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Bucket Recipe

A riotously colorful and boozy beach-style punch served in a bucket, layered with fruit, soda, and candies—made to share, sip, and spark serious summer joy.

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups vodka any flavor you love—peach, citrus, watermelon all work
  • 1 cup coconut rum
  • 1 cup peach schnapps
  • 1 cup blue curaçao
  • 1 can 12 oz lemon-lime soda
  • 1 can 12 oz pineapple juice
  • 1 cup fruit punch or orange juice
  • Swedish Fish gummy worms, or sour candies
  • Orange and lime slices
  • Maraschino cherries
  • Ice a lot!

Instructions
 

  • Fill your bucket about halfway with ice. Toss in a generous handful of Swedish Fish or gummy worms, a few slices of lime and orange, and a couple of cherries. This sets the scene and ensures your fruit and candy chill from the start.
  • Slowly pour in the vodka, coconut rum, peach schnapps, and blue curaçao. Follow with the pineapple juice, fruit punch (or orange juice), and lemon-lime soda. Stir gently to combine without disturbing the fizzy soda too much.
  • Top the drink with more ice to bring the liquid close to the rim. Add a second round of fruit slices and a handful of maraschino cherries. Tuck in extra candy pieces for fun.
  • Place several crazy straws and mini straws around the edges of the bucket. Serve immediately with a warning: this is dangerously easy to sip and way more potent than it tastes.