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Homemade Ponche or Coctel de Frutas (Fruit Punch)

Fruit punch is a classic of Dominican children's birthdays. Here we present you a reinvented version, as well as an option to serve to grownups.

Prep Time
1 hr 15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 192 kcal
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Dominican

Ingredients

  • 2 qrt fresh passionfruit juice [2 lt] or orange juice
Pick four (or more) of these fruits:
  • 4 bananas sliced
  • 1 apple diced
  • 1 cup cherries pitted and halved
  • 1 cup pineapple diced
  • 1 cup of mango diced
  • strawberries diced
  • 1 cup of pear diced
  • ½ cup brown sugar or sweetener of your choice, or to taste
For the grownup version
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 cup white rum or vodka

Instructions

Fruit punch for kids
    Cup of Yum
  1. Combine passionfruit and fruits. Add sugar or sweetener, stir, and add more to taste if you find it necessary. Chill before serving.
Fruit punch for grownups
  1. Mix the rum, lime juice and fruits (not the bananas, as they will blacken). Let it rest for two hours in the fridge.Remove the fruit from the rum mix. Spread on a baking tray and freeze. Mix the rum and lime mix with the passion fruit juice sweetened to taste and chill. Add the frozen fruits right before serving. Scoop the fruit into highball glasses and pour the juice over them.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 192kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 40g (13%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 1g (2%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 2mg (0%) Potassium 309mg (9%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 31g (62%) Vitamin A 233IU (5%) Vitamin C 47mg (52%) Calcium 17mg (2%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 192

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 192kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 40g 13%
Protein 1g 2%
Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 2mg 0%
Potassium 309mg 7%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 31g 62%
Vitamin A 233IU 5%
Vitamin C 47mg 52%
Calcium 17mg 2%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.