stir gently. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Summer Buzz

• 1 cup Mac Nut or other coffee
• 1/2 cup chocolate milk

Blend and serve over ice, topped with cinnamon.

Summer Swirl  

• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 1 ounce cream of coconut
• crushed ice
• 2 ounces ice cream
• 1 ounce pureed frozen strawberries

Blend first 3 ingredients. Pour into a glass coated with the strawberry puree.

Sunrise Surprise

• 3 ounces orange juice
• 3 ounces ginger ale
• 1 ounce grenadine

Combine ingredients. Garnish with a cherry and orange slice.

The Enforcer

• Fresh brewed coffee
• Sugar cubes
• Whipped cream
• Cinnamon
• Chocolate sprinkles

Pour coffee into a mug; stir in 2 sugar cubes and a dash of cinnamon. Top with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.

The Vintage Crush 

• 4 ounces orange juice
• 4 ounces sweet and sour mix
• 4 ounces pina colada mix
• 3 slices banana
• 6 strawberries
• 4 ounces grenadine

For a fruity taste: fill up blender with ice and add all ingredients. Blend until thick. Top off with a splash of cranberry juice. If too thin, add more ice. Makes 4 servings.

Tonga Twist

• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 3 ounces grapefruit juice
• 1/2 ounce grenadine
• club soda

Fill a tall glass with ice cubes. Add first three ingredients. Stir. Fill glass with club soda. Garnish with pineapple wedge, cherry and mint.

Tropical 36

• 1/2 banana
• 1 dozen fresh strawberries
• 8 ounces pineapple juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar

 Blend all ingredients with ice. Serve in a large snifter.

Tropical Fruit Fizz

• 2 cans pineapple juice
• 1/2 can orange juice
• 1/2 bottle sweet and sour mix
• 1/8 bottle grenadine
• 24 oz. ginger ale

 Mix all ingredients until well blended. Makes 30 servings.

Tropical Fruit Punch

• 2 cans pineapple juice
• 1/2 can orange juice
• 1/2 bottle sweet and sour mix
• 1/8 bottle grenadine

Mix all ingredients until well blended. Makes 25 servings.

Tropical Shake

• 1 mango
• 1 1/2 ounces passion fruit nectar
• club soda

Blend first two ingredients with ice. Serve in a tall glass. Top with soda.

Vintage Sunset

• 2 ounces Collins mix
• 2 1/2 ounces 7-up
• 3 ounces orange juice

Blend all ingredients. Serve over crushed ice. Float with a splash of grenadine.

Virgin Mai-Tai

• 6 ounces orange juice
• 6 ounces pineapple juice
• dash grenadine
• dash orgeat syrup**
• dash sweet and sour mix

Pour over ice. Serve in a large snifter.

Virgin Piña Colada

• 8 ounces pineapple juice
• 1/2 ounce cream of coconut

Blend with ice. Serve in a large snifter.

Wassail on the Wagon

• 1 gallon apple cider
• 1 quart hot water
• 1/2 cup instant unsweetened tea
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 whole cinnamon stick

Heat water. Add other ingredients. Serve warm. Makes 1 1/2 gallons or 64-4 oz. servings.

*Simple Syrup

In a medium saucepan, cook 2 cups of sugar in 1 cup of water over high heat, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar. Bring mixture to a full boil. Remove from heat and cool. It may be stored in the refrigerator for several weeks.

**Orgeat

A sweet flavoring of orange and almond.