How to make Red, White, and Blue Drink with Perfect Layers

Who is ready for Summer and the 4th of July!? I am! Last year we made the cutest red, white, and blue drink – both for adults and kids. Today I thought I would show you how to make this kid friendly red, white, and blue drink.

This non alcoholic red white and blue drink is easy to make!

What is cuter than a red, white and blue punch for the 4th of July? This red, white and blue layered drink is easy to make and 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.

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.

Also, I layer the ingredients in the glass with the ingredient 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.

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 and I have found that these ingredients work the best to make this layered drink recipe.

• Cranapple Juice
• Sobe Elixir Pina Colada – You can buy it at almost any store or on Amazon
• Blue G2 Gatorade

How to make Red White and Blue Drink:

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

I know this might seem like a lot of work, but it really isn’t. With some time, you can have a fun and festive drink for the whole family.

Possible substitutions for this recipe:

Here are a few other options that you can use for the layers on this drink if you’re unable to find the ingredients in your area.

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

You can 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

Print this recipe for this red white and blue drink below:

Make sure you try some of our other frugal and fun drink recipes:

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Try these other easy red white and blue ideas:

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• Check out our huge list of Memorial Day Desserts for more red white and blue ideas.

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