Nutcracker
Updated Oct. 12, 2023
- Total Time
- 10 minutes, plus at least 8 hours freezing
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 5 minutes, plus at least 8 hours freezing
- Rating
- Notes
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Ingredients
Yield:3 (16-ounce) drinks
- ½cup vodka or tequila
- ½cup dark rum, preferably Bacardi
- ½cup peach schnapps
- ½cup Everclear
- 1(32-ounce) container fruit punch (preferably Hawaiian Punch), chilled
Preparation
- Step 1
Line up 3 (16-ounce) plastic bottles with lids on your countertop.
- Step 2
To a large mixing bowl or pitcher, add vodka, rum, schnapps, Everclear and fruit punch; whisk to combine.
- Step 3
Fill each bottle using a spouted measuring cup or funnel, leaving a bit of space at the top for the drinks to expand as they freeze. Cover the bottles with lids and shake the drinks to fully combine.
- Step 4
Place drinks in the freezer until slushy, 8 hours and up to 24. (You can make them 24 hours in advance, but know that they’ll need to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes or so to defrost a bit. Make sure to give them a good shake before drinking; they’ll start out slushy but melt quickly.)
Tip
- The temperature of your liquid will determine how quickly your beverages will freeze. For quicker freezing, chill all your ingredients before assembling.
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Cooking Notes
Fiona
While some are deriding this as mere jungle juice, New Yorkers will know the pleasure of buying one of these partly frozen on Coney Island and savoring it for hours. There is deep culture and nostalgia in this drink, not just mere booze (although there’s plenty of that, too ;))
Beth
I think many are missing that the point of this is its frozen aspect :). It’s not just college garbage can drink
Becca
We called this Hunch Punch in college. You empty whatever liquor everyone had on hand and plenty of Hawaiian Punch. Even added Boons Farms every now and then, basically alcohol scrap punch. Fond memories!
jimmi
At a Methodist college in Dallas Texas in the ‘70’s alcohol was banned on campus in public. This recipe and a Solo cup solved that problem. “…just Hawaiian Punch Officer Leach!”
Carole
At a small NC college in the late 70s, we called it Grain Punch because we used Everclear (the price was right) and Hawaiian punch. We also added dry ice for a festive party touch. Cue the music for dancing. Great memories!!
steve
This was the favored beverage of Palm Court parties at New College in the 70s for those not partaking of psychedelics. Made in big plastic garbage barrels,
Mrs Cleaver
This is an upscale version of what we referred to as Garbage Can Punch.
AHF
We called it Whapatuli…. we made it in a large plastic garbage can, and every party in Wisconsin during the 80s could attest to its potency.
Fiona
While some are deriding this as mere jungle juice, New Yorkers will know the pleasure of buying one of these partly frozen on Coney Island and savoring it for hours. There is deep culture and nostalgia in this drink, not just mere booze (although there’s plenty of that, too ;))
LC
Incredible, brings me back to college and I’ll definitely get into it as an adult.
Alex
Bahahaha—we made this as undergrads in Florence and called it Bomb in a bucket except we added red wine—deadly!!
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