Red White and Blue Spritzers!
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
With patriotic summer holidays coming up, I thought I’d show you a cute little way to make layered Red White and Blue spritzers that will delight young and old alike – and not take any longer than it does to pour a regular drink!
Check out some other patriotic recipes that would be perfect for a holiday party like Patriotic Cereal Treats, America’s Cake Truffles, Red, White and Blue Fortune Cookies, and Punch Bowl Cake.
The lids I’m using on my Mason Jars may be purchased on Amazon by clicking here.
Recipe Ingredients: Blue Gatorade, Sprite Zero or Diet 7-Up and Cranberry Juice Cocktail
A word about substitutions for the red, white, and blue spritzers:
This is one of the few recipes I have that I’m gonna tell you it’s best not to make any substitutions. Why? Because I’ve tried them and they don’t work.
Blue Kool-Aid? Nope, tried it and it didn’t work.
Regular Sprite or 7-Up? Nope, tried it and it didn’t work.
Lower Calorie Cranberry Juice? Nope, tried it and it didn’t work.
And don’t even think about using the new G2 Gatorade. As much as I am a fan of it, it won’t work for these red, white, and blue spritzers.
You really need these three things in particular to layer because each of these liquids have a density slightly lighter than the layer beneath it but heaver than the one on top of it.
That is what makes this work so well :).
Helpful Kitchen Tools
Fill your glasses with ice.
Ice is important here because when we pour our liquids that ice serves as a breakwater to help keep our layers separated.
Add in your first layer, which is cranberry juice cocktail.
Slowly pour the blue gatorade over the ice in each glass.
Now add Diet Sprite or 7-Up
Now drink it! 🙂
Ingredients
- Diet 7-Up or Diet Sprite
- Blue Gatorade Not G2, but regular Gatorade
- Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Note, please see post on why substitutions will not work in this recipe
Instructions
- Fill glasses with ice.
- Pour a layer of Cranberry Juice Cocktail first, then follow by slowly pouring gatorade over the ice to help keep it from mixing. Top by slowly pouring diet 7-up or sprite on top.
- Serve!
Nutrition
Here are some more patriotic recipes to go with the red, white, and blue spritzers:
Red, White and Blue Fortune Cookies
“Keep your face to the sun and you cannot see the shadows.”
~Helen Keller
Submitted by Jackie Kelley (thanks, Jackie!). Submit your quote by clicking here.
This recipe featured on Meal Plan Monday & Weekend Potluck!
Could you freeze some of it to be it ice cubes or would that just mess up EVERYTHING?!?
you never cease to astound with your inventiveness
I love a mason jar. You had to know you were going to have to explain those, right?
is it JUST the Cool Blue flavor of Gatorade that works or can you cut in a little Fierce Grape to deepen the blue?
What about the Glacier Freeze Frost Gatorade, will it work as well?
As long as it is Gatorade that is premade and not the low sugar stuff, it should work fine. You can also add a few drops of blue food coloring to the gatorade before adding it if you like 🙂
Where did you get the lids that the straws will fit?
Those were a gift from my friend, Maralee McKee. I’ll have to ask her where she got them. Aren’t they cute?
those are air freshener lids for mason jars… available from lots of places, but a quick google search found these:
http://www.candlesoylutions.com/closeup.asp?cid=7&pid=643&offset=0
They are too cute. Wish Maralee was my friend
Hey Barbara!! I have seen lids like those… on one of my fav crafty sites ^_^ craftysteals!!
http://craftysteals.com/shop/crafty-basics-daisy-cut-mason-jar-lids/
thanks Gina
I saw at a certain super center store some plastic versions of these with lids and straws…red or blue lids with red and blue striped straws. In the seasonal decorating 4th of July section.
I found em on Amazon this morning, free shipping if you have prime. I ordered a set for Mama http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C1MEEW0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00C1MEEW0&linkCode=as2&tag=soutplat-20
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE ….love! Thanks for doing the “research” already and knocking out the “won’t works” for us SP folks. Glad to have a tried and true how-to, ready for Summer fun to make my guests say “ooooh and ahhhh”. XO
Hey, if you ever need someone to screw up so you can look good, I’ve got YEARS of experience! lol
You AND all my Southern Plates tried and true recipes always make me “look good” :}
My youngest decided July 1 and no later. He has always been impatient and not waiting for anyone.
🙂
Oh, my stars! That is so clever. My daddy’s birthday is July 4, so this will be the “designer drink” at his party. Thank you so much!
OH HOW fun! I wanted my son to be born July 4th, but he put his foot down and waited til July 6th 😉
I didn’t know his bday was July 6th! That’s mine, too. A great day to be born, in my unbiased opinion of course. Although I’m quite a bit older lol. These drinks look delicious! We’re going to a co-worker’s bash and have to bring a drink and a dish to share…I know what our drink’s gonna be!