Make these Sherbet Punch Recipes for parties and holiday dinners! Choose from strawberry, orange, lemon, and lime punch, or make all four!
Growing up I remember every celebration, birthday party, and holiday dinner at my grandparent’s house included a sherbet punch. It wasn't always the same flavor, but it was always delicious.
There are so many different ways to make sherbet punch, from the basic recipe with just lemon-lime soda and sherbet to recipes including several kinds of juice and berries.
Today, I'm sharing four sherbet punch recipes that are easy to make and you don't even need a punch bowl, and it can be prepared ahead of time!
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Strawberry Sherbet Punch Recipe
Drinking strawberry sherbet punch is like having a taste of summer in your cup! You can serve the yummy pink punch at weddings, baby showers, and bridal showers, as well as birthday parties.
Strawberry Ingredients
To make strawberry sherbet punch, you’ll need frozen strawberry concentrate, water, strawberry sherbet, and lemon-lime soda.
If the frozen strawberry juice concentrate isn’t available in your area, you can substitute the concentrate and water with 5 1/2 cups of chilled strawberry (or strawberry kiwi) juice. It can be purchased ready-made, or you can make juice using Kool-Aid or Crystal Light powder.
You can also substitute the lemon-lime soda with ginger ale, sparkling water (for less flavor), or strawberry soda (for more intense flavor and color).
How To Make Strawberry Sherbet Punch
Choose a pitcher that you want to use for your strawberry punch. Mix together the frozen strawberry concentrate and water to make strawberry juice. Then, stir in some of the strawberry sherbet until melted. Finally, add some of the lemon-lime soda.
When ready to serve, put a scoop of strawberry sherbet into a glass. Fill the cup halfway with the strawberry sherbet punch and then fill it the rest of the way with lemon-lime soda.
Use whole strawberries or sliced strawberries as a garnish on the glasses or you can even add them to the punch.
Orange Sherbet Punch Recipe
This orange sherbet punch recipe is a frothy combination of orange juice, orange sherbet, and lemon-lime soda! It is perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and any summer celebration.
Orange Ingredients
To make Orange Sherbet Punch, you’ll need frozen orange juice concentrate, water, orange sherbet, and lemon-lime soda.
You can substitute the orange juice concentrate and water with 5 1/2 cups of any kind of chilled orange (or citrus) juice. It can be purchased ready-made, or you can make juice using Kool-Aid or Crystal Light powder.
For a variation, try using ginger ale, sparkling water (for less flavor), or orange soda (for more intense flavor and color) instead of Sprite.
How To Make Orange Sherbet Punch
To make orange sherbet punch, mix together the frozen orange juice concentrate and water. Stir in some of the orange sherbet, and then add some lemon-lime-soda.
To serve the orange sherbet punch, put one scoop of orange sherbet in a glass. Add enough orange sherbet punch to fill the glass halfway. Then, add lemon-lime soda until the foam reaches the top of the glass.
If you want to pretty things up, add orange slices or wedges to the rim of the glasses or even to the punch in the pitcher or cups.
Lemon Sherbet Punch Recipe
This lemon sherbet punch recipe tastes like a frosted lemonade! It is a delicious combination of tangy and sweet. Serve it at baby showers, birthday parties, and summer barbecues.
Lemon Ingredients
To make lemon sherbet punch, you’ll need frozen lemonade concentrate, water, lemon sherbet, and lemon-lime soda.
You can substitute the lemonade concentrate and water with 5 1/2 cups of any kind of chilled lemonade or citrus juice. It can be purchased ready-made, or you can make lemonade using Country Time or Crystal Light powder.
Instead of using lemon-lime soda, you can use ginger ale, Mountain Dew, sparkling lemonade, or lemonade soda.
How To Make Lemon Sherbet Punch
Start by mixing together the frozen lemonade concentrate and water. Add four scoops of lemon sherbet and stir until melted. Then, pour in some of the lemon-lime soda.
When ready to serve, add a scoop of lemon sherbet to a glass. Then, add some of the lemon sherbet punch and top the glass off with lemon-lime soda.
