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Home » Recipes » Beverages » Patriotic Fruit Cooler Kids Drink for the Fourth of July

Patriotic Fruit Cooler Kids Drink for the Fourth of July

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Fun Fruit Coolers Make Perfect Patriotic Kids Drink!

Patriotic Fruit Cooler Kids Drinks from Creative Green Living at B-InspiredMama.com

Make a cool summery treat for your kids that’s so tasty they’ll think they’re getting dessert but you’ll smile knowing they are getting lots of good-for-them vitamins and minerals from the fruits they are eating.  Plus these fruit coolers are the perfect kids drink for your 4th of July fun!

Layered Fruit Cooler Kids Drink

To make clean up easier, I blended each color’s ingredients in their own mason jar using this technique and only needed to rinse the blade mechanism quickly between batches.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Frozen Strawberries*
  • 1 Banana
  • 3/4 cup Frozen blueberries*
  • 1/2 cup Milk or milk alternative of choice (I used unsweetened coconut milk)
  • Ice
  • Sugar or favorite natural sweetener if desired

*Because pesticides are easilly absorbed into the skin of delicate fruits like berries and are difficult to wash off, be sure to get organic berries when possible

Ingredients for Patriotic Fruit Coolers Kids Drinks from Creative Green Living at B-InspiredMama.com

Directions:

1) Using one quart size jar for each color, fill jars with the ingredients as follows:

Red Jar: strawberries, 1/2 cup water, sweetener if desired

White Jar: banana broken into chunks, milk, 3-4 ice cubes

Blue Jar: blueberries, 1/2 cup water, sweetener if desired

Mixtures for Patriotic Fruit Coolers Kids Drinks from Creative Green Living at B-InspiredMama.com

2) To avoid color contamination, blend the contents of the white jar first, then red, then blue using this technique. Add ice as needed to make the kids drink thick and creamy.

3) To layer mixtures in serving glass, add a base layer of red mix. Tip glass to the side and slowly pour white mix on top. Keep glass tipped and slowly pour blue mix on top. Add a straw and let the kids enjoy!

Carissa of Creative Green Living started her journey to a greener lifestyle with the birth of her baby boy in 2010. She blogs at Creative Green Living about crafts, recipes, gardening, parenting and green lifestyle. She loves teaching others about how to make creative and green choices for families on a budget.

My kids love smoothies, so this fruit-filled kids drink would be perfect for our 4th of July party.  And I could use the natural sweetener we prefer, too.  Awesome!  Thanks, Carissa!

This post was contributed by Carissa of Creative Green Living. It also contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy.

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Filed Under: Beverages, Dessert, Holidays, Independence Day, Memorial Day, Recipes, Snack Ideas Tagged With: 4th of July, Bananas, Blueberries, Creative Green Living, Fruit, Independence Day, Memorial Day, Patriotic, Smoothies, Strawberries

About Krissy of B-Inspired Mama

Former M.Ed Art Teacher. Current Blogger & Social Media Influencer. Always Crazy & Creative Mama of 3.

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  1. Lauren @MomHomeGuide says

    July 13, 2013 at 2:35 PM

    Fantastic and pretty recipe! I really have to make this for my kids. This has also convinced me even more that I have to invest in mason jars — there are so many cute things to do with them!

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  2. Cathy says

    July 7, 2013 at 4:06 AM

    Looks great!

    I would love for you to share and link up at my weekly TGIF Link Party if you haven’t already this week. Your favorite posts, most popular, recent or new! The party is open every Thursday night and closes Wednesday’s at midnight. Followed by (Not SO) Wordless Wednesday! http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/. I would be honored if you join us! Have a wonderful week!

    Hugs, Cathy

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