Pixie Punch

Fairy Parties © 2010 by Colleen Mullaney

This bubbly beverage isn't just a light and vibrant alternative to soda – it will tickle the nose of everyone who quaffs it. The five-minute recipe is adapted from Colleen Mullaney's Fairy Parties: Recipes, Crafts, and Games for Enchanting Celebrations (Chronicle Books, 2010), a guidebook on how to throw a creative, unique, and successful children's party. Hint: The drinks are just the beginning.

Ingredients:
Lemon wedge
Pink sugar sprinkles
1 liter strawberry- or lemon-flavored sparkling water, chilled
1 liter pink lemonade, chilled
4 cups ice cubes
6 fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered (optional)

Directions:
1. Wet the rims of 6 glasses by rubbing them with the lemon wedge. Pour the pink sugar into a saucer and dip the moistened rim of each glass in the sugar to coat.

2. In a punch bowl, combine the sparkling water and lemonade. Add the ice cubes. Garnish with strawberries.

Serves 6 fairies

Adapted from Fairy Parties © 2010 by Colleen Mullaney. Photographs by Jack Deutsch. Reprinted with permission of Chronicle Books.

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