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Green Dream Punch

Green Dream Punch

1 - 48 oz can of lime citrus cooler

2 - 12 oz cans ginger ale

1 cup fruit cocktail

1 qt lime sherbet

Chill cooler and ale. Fill a jello mold with cocktail and sherbet, freeze till firm. When ready to serve, place cooler and ale in punch bowl. Drop mold of cocktail and sherbet into punch. Serve while mold is melting. 25 servings.

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I remember this punch from my childhood - or a variation - without the fruit cocktail. I remember ginger ale and rainbow sherbet actually. I remember the bright festive colors and I remember the creamy foam from the sherbet that forms as it melts and mixes with the ginger ale. Now I know where mom got the idea!

But what about this charming list that appears on the front side of this found recipe? What was my uncle David up to? Building rockets it looks like…