Cocktail Pouches
A dozen make-ahead cocktail punch recipes you mix in a pitcher and pour into sealable pouches — perfect for coolers, lake days, and parties where nobody wants to bartend.
- Prep Time
- 10 min
- Cook Time
- 0 min
- Total Time
- 10 min
- Servings
- 12 punch recipes, each makes about 1 gallon
My parents threw a big party at their house, and somehow I got pulled into the vortex of food, drinks, the guest list, and even the playlist. Thankfully, party planning excites me more than it stresses me out, so I tend to go a little overboard and add way more to the list than anyone asked for.
After I made a batch of Alcoholic Freeze Pops for a previous gathering, my neighbor joked that I should try alcoholic drinks in adult Capri Sun form. "Don't give me ideas," I told her — and two minutes later I was on Amazon ordering beverage pouches. My parents' party became the test run, and let's just say the cooler was loaded when I arrived, and so was everyone else by the time I left.
These are perfect for lake days, beach trips, or any gathering where you'd rather hand someone a ready-made cocktail than play bartender all night.
Ingredients
Blue Hawaiian Punch
- 16 oz. coconut rum
- 16 oz. blue curacao
- 64 oz. pineapple juice
- 2 liters ginger ale
Cosmopolitan Punch
- 16 oz. vodka
- 8 oz. triple sec
- 4 oz. lime juice
- 24 oz. cranberry juice
- 2 liters ginger ale
Green Apple Martini Punch
- 16 oz. vodka
- 16 oz. sour apple pucker
- 1 liter sweet and sour mix
- 2 liters lemon-lime soda
Hurricane Punch
- 12 oz. light rum
- 12 oz. dark rum
- 16 oz. orange juice
- 16 oz. sweet and sour mix
- 4 oz. grenadine syrup
- 2 liters ginger ale
Mai Tai Punch
- 12 oz. light rum
- 12 oz. coconut rum
- 8 oz. orange juice
- 24 oz. pineapple juice
- 4 oz. grenadine syrup
- 2 liters ginger ale
Margarita Punch
- 16 oz. tequila
- 8 oz. triple sec
- 1.75 liters margarita mix
- 2 liters lemon-lime soda
Pina Colada Punch
- 12 oz. light rum
- 12 oz. coconut rum
- 16 oz. coconut water
- 1.75 liters pina colada mix
Royal Flush Punch
- 16 oz. crown royal
- 8 oz. peach schnapps
- 8 oz. coconut rum
- 24 oz. cranberry juice
- 8 oz. orange juice
- 2 liters ginger ale
Sangria Punch
- 12 oz. brandy
- 8 oz. triple sec
- 1 liter red wine
- 12 oz. frozen lemonade concentrate
- 8 oz. orange juice
- 2 liters ginger ale
Snickers Punch
- 8 oz. coffee liquor
- 8 oz. irish cream
- 8 oz. chocolate vodka
- 8 oz. amaretto
- 1/2 gallon chocolate milk
Strawberry Daiquiri
- 24 oz. light rum
- 2 liters lemon-lime soda
- 1.75 liters strawberry daiquiri mix
Strawberry Margarita
- 24 oz. tequila (1800 Silver is my personal favorite)
- 8 oz. triple sec
- 1 liter strawberry daiquiri mix
- 1.75 liters margarita mix
Instructions
- 1Pick your punch and combine all of its ingredients in a gallon pitcher, stirring together well.
- 2Pour the mixed punch into beverage pouches and seal.
- 3Store in the refrigerator or freezer until ready to enjoy (the Snickers Punch should stay in the fridge rather than the freezer, since it's dairy-based).
Tips
- These are made as a punch with soda mixed in — feel free to leave the soda out entirely for a stronger pour if you're not worried about diluting the drink.
- If you want to skip the pouches altogether, all of these work just as well poured straight over ice.
