Solar Splash Eclipse Party Punch is made with just a few easy ingredients! It’s a fun solar eclipse party drink to pair with eclipse books, for full moon watching, astronomy kids activities, summer themed parties, or fun celestial event with kids.
Easy Solar Splash Eclipse Party Punch Recipe
Definitely make this solar eclipse drink for the upcoming solar eclipse party (or even lunar eclipse party), especially if you’re looking for a mocktail recipe. My daughter said this was one of the most fun recipes we’ve made together and the final product is really cute, so it’s a fun edible solar eclipse craft to do together, too (outside of solar eclipse party ideas). She wants to use that edible glitter on everything now!
Simple Punch Ingredients
- Clear carbonated drink (carbonated water / soda water, Sprite, Ginger Ale, etc. or alternative – *see note in FAQ section)
- Orange juice
- Black food coloring (or colors to make black – recipe below)
- Black edible glitter dust
- White icing
- Yellow sprinkles and/or yellow star sprinkles
- Fresh orange slices in orange peel, for garnish (optional)
Yields: 1-2 drinks, depending on glass used
Punch Supplies
- Round ice cube trays
- Funnel
- Glass measuring cup with pouring sprout
- Small glasses with wide rim (like a very short tumbler)
- Garnish picks, optional
IMPORTANT RECIPE TIP: Be sure to check out the total solar eclipse punch step by step recipe tips after the printable recipe card. It has some really helpful tips there! Also, I have a really fabulous children’s book recommendation to pair with this drink recipe for a fun recipe and read activity for kids at the bottom of the post!
Solar Splash Eclipse Party Punch
Ingredients
- 1 12- ounce can Sprite or other clear carbonated drink
- Black food coloring
- Black edible glitter dust*
- 2 frozen round orange juice ice cubes
- White icing from tub
- Yellow sprinkles
- Fresh orange slices for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Spread white icing in the bottom of a small bowl.
- Pour sprinkles into another bowl or a plate.
- Dip rim of glasses into the white icing until the rim (opening) of the glass is completely covered. Immediately dip, tilt, and twist the glass in the sprinkles until the icing rim is completely covered. Repeat with second glass. Set glasses aside to dry and harden.
- Pour Sprite in a medium glass bowl or measuring cup. Add 2-3 drops of black food coloring and stir. (Add more food coloring to get desired color, if needed.)
- Add 1/8-1/4 teaspoon edible glitter dust to black Sprite punch. Stir to mix and ooh and ahh over the swirling glitter effect! (Add more glitter dust, if needed, but a little goes a long way!)
- Once the sprinkles rims are dry on the glasses, use a small kitchen funnel to carefully pour Sprite mixture into glass to 3/4 full. (We used a small measuring cup to pour it into the funnel.) DO NOT FILL ALL THE WAY TO TOP! You need to leave room for the ice cube.
- Place the assembled glasses (to this point) in the refrigerator if not serving immediately. DO NOT ADD THE ORANGE JUICE ICE CUBES UNTIL READY TO SERVE.
TO SERVE THE SOLAR ECLIPSE DRINK:
- Immediately before serving, stir the drinks again to swirl the glitter.
- Carefully add in the round sun ice cube, taking care not to knock of the sprinkle drink rim.
- Serve with a metal straw and a side garnish of orange slices (optional). Show kids how they can stir the drink to activate the swirling glitter effect!
Notes
Nutrition
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How to Make A Solar Drink Recipe Step-By-Step, FAQs And Recipe Tips
IMPORTANT RECIPE TIP: USE THE RIGHT DRINK GLASS!
One thing that will mess this recipe up is not using the right drinking glass.
You want a small glass with a wide rim or even a short, wide-rimmed mason jar for your solar eclipse cocktail mocktail.
You need to be able to drop the large “sun” round ice cube into the drink and still have room around it to see the “sparkling sky” (the black punch with food safe glitter). These are larger ice cubes than regular ice cubes!
RECIPE TIP: Be sure to use glass and not plastic so kids can see the glittering, swirling “sky.” It really is a fun part of this punch recipe!
