Frozen Fruit Cups

Submitted by KCShell

" I try to use the canned fruit in it's own juice and diet 7 - up. TBH, the fruit punch concentrate is delicious, but so sweet. I have used the whole can, half the can, a few tablespoons and omitted it all together. All with excellent results.  Please do what is best for your family and dietary considerations.   You will need 9 oz. plastic cups which will yield about 15 fruit cups. I like  to  use clear plastic cups. It looks so pretty!  Freezing time is stated as cooking time."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 15 cups
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can fruit cocktail, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can pears, diced and drained
• 2 large bananas, sliced
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, pitted, no stems, including the juice
• 1 (15 ounce) can fruit punch, concentrate
• 1 cup water
• 32 ounces carbonated lemon-lime beverage

directions

1. In a colander drain fruit from cans and then put into a 4 quart or larger bowl.
2. Add fruit punch concentrate, marachino cherries with juice and sliced bananas to bowl of drained fruit.
3. Add 1 cup water and mix gently.
4. Spoon about 1/2 cup fruit mixture into 9 oz. plastic cups.
5. Divide the rest of the juice evenly into all the fruit cups.
6. Top off the fruit with about 1/4 cup of 7-up soda.
7. Freeze 3 hours or more.
8. You can defrost the cups for a few seconds in the microwave to get a more slushy type consistency.