Red White and Blue Spritzers!
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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.
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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
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Just a question here… I donʻt drink anything with high fructose corn syrup–does horrible things to my digestive system over time so I avoid it. Last time I checked, Gatorade had some. Does it still have hfcs? Otherwise, I would love to make this for the family.
If it used to, it most likely still does. you do have the option of just leaving out the blue layer and still being festive with red and white! Blue rimmed glasses or straws maybe? Or just napkins! 🙂
Maybe make some blue ice cubes from Blue Kool-Aid?
OMG, that is so cute!!!! I will definitely have to make these!!!!
These are simply special. One of my sons will be 40 on the 4th of July and I think these will be the featured drink.
Fun idea! The 4th of July parade runs right past our house. I might have to serve these while we watch! The jars make it extra cute!
Bummer. I just remembered my kids don’t like carbonated beverages (normally a good thing!). I guess the adults can enjoy them!
Bummer! Gatorade is a banned substance because we respect our elders. My 84 year old grandma is a die hard FSU fan and all things gator are banned.
Maybe you could use Powerade!
Help! My gang hates gatorade, what else can I use? Such a smart idea Christy.
I’d just leave out the blue layer 🙂
So cool but we can’t do artificial sweeteners at our house 🙁