You can use lemon wedges or lemon slices for garnish both on the cups and inside the pitcher of punch.
Lime Sherbet Punch Recipe
This Lime Sherbet Punch recipe is a refreshing combination of sweet and zesty. It is perfect for serving at Christmas parties, St. Patrick’s Day, and baby showers!
Lime Ingredients
There are only four ingredients in lime sherbet punch: frozen limeade concentrate, water, lime sherbet, and lemon-lime soda!
You can substitute the limeade concentrate and water with 5 1/2 cups of chilled limeade or lemonade. It can be purchased ready-made, or you can make juice using Kool-Aid or Crystal Light powder.
As an alternative to Sprite, try adding ginger ale, Mountain Dew, or lime sparkling water (for less flavor).
How To Make Lime Sherbet Punch
Making lime sherbet punch is super easy! Start with making the limeade by mixing together the frozen limeade concentrate and water. Then, stir in four scoops of lime sherbet and finally add two cups of lemon-lime soda.
To serve the lime sherbet punch, add a scoop of sherbet to each glass. Then, fill the glasses halfway with the lime sherbet punch from the pitcher. Fill the rest of the cup with lemon-lime soda.
For a garnish, you can add lime wedges or slices to the rims of the glasses or even to the punch!
Sherbet Punch Recipes FAQs
Yes, that is another option. After mixing in the four scoops of sherbet, add the remaining scoops of sherbet to the punch so that they are floating on the top. Slowly fill the rest of the punch bowl with the lemon-lime soda.
Yes! That is why I love making this sherbet punch recipe. The punch in the pitcher can be stored in the fridge until ready to serve. Just give it a good stir after removing it from the fridge. And since a scoop of sherbet and fresh lemon-lime soda is added to each cup, everyone will still get that frothy goodness!
Use Crystal Light for the juice and diet lemon-lime soda.
Add more lemon-lime soda to dilute the punch.
More Punch Recipes
- Cranberry Orange Holiday Punch is perfect for holiday dinners.
- Sparkling Apple Cider has a tangy sweetness and a bit of fizz!
- Pomegranate Lime Holiday Punch is a family-friendly sparkling drink.
- Cranberry Punch is a creamy, frosty drink.
Sherbet Punch Recipes
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Ingredients
- 12 oz frozen juice concentrate (strawberry, orange, lemonade or limeade)
- 4 cups cold water
- 1 1/2 quarts sherbet divided, (strawberry, orange, lemon or lime flavor)
- 2 liter lemon-lime soda
Instructions
- Put frozen juice concentrate and cold water into a pitcher. Stir until combined.
- Add four scoops of sherbet and stir until melted.
- Pour in about two cups of lemon-lime soda
- To serve, put one scoop of sherbet in each glass. Fill the glass halfway with sherbet punch mixture. Add lemon-lime soda until the foam reaches the top of the cup. Serve immediately.
- For optional garnish, add wedges or slices of fruit.
Janelle says
I made this recipe for our school’s graduation tonight and it was enjoyed by all. Being in another country that does not have all these specific ingredients caused a little creativity: adding sugar to the sugarless mango concentrate that is available and then needing to add more water to that concentrate than the original recipe says (it helped to think that in the original recipe, the frozen concentrate would be ready to drink once the water was added). I made one recipe up the night before with just the two cups of Sprite, and froze it in sour cream containers to use as our ice. I didn’t notice any downside to having frozen the Sprite. A combined mango lime sherbert went perfectly with the mango Sprite combination. We served from a punch bowl – so all the Sprite was added to the bowl instead of filling individual glasses. All together we made 2 1/2 recipes (but with the two extra cups of water per recipe that our concentrate required) and served approx. 50 people.
Tonia Larson says
Sounds fantastic! Thank you for sharing how you made it work with what was available in your country. That’s really helpful to others!
Amy says
What size of cup are you using?
Tonia says
The cups in the photos are 16 ounce size tumblers from Target. You can use any size cups you want though.
Rhonda says
Thank you!! I love having punch at pot lucks and family dinners. I can’t wait to try these recipes.