Fruit Cooler "With or Without"

By jannycerv

Ingredients

• 4 c. sugar
• 1 (46 oz.) can unsweetened pineapple
• juice
• 6 c. water
• Juice from 5 oranges (2 c.)
• Clear carbonated beverage or ginger
• ale
• Juice from 2 lemons (1/2 c.)
• 4 mashed bananas

Preparation

Step 1

Bring sugar and water to boil; simmer for 3 minutes, then cool. In blender, mix orange juice, lemon juice and bananas. Mix blended juices, pineapple juice and sugar/water together. Place in gallon container and freeze. When serving, mix 1/2 glass of frozen mixture and fill with carbonated beverage. May add rum to taste, if desired. Yield: 32 (4-ounce) servings.