How To Make Black Punch
We made black punch using:
- Sprite
- Black Food Coloring
- Black Edible Glitter like this (only use food safe glitter, not regular glitter!)
If you’ve never worked with food safe glitter dust, it really only takes a little to make it sparkle. Add about 1/8 teaspoon and stir the drink. Then, if you need more you can add it.
The drink glitter will settle to the bottom of the drink, but if you give the drink a swirl with the straw or spoon before serving the drink, it will glitter and swirl again easily. Show the kids how to do it with their straw to keep their drink sparkling!
*RECIPE TIP: If the black color is off-putting, you can also use grape juice. My daughter doesn’t like grape juice, so that wasn’t an option for us.
How Do You Make Black Food Coloring?
If you don’t have black food coloring, you can make your own black coloring.
You can make black food coloring with:
- 3 drops of blue food coloring
- 3 drops of red food coloring
- 2 drops of green food coloring
You may have to adjust one color (or more), depending on if you’re making a large punch bowl or if you’re making small drink amounts.
How To Make Round Ice Cubes For Drinks
This sun cube is the star of the show! To make the best round ice cube for the sun, you will need a large ice cube tray with the round top and bottom.
WE USED THIS ROUND ICE CUBE TRAY
The biggest mistake people make when making round ice cubes is not filling the tray up enough. Be sure to completely fill the tray with orange juice to the fill line, then snap the top lid down completely.
Freeze the ice cube suns for 12 hours or overnight (or longer).
RECIPE TIP: Since ice cubes melt quickly sometimes, be sure to get all of your drink assembled and ready before adding the sun ice cube. Make adding the ice cubes the last step right before serving! I would even wait until all the kids arrive for the party and you’re ready to eat before doing this step. Also, make sure your punch is very cold (you may even want to place it in the freezer for a bit to get it cold). This will help with keep the sun from melting fast.
How To Make A Candy Drink Rim
To rim a drink with sprinkles is super easy!
Spread white icing in the bottom of a small bowl. We use store-bought icing in a tub and you can use whatever color you want.
Pour sprinkles onto a small plate or into a small bowl.
Turn your glass upside down and dip the rim into the white icing.
Then, dip the icing rimmed glass into the sprinkles. You may need to turn and tilt the glass several ways to get the icing completely covered.
The icing-sprinkle mixture will dry on the rim and won’t fall off easily.
IMPORTANT DRINK RECIPE TIP: Be sure to do this step ahead of time and give your rimmed glass time to rest and harden before adding the drink to the cup.
We also garnished our drinks with slices of oranges using these cute planet or galaxy picks. Th orange slice is optional, but I’m really glad we made them (and they were a big hit!). It’s a little way to get some extra fruit in for kids during a party. (Put anything on a party pick and they’ll eat it!)
Recipe and Read: Solar Eclipse Drink Paired With A Few Beautiful Minutes Children’s Book
If you’re doing this for a solar eclipse craft or eclipse project unit study, pair it up with
This has become one of my favorite books that I’ve read MANY times now!
It’s a simple story of how a town is preparing for the solar eclipse and you get to experience it through the eyes of the child (main character). It includes a beautifully diverse set of characters against the backdrop of pink and blue undertones and amazing watercolor illustrations by Khoa Le.
The book also includes each stage of the solar eclipse and how to make an eclipse viewer like this.
Great book to enjoy with your Solar Splash Eclipse Punch or any of your solar eclipse activities or studies for the big event and a fun way to continue learning after making the recipe.
MORE ECLIPSE PROJECTS FOR KIDS, ECLIPSE IDEAS, AND SUN & MOON SCIENCE (STEM FOR KIDS)
- Get A Lunar Lemonade Drink Recipe
- Solar Eclipse Bark Candy Recipe
- Make An Eclipse Viewer
- Throw A Solar Eclipse Party With These Fun Party Tips
- Get Lunar Eclipse Lesson Plans And Free Eclipse Printable
- Make A DIY Solar Eclipse Glow-in-the-Dark T Shirt
- Get Full Moon Lesson Resources For Kids
Enjoy your Solar Splash Eclipse Party Punch and all these fun eclipse resources for kids!
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