Check out the featured recipes from the April 2021 issue of Cooperative Connections below! This month's category was "Slushes, Punches and Lattes!"

Fruit Slush

  • 1 6-oz. can orange juice concentrate
  • 1 6-oz. can lemonade concentrate
  • 3 or 4 juice cans water
  • 2 20-oz. cans crushed pineapple with juice
  • 1/3 cup halved maraschino cherries with juice
  • 2 firm bananas, sliced
  • 2 10-oz. boxes frozen strawberries, thawed

Stir all ingredients together and freeze in 9 x 13 inch pan or ice cream bucket. Remove from freezer a few minutes before serving. To serve, put scoop of slush in glass and fill glass with 7-Up or Squirt.

-Mary Jessen, Holabird

Banana Slush Punch

  • 7-8 bananas
  • 2 12-oz. cans of orange juice concentrate
  • 1 12-oz. can of lemonade concentrate
  • 1 46-oz. can of pineapple juice

Blend bananas will all ingredients above. Bring to boil 6 cups water and 3 cups sugar. Cool. Combine banana mixture with sugar water. Freeze. At the time of serving, mixture should be slushy. Add two 2-liter bottles of Sprite or Fresca to the banana/water mixture and serve.

-Julie Hummel, Hawarden, IA

Seasonal Punch

  • 12-oz. can frozen orange juice  
  • 12-oz. can Frozen Lemonade   
  • 4 pkgs. Koolade, any flavor
  • 4 quarts water
  • 3-3/4 cups sugar
  • 2 Liters 7-Up (or Diet 7-Up)

Mix orange juice, lemonade, Koolade, water and sugar, store in fridge to keep cold. Also refrigerate the 2 liters of 7-Up. Prior to serving - pour in the 2 liter of 7-Up and gently stir to mix. You can use any color Koolade, maybe green for Easter, red for 4th of July, Labor Day and Christmas, and orange for Halloween. Refreshing punch goes well with meals or anytime of day.

-Pam Conn, Sioux Falls

Spiced Cocoa Mix

  • 1/4 cup cocoa
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 cups nonfat dry milk powder
  • 1/2 cup nondairy powdered creamer
  • 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Sift powdered sugar and cocoa together. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. For each serving, use 1/3 cup mix and 3/4 cup boiling water. Stir. May add a teaspoon of coffee crystals, a dollop of whipped cream, or a teaspoon of liquid flavored coffee creamer.

- Elaine Rowett, Sturgis

Creamy Hot Chocolate

  • 1/2 cup dry baking cocoa
  • 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 7-1/2 cups water
  • 1-1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix cocoa, milk, salt into a crock pot. Add water gradually, stirring into smooth. Cover and cook on high 2 hours, or low 4 hours. Stir in vanilla before serving.

- Melissa Roerig, Sioux Falls

Chocolate Latte

  • 1/2 cup hot brewed coffee or 2 shots espresso
  • 1 Premier Protein 30g High Protein Chocolate Shake
  • 2 teaspoons cocoa nibs

In large 14-16-oz. mug, prepare espresso or coffee. Pour chocolate shake on top to combine. Top with cocoa nibs.

- www.premierprotein.com

 

Over the years, we've had the privilege of receiving hundreds of delicious recipes from our members for publication in our monthly magazine. If you're looking for new and tasty mealtime inspiration, check out our 20 Years of Cooking Up Fun! digital cookbook to see some of the best recipes South Dakota has to offer!

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