The Only Punch Recipe You'll Ever Need

When I catered bridal, baby, or wedding showers this punch was a hit. The next day, I got so many calls asking for the recipe. It is so easy. Once you make this, you'll be the hit of the party.

1/2 gallon sherbet (or two of the smaller containers) of your favorite flavor
1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream
1 two liter of cold lemon-lime soda or ginger ale + another two liter because you might need about half to get the right consistency

Remove the sherbet and ice cream from the freezer about 20 minutes before you plan to assemble the punch. When you put the sherbet and ice cream in the punch bowl, use a spoon and chop it into smaller pieces. Slowly add the first two liter - gently stir. You'll want to do this about 45 minutes before you need it. You might need to add part of the second two liter before serving, just to brighten it up a bit.

Here is where it gets good - I color coordinated the punch to the event: a baby shower meant either raspberry sherbet making it pink for a girl; I used pineapple sherbet with a little blue food coloring for a boy, but sometimes you can find a blue sorbet to use in place of sherbet which is a perfectly good substitution. And of course, if you didn't know the sex of the baby, I used lime sherbet.

If I was making it for a bridal shower, I tried to use the colors of the bridesmaid dresses - orange sherbet was a hit. And if it was OK to spike the punch, the absolute favorite was pineapple sherbet with rum to taste and a few maraschino cherries floating in the punch. Overall, the pineapple sherbet punch - with or without rum - was the most popular.

Enjoy, play around with the flavors - but the vanilla ice cream makes it the best!