This Lady LiberTEA Raspberry punch made with a homemade raspberry syrup, Snapple Lady LiberTEA and club soda is a drink your summer party guests are sure to enjoy!

Our middle daughter is home for the summer.

She’s attending college in Pennsylvania and I have to admit that it’s nice to have her home.

I love that she’s so far away because it’s great for her independence, but at the same time I hate it. I just miss her so. It’s pretty awesome though that we all have cell phones so we can text or talk whenever we have the urge and can actually see each other’s face via the internet. It still amazes me. I can’t possibly imagine how parents, especially mothers, managed when we were young with only landline phones.

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On one of my daily jaunts to Walmart (kidding, not kidding), she was with me and was thirsty. Snapple is one of her favorites, especially their Peach Tea, but when she saw the new Lady LiberTEA and read what was in it, she HAD to have some. Oh, I love this kid o’mine!
It starts with a black tea with RED raspberry, WHITE peach and BLUEberry flavors. This flavor is only available in stores between May 1st through July 4th in 16oz singles and 6 packs. So, go get some while it lasts! 

We had a great idea of making our punch more festive by making some Berry LiberTEA Ice Cubes. That way as the ice starts to melt, you won’t have watered down punch, just more tea added to it!
And the homemade raspberry syrup gave it some great extra flavor, but didn’t detract at all from the tea.

Be careful when adding the liquids to the pitcher because you’ll want every last drop, believe me.

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Lady LiberTEA Raspberry Punch

Author Lynne Feifer

Ingredients

Berry LiberTEA Cubes

• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1 cup fresh raspberries
• 3 cups Lady LiberTEA

Raspberry Syrup

• ¾ cup fresh raspberries
• 1 cup water
• ¼ cup sugar

Lady LiberTEA Punch

• 1 cup raspberry syrup
• 3 cups Snapple Lady LiberTEA
• 1 cup club soda
• Additional fresh blueberries raspberries, and white peaches and mint for garnish

Instructions

Berry LiberTEA Cubes

• In one ice cube tray, place 2-3 blueberries in each compartment. Do the same with the other tray and the raspberries. fill the trays with the Lady LiberTEA and freeze until set, about 4 hours.

Raspberry Syrup

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine raspberries, water and sugar. Stir and bring to a boil.
• Lower hear to medium-low and let simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Strain through a fine sieve to remove the seeds.
• Will make one cup.

Lady LiberTEA Punch

• Into a large pitcher, pour the one cup of raspberry syrup.
• Add the three cups of Snapple Lady LiberTEA.
• Pour in the one cup of club soda and stir.
• Chill for a couple hours.
• Before serving, add a few Berry LiberTEA Cubes to the pitcher as well as to the drinking glasses.
• Garnish each glass with wooden skewers of fresh raspberries, blueberries and peach slices along with a sprig of mint.

So, I guess it’s safe to say that my daughter has me hooked on Snapple as well. Of course, when she returns to school I’ll miss her lots, but when I’m able to quietly steal away from it all for a “me moment”, you can bet I’m going to grab a Snapple and think of her.
I really love the variety of flavors and how it can be turned into some great recipes for your summer party, but one thing I really enjoy every time I open a bottle of Snapple is that I learn something. Their caps are SO cool!

Check out Snapple’s Sip Your Summer site and celebrate National Ice Tea Day with a FREE SNAPPLE on Wednesday, June 10!
* You’ll receive a coupon for a FREE 16 oz. Snapple glass or 18.5 oz. Straight Up Tea ONLY ON JUNE 10th and can only be redeemed at Walmart. This coupon is only available while supplies last.

Starting June 3rd, you’ll be able to find Snapple 18.5 oz Straight Up Tea and Premium Glass on Rollback for $1.00 in your local Walmart store!
You’ll also be able to find Lady LiberTEA in single servings or as a 6-pack, but only for a very limited time. SO, don’t delay!
Lady LiberTEA comes as a single and 6-pack– It’s very limited time only.
There are many different flavors of Snapple, so take at look at Snapple.com.

I give you BIG baking hugs and muffins!!

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I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the selection of beverages you’ll find here today. There’s enough to wet everybody’s whistle!

