🍍🍊 Caribbean Rum Punch (Pineapple + Orange)
Ingredients (4–6 servings)
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1 cup pineapple juice
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1 cup orange juice
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½ cup dark rum
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½ cup light rum
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¼ cup coconut rum (optional but delicious)
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¼–½ cup grenadine (sweetens + gives sunset color)
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2 tbsp fresh lime juice
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2–3 dashes Angostura bitters (traditional Caribbean touch)
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Ice (crushed or cubed)
Garnish:
Pineapple wedges, orange slices, cherries, mint
🍹 Instructions
1. Combine the juices
In a large pitcher, stir together:
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Pineapple juice
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Orange juice
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Lime juice
2. Add the rums
Pour in:
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Dark rum
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Light rum
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Coconut rum (optional)
Stir well.
3. Sweeten
Add the grenadine—start with ¼ cup and adjust to desired sweetness.
4. Add bitters
A couple of dashes of Angostura bitters give it classic Caribbean flavor.
5. Chill
Refrigerate at least 1 hour for the flavors to meld.
6. Serve
Pour over lots of ice.
Garnish with fruit.
🌴 Optional Variations
Fizzy Version
Add right before serving:
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1 cup ginger ale
or -
1 cup lemon–lime soda
Stronger Rum Punch
Increase dark rum to ¾ cup.
Tropical Upgrade
Add:
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½ cup passion fruit juice
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½ cup mango nectar
Spicy Island Twist
Add:
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1 thin slice of ginger
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Extra bitters
Less Sweet Version
Reduce grenadine or replace with:
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1 tbsp pomegranate juice
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1 tbsp simple syrup (adjust to taste)
🌺 Perfect With
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Jerk chicken
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Grilled pineapple
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Coconut shrimp
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BBQ pork ribs
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Fried plantains
- Mix 1 ounce of coconut rum with 1 ounce of dark rum,
- 1 ounce of light rum,
- 1 ounce of spiced rum,
- 4 ounces of pineapple juice,
- 2 ounces of orange juice, and
- 1 ounce of grenadine.
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