How to Make a Red, White, and Blue Drink

Published: Apr 18, 2019

Updated: May 26, 2023

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This Red, White, and Blue Drink is perfect for all of your patriotic celebrations! This uniquely layered drink is so patriotic and festive that EVERYONE will ask how you made it! Best of all, it can be made as a nonalcoholic kid-friendly drink or a cocktail for adults with alcohol.

How to Make a Red, White, and Blue Drink

There’s a lot to cheer for on July 4, first and foremost being America’s birthday. Not only is this a Fourth of July recipe, but it’s perfect for all patriotic holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day as well. It has a fresh flavor and is great for a hot day.

Ingredients:

Cranberry juice
SoBe Pina Colada juice
Blue Powerade Zero
Ice cubes

Instructions:

First, add ice to your cup or pitcher. The juices with the highest sugar content will sink to the bottom. Pour the juice with the highest sugar content first. Follow it by slowly pouring the juice with the second-highest sugar content. The juice with the least amount of sugar gets slowly poured on top (as seen in the video above). Pouring the juice over the back of a spoon helps to pour slowly.

Drink Choices and Garnishes:

For the Red Layer: Grenadine, red wine, maraschino cherry, red Gatorade, fruit punch, Hawaiian punch, raspberries

For the White Layer: lemonade, white wine, apple slices, sprite, flavored vodka, Malibu rum

For the Blue Layer: Blue Curacao, blue sangria, blue Gatorade, blue punch, blueberries

How to Make a Red, White, and Blue Drink

This red, white, and blue layered drink is perfect for July 4th or any patriotic celebration! It can be made for kids or as a cocktail!

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Equipment

ice cubes
clear cup

Ingredients

▢ Cranberry juice
▢ SoBe Pina Colada juice
▢ Blue Powerade Zero

Instructions

Fill your cup to the very top with ice cubes (not crushed ice)
Pour either the red juice or the white juice on the bottom.Tip: if you want to add alcohol to the drink, add it to this layer at the bottom
Let that juice settle at the bottom of the cup.
Add another ice cube or two into the cup.
SLOWLY pour your next layer right over the new ice cube you placed in the cup. That ice cube will slow down the flow of the juice helping it settle on the layer below instead of mixing in.
Let that juice settle.
Add another ice cube or two into the cup.
SLOWLY pour the blue layer on top of the new ice cube.
Enjoy the drink right away or place it in the freezer if you are making them in advance. The freezer will keep the ice from melting and mixing the layers, but be sure to pull the drinks out of the freezer before the juice freezes all the way:)