Banana Brunch Punch

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 medium ripe bananas
• 1 (12 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 3 cups water, divided in half
• 2 cups sugar, divided in half
• 1 (46 ounce) can pineapple juice
• 3 (2 liter) bottles carbonated lemon-lime beverage
• orange slice (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a blender or food processor, blend bananas, orange juice and lemonade until smooth.
• 2 remove half of the mixture and set aside.
• 3 add 1-1/2 cups of warm water and 1 cup of sugar to remaining mixture in blender; blend until smooth.
• 4 place in a large freezer container.
• 5 repeat with remaining banana mixture, water and sugar; add to container.
• 6 cover and freeze until solid.
• 7 one hour before serving, take punch base out of freezer.
• 8 just before serving, place in a large punch bowl.
• 9 add pineapple juice and soda; stir until well blended.
• 10 garnish with orange slices if desired.