Whip up these family friendly, colorful Red White and Blue Ice Cubes as a fun cooling treat for various drinks over the summer with just 5 minutes of prep.

Suitable for vegan and gluten free diets. Post includes Weight Watchers points.

Red, white and blue ice cubes in a glass with some sprite

Red White and Blue Ice cubes are a must for hot summer days and can be used to chill pretty much everything. For the best visual effect, serve these in a clear liquid like sparkling water or sprite. As colorful as these Red, White And Blue Mini Pavlovas.

You only need some gatorade to make these incredibly colorful patriotic ice cubes that are so easy to make that the kids can make them unsupervised. Serve these up for Memorial Day, 4th of July, on all the hot summer days, at pool parties, festive occasions, and more.

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Why Make This Recipe

Simple – it has 1 ingredient and requires 5 minutes of prep.
Leftovers – A great way to use up leftover gatorade.
Change it up – you can customize these with various juices or colors
Colorful – it’s loved by kids, big and small.
Budget friendly – totally affordable to make.

Ingredient Notes

Gatorade – This is made simply with gatorade. You need the three different colors, which is this case are red fruit punch gatorade, frost glacier cherry for the white layer and cool blue gatorade for the blue layer. And you can easily swap out for any type of similarly colored drinks.

2 glasses filled with layers of patriotic ice cubes

How To Make Red White And Blue Ice Cubes

Get full ingredients list and instructions from the recipe card below.

Set out three ice cube trays.
Pour the fruit punch gatorade in one ice cube tray, frost glacier cherry in the second tray, and cool blue gatorade in the final tray.
Freeze for at least four hours, preferable overnight before serving.
When you are ready to assemble the drinks, layer the different colored ice cubes in each glass and pour the sprite.

Tips For Success And Variations

You can make layered ice cubes – using one tray, fill one third of each ice cube section with the red gatorade, then freeze for 2 hours. Then pour on the white gatorade until they are two-thirds full and freeze for another 2 hours. Last, top the frozen cubes with the blue gatorade and freeze for another 2 hours.
Silicon ice cube trays make popping the cubes out out easier.
Feel free to combine different flavors to change up the flavor profile.
Vary the liquid – use lemonade, grape juice, pomegranate juice, strawberry juice etc instead of gatorade.
Amend to fit the occasion – make green, white and red ice cubes for Christmas, pink and yellow for Easter, orange and purple for Halloween, etc.

2 glasses filled with patriotic ice cubes in some sprite

Storage

Freeze – Prep ahead the gatorade ice cubes and freeze for up to 3 months.

Serving Suggestions

Here are some suggestions for drinks you can serve these with:

Chilled tap water
Lemonade
Lemon lime soda
Sparkling water or Tonic water
Club soda

2 glasses of patriotic ice cubes in some lemonade on a table

Weight Watchers Points

There is 1 Blue Plan SmartPoint in a serving of this.

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Red, White And Blue Ice Cubes

These family-friendly colorful Ice Cubes are a fun and refreshing treat.

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Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American, Western

Diet: Gluten Free

Prep Time: 2

Freezing time: 4

Servings:

Calories: 28kcal

Author: Bintu Hardy | Budget Delicious

Ingredients

1 cup (250ml) red Gatorade fruit punch
1 cup (250ml) white Gatorade frost glacier cherry
1 cup (250ml) blue Gatorade cool blue
For serving: Sprite Lemon Lime Soda or other clear beverage

Instructions

Set out three ice cube trays.
Pour the fruit punch gatorade in one ice cube tray, frost glacier cherry in the second tray and cool blue gatorade in the third tray.
Freeze for at least 4 hours, or overnight, before serving.
When you are ready to assemble the drinks, layer the colored ice cubes in each glass and pour the sprite over top.

Notes

You can make layered ice cubes – using one tray, fill one third of each ice cube section with the red gatorade, then freeze for 2 hours. Then pour on the white gatorade until they are two-thirds full and freeze for another 2 hours. Last, top the frozen cubes with the blue gatorade and freeze for another 2 hours.
Silicon ice cube trays make popping the cubes out out easier.
Feel free to combine different flavors to change up the flavor profile.
Vary the liquid – use lemonade, grape juice, pomegranate juice, strawberry juice etc instead of gatorade.
Amend to fit the occasion – make green, white and red ice cubes for Christmas