Best Shark Fin Punch Recipes

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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories beverage

Time 2h15m

Yield 10 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

5 cups lemonade
3 cups white rum
1/2 cup blue curacao
3 liters lemon-lime seltzer, chilled
1 pound rock candy, preferably in light colors like white and yellow
Gummy sea creatures, such as sharks, fish and octopus, for the fish bowl, plus more gummy fish, for serving
Grenadine, as needed

Steps:

For the punch: Combine the lemonade, rum and curacao in a large pitcher and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.
For the decorations: Thoroughly wash and dry a 1 1/2-gallon fish bowl, some non-toxic aquarium plants and 12 plastic sharks.
Rinse the rock candy with cold water, put it in a large resealable plastic bag and lightly crush with a meat mallet to make gravel. Pour the gravel into the fish bowl and add the aquarium plants, anchoring them with the gravel. Arrange some gummy sea creatures on top of the gravel. Freeze the bowl while the punch chills, at least 2 hours.
To serve, gently pour the rum mixture into the fish bowl, taking care not to disturb the plants, followed by the seltzer. Put a gummy fish in the bottom of each glass and ladle in punch. Pour about 1/2 teaspoon grenadine into the mouth of each plastic shark. Have your guests dive their sharks headfirst into their glasses in mock attack.

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Provided by Food Network

Time 20m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

12 pieces blue taffy
12 pieces pineapple
12 maraschino cherries with stems
3 cups sugar
23 ounces unsweetened pineapple juice (half of a 46-ounce can)
2 to 3 cups white rum
2 cups pina colada mix
Four .22-ounce packages unsweetened blue raspberry lemonade soft drink mix
One 2-liter bottle lemon-lime soda
Canned whipped cream, for topping

Steps:

Roll out a piece of the blue taffy on parchment with a small rolling pin to about 1/4 inch thickness. (If the candy is too firm to roll, microwave it for 5 seconds and try again.) Cut out a fin shape using kitchen shears. Insert a toothpick into the flat edge of the fin to create an edible shark fin cocktail pick. Repeat with the remaining taffy. Thread a piece of pineapple followed by a maraschino cherry on additional toothpicks.
Combine the sugar, pineapple juice, rum, pina colada mix and blue raspberry lemonade soft drink mix in a large beverage dispenser. Mix well to combine. Pour in the lemon-lime soda.
Fill 12 small jars with ice cubes and pour in the punch. Top with a swirl of whipped cream and garnish with a candy shark fin pick in the center and a fruit pick on the side.