Red White and Blue Drink

This red, white and blue layered drink is easy to make. Perfect for any party or get together for independence day! It is also great for Memorial Day. See 97 of The Best Memorial Day Food Ideas.

This Patriotic Drink can be fun for all ages. We love serving fun drinks we have a family gathering, and this is one of our favorites. If you are having an adult party, you can even add alcohol.

Check out these Easy 4th of July Recipes for all your holiday plans. Another family favorite drink to beat the heat is this Sonic Cherry Limeade Recipe or Sonic Ocean Water.

Why We Love This Drink

Having a signature drink for our holiday parties is a fun addition and everyone looks forward to what I make. This Red White and Blue Drink is one of our favorites because of the many ways it can be made and can even be made as an adult drink.

This drink taste amazing and is easy to make with these simple steps.

Ingredients for The Best 4th of July Drink

You only need 3 ingredients to make this easy 4th of July drink with perfect layers every single time.

I have tried a bunch of different ingredients for this drink recipe. I have found that these ingredients work the best to make this layered drink recipe.

• Cranapple Juice – Makes the perfect red layer because of the high sugar content
• Sobe Elixir Pina Colada – You can buy it at almost any store or on Amazon
• Blue G2 Gatorade – Has a low sugar content so it layered easily on the other layers

Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe in the recipe card.

Substitution Ideas

Here are a few other options that you can use for the layers on this drink.

However, I have tasted all these before and the ones in the recipe definitely work the best. But these are good alternatives if these ingredients are not available in your area.

Use the following ingredients for the red layer

• Fruit Punch
• Hawaiian Punch
• Cranberry Cocktail

You can use the following ingredients for the white layer

• Sprite
• 7Up
• Simple Syrup

You can use the following ingredients for the blue layer

• Regular Blue Gatorade
• Blue Powerade Zero

How to Make Red White and Blue Drink

Step 1 – First make sure that all ingredients are well chilled.   Then fill a glass ¼ of way with ice.

Step 2 – Next pour the cranapple juice just to ⅓ way up the cup.    Then place the glasses in a freezer for minimum of 30 minutes or until ice layer has formed. On red layer of liquid within the glass. Note: It won’t take as long if the glasses are smaller.

Step 3 – Once you remove the glasses from the freezer. Fill the remaining portion of the glasses to the top with ice.  Then gently pour the Pina Colada (by pouring over the back of a spoon). Poor over the ice filled glass to 2/3 way up.

Step 4 – Then place the glasses in the freezer again. For approximately 20 minutes or until ice layer has formed over the white layer in the glass. Finally gently fill the remaining space in the glass with G2 by pouring over the back of a spoon.  This process will create the perfect red, white and blue layers every single time.

• Step 5 – Your end result is this beautiful layered drink. The kids love this special treat for 4th of July. You will surely impress your guests with this layered drink.

Expert Tips

• Making for a Crowd – Now if you are making these for a crowd. I highly suggest you use a cookie sheet so you can easily transfer several glasses to and from the freezer.
• Add Ice – Before adding the layers to the glass, make sure to add the ice first.
• Type of Glass – For the best layered drink, we recommend using a clear glass.

How to Make the Layers

The key to this recipe is to pour SLOWLY.  I like to slowly pour the ingredients over the back of a spoon. To make sure that it’s as slow as possible.  You can also pour over an ice cube but I find that pouring over the back of a spoon works best.

I layer the ingredients in the glass with the highest sugar content on the bottom of the glass. That’s why I prefer to use G2 in this recipe instead of regular gatorade.  G2 has less sugar; therefore, it does a great job of staying on the top of the glass in this recipe.

If you are using different ingredients for this recipe. You can mix your bottom layer with simple syrup to increase the sugar content. To make sure this layer stays at the bottom of the glass.

Red White and Blue Cocktail Drink

If you are hosting an adult July 4th gathering, make this drink with alcohol. This makes a delicious summer cocktail recipes.

• Start by adding grenadine to this glass with ice.
• Then place ice in a cocktail shaker with vodka or triple sec and lemonade and shake. We even like to add in fresh squeeze lime juice.
• Then gently pour this white layer over the grenadine.
• To create the blue layered cocktail, gently pour blue curacao over the white layer.
• Other red, white and blue cocktail ingredients to add. Club Soda, Tequila, rums, blue sangria, or white wine are all options. You can also make jello shots with shot glass with these ingredients.

How to Garnish the Fourth of July Drink

Feel free to add in maraschino cherry, strawberries or blueberries to the drink for added flavor. Top the drink with whipped cream for a delicious twist.