Fresh Strawberry Lemonade – 365 Days of Baking and More

Pine-Apple Lemonade Spritzer – Melissa’s Southern Style Kitchen

How To Make Fresh Squeezed Lemonade – Life Tastes Good

Carrot Orange Lemonade (No Sugar Added) – The Organic Dietitian

Peach Mango Lemonade – A Cookie Named Desire

Watermelon Lemonade – Almost Supermom

Sugar-Free Rosemary Lemonade – Ari’s Menu

Meyer Lemon ~ Lemonade – Lady Behind the Curtain

Refreshing Blueberry Lemonade – Gal on a Mission

Lavender Lemonade – The Kitchen Is My Playground

Perfect Lemonade – Love Bakes Good Cakes

Frozen Lemonade – 365 Days of Baking and More

Blue Pixie Dust Lemonade – The Tiptoe Fairy

Blackberry Lemonade – One Sweet Appetite

Strawberry Basil Lemonade (Spiked or Unspiked) – One Sweet Mess

Limonana (Middle Eastern Frozen Mint Lemonade) – An Edible Mosaic

Strawberry Lemonade Fizz – Wonky Wonderful

Sparkling Mint Lemonade – Renee’s Kitchen

Sparkling Blackberry Lemonade – Crumbs & Chaos

Sparkling Orange Blossom Water Lemonade – The Lemon Bowl

Basil Lemonade – The Food Charlatan

Rosemary Infused Watermelon Lemonade – Food Babbles

Homemade Lemonade with Raspberry Cream – Simply Sated

Basil and Mint Lemonade – Taste and Tell

Blueberry Lemonade – Maebelles

Star Spangled Lemonade – Super Healthy Kids

Pink Lemonade for Two – Dessert for Two

Honey Sweetened Fresh Peach Lemonade – Texanerin Baking

Agave Lime Lemonade – Foxes Love Lemons

Fresh Grape Juice Lemonade – Wine Lady Cooks

Raspberry and Lime Soda Lemonade – Diethood

Strawberry Basil Lemonade – What’s Gaby Cooking

Homemade Mango Lemonade – Overtime Cook

Pomegranate Lemonade Spritzer – Spoonful of Flavor

Rosemary Lemonade – Like Mother Like Daughter

Slow Melt Arnold Palmer – From Valerie’s Kitchen

Fresh Strawberry Mint Lemonade – My Own Blog Review

 And for those of you wanting a little extra something with your lemonade, I offer you these wonderful creations…

Watermelon Lemonade Vodka Slushy – A Cedar Spoon

Strawberry Basil Lemonade – Fab Fatale

Passion Tea Lemonade Cocktail – Cooking with Curls

Whiskey Ginger Thyme Lemonade – The Blond Cook

Spiked Basil Lemonade (Sugar-Free) – All Day I Dream About Food

Meyer Lemon Tom Collins – Karen’s Kitchen Stories

Blackberry Bourbon Lemonade – A Healthy Life For Me

Strawberry Beer Lemonade – The Beeroness

{Spiked} Cherry Lemonade Slushies – The Housewife in Training Files

Please visit these wonderful blogs and let them know how you found them!
I give you BIG baking hugs and muffins!!

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Summer may almost be over, but…

that doesn’t mean you have to stop eating berries, ice cream and drinking all things delicious like Sweet Tea!

Believe it or not, I’ve never made this stuff until now. What the HECK was I waiting for?? This stuff is delicious!!!

I’ve had it in restaurants, just suppose I was too lazy to make it myself. But it’s SO stinkin’ easy that even one of those hairy-guys-from-those-auto-insurance-commercials-that-we-haven’t-seen-in-a-while(fortunately)-because-they’re-now-using-that-reptile-guy could do it!

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I’ll be making this again. I think I’d like to try it with some flavored teas and see how that goes.
You know, gotta go easy at first, not sure if you’re gonna like it, but there certainly wasn’t a problem with that!
I used the recipe I found here at Craving Comfort.

I thought it was interesting that Dana used baking soda in it. At first, I was a  little concerned about how it might turn out, but she’s right, it works! It makes for a clear and smoother tea.

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Sweet Tea

Author Lynne Feifer

Ingredients

• 12 regular tea bags I used Lipton
• 4 cups 1 quart boiling water
• 12 cups 3 quarts cold water
• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• Mint for garnish if desired

Instructions

• Put the baking soda into a gallon size pitcher.
• Tie the tea bags together. This makes it easier to remove them once they're steeped. Place the tied tea bags into the pitcher with the baking soda.
• Gently pour the boiling water over the tea bags.
• Cover and allow to steep (soak) for 15 minutes.
• Squeeze out the excess water in the tea bags and discard.
• Add sugar to the tea and stir until dissolved.
• Gently pour in the cold water.
• Refrigerate.
• Serve over ice and with fresh mint if desired.

See how the bags are tied together? It made it much easier for fishing them out instead of dealing with 12 individual personaliTEAS – haha get it? I thought that was adorable if I do say so myself and just had to put that in there.
Also, remove the papers from the strings. they’ll get all soggy and will just be a pain in your rumpus when you go to remove them, too.

I rate everything I make on a scale of 1 – 4 with 4 being the best and this Sweet Tea earned 4 rolling pins!

It was delicious, refreshing, easy and will definitely be made again. As I said, I’m looking forward to making it with some flavored teas. I’ll keep you posted! (no pun intended )

Sometimes summer days can be long and dreadful. Why not be ahead of the game and make these refreshing drinks!

Frozen Lemonade

Strawberry Mojitos

Frozen Marshmallow Mudslide

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