Pina Colada Slush Recipe

This non-alcoholic Pina Colada Slush Punch is the perfect summer mocktail for your kids. With coconut and pineapple flavors, this frozen drink is tasty and refreshing. Make it for all your parties and barbecues. It’s great for a crowd!

When you have kids there are so many things you can’t wait to share with them. For me, it’s the stuff that makes me super happy. Things like a beloved family vacation spot, music, TV and movies from my youth, and delicious goodies my mom used to make for me and my sister.

I was flipping through my “family cookbook,” which is a binder of recipes my mom put together for me when I moved out of her house. I came across this crazy delicious Pina Colada Slush recipe and knew I had to make it for my kids (and you guys!).

I remember my mom making this for us in summer. It’s sweet, frosty, and a total vacation in a glass. It’s easy to make and is the perfect summer recipe. I knew my kids would love it the way I did when I was little. And I have no idea why I haven’t made this for them before! 

Why this recipe works

This recipe uses just 4 ingredient to create a flavorful frozen punch that the whole family will love.

Pineapple and coconut are made for each other. Plus the club soda gives it just the right amount of fizz.

Prep is quick and easy and then the freezer does the rest of the work for you. All you have to do is sit back and enjoy!

Kids can help make this drink and it makes a lot so it’s great for summer parties and playdates.

This drink is sweet, fizzy and totally refreshing. Just know you need to plan ahead (make it at least the day before you want to serve it) to allow for freezing time.

Ingredient notes

The ingredients are basically what you would find in an adult version of a pina colada. Only this one is non-alcoholic and fizzy.

Pineapple juice and pineapple tidbits bring some texture and sweetness. The original recipe says to use crushed pineapple but since you are blending it up anyway, tidbits work too. (As long as you have a powerful blender like a Ninja).

The cream of coconut is essential for the creamy, bold and sweet coconut flavor. You will not get the same flavor from coconut milk, coconut cream or water. You MAY be able to get a similar flavor by scraping the coconut cream from the top of a can of full-fat coconut milk, but I haven’t tried it so I can’t say for sure.

The cream of coconut can be found in the liquor area of your grocery store (but it does not have any alcohol in it).

Club soda adds the perfect fizziness without adding flavor, but if you wanted to drive up the pineapple intensity, you could see if you could find a pineapple flavored sparkling water. Although once you taste this recipe as is, you’ll see you won’t need to.

How to make Pina Colada Slush Punch

It does take some planning ahead, however, so plan accordingly. First you blend the canned pineapple and the cream of coconut (found in the liquor area of the grocery store) together in a blender so it’s pretty smooth.

I totally pulled a Sharon and got pineapple tidbits even though my list said to get crushed…I don’t think it really matters, although there might be a little more liquid in the tidbits. Long story short, I didn’t ruin it. It still turned out delicious.

Once that is blended up really well, you add the pineapple juice and give it a stir. 

Place the punch in a storage bag. I doubled the bag to make it a little stronger. It was REALLY full so I didn’t feel good about laying it flat in the freezer. Although I could have laid it on a cookie sheet, I guess…I just had visions of it leaking ALL over everywhere…and I’m totally mess averse.

I froze it in the bag set in a tall bowl. It’s supposed to freeze for 24 hours. Mine was not frozen all the way through, probably because of the thickness. It was the consistency of a sorbet that was slightly softened, so it was actually perfect. 

Per my mother’s instructions, you should let the frozen part sit out for about an hour before adding the club soda. But I waited about 5 minutes. If yours is frozen all the way, you may have to leave it out longer.

As this is called a slush, I wanted to make sure it remained slushy and it was a pretty hot day. In any event, you want to add the club soda just before serving. 

For this part, I transferred the concoction to a large pitcher to make it more manageable. And then I let my son pour in the club soda. The kids could hardly wait to try it. 

He gave it a little stir and then I checked the consistency. While there is a lot of liquid, there are also several pockets of extra slushy deliciousness. 

You guys! This pina colada slush recipe is so good! 

I could barely get the photos taken before the boys stole their cups from me.

It makes a ton! I almost walked around my neighborhood so I could share it with everyone…but I’m lazy and I didn’t. And because I knew we would want more. 

It’s the perfect summer beverage. Because it makes a bunch, this is a great drink idea for a party or barbecue. If you have space in the freezer, you can make several batches and have them ready to go ahead of time.

And of course you can add rum to it if you want to… it’s super easy to turn a mocktail into a cocktail.

It’s like stepping back in to my childhood when I drink it. I remember eating this in the backyard with our feet in the pool on warm summer evenings. 

I think I’ll put these ingredients on my next grocery list so I can have them on hand all summer long…YUM!

Tips

• You can use pineapple tidbits instead of crushed pineapple as long as you have a powerful blender.
• You can lay the bag of slush in the freezer to freeze to take up less space, just ensure your zipper bags are quality and will not leak.
• Add club soda to the frozen pina colada will help it to melt faster so keep that in mind when trying to figure out how much time to let is soften once taken out of the freezer.
• For a party you can make several batches ahead of time and pull them in the freezer as needed.
• Easily turn it into a lava flow by blending up some sweetened frozen strawberries with a little bit of water then adding to the top or bottom of the glass you will serve your pina colada in.
• Garnish with chunks of pineapple and paper umbrellas for an even more tropical feel!

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