Christmas Party Holiday Rum Punch

Submitted by petlover

"I found this on the internet (www.drinkoftheweek.com ) and I am posting this for safe keeping. I also plan on making this for a holiday party. I was looking for something to put in an old punch bowl..."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 20 cups

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 2 cups orange juice
• 2⁄3 cup lemon juice
• 1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, with juice
• 1 ounce triple sec
• 705 milliliters light rum
• 1 orange, sliced into rounds
• 1 lemon, sliced into rounds
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks, with juice
• 1 liter seltzer water
• ice

directions

1. In a punch bowl, combine sugar, oj, and lemon juice: stir until sugar dissolves.
2. Add cherries, triple sec, rum orange slices, lemon slices and pineapple chunks.
3. Stir and refrigerate for 1-2 hours to allow the flavours to blend.
4. Pour in Seltzer and add ice just before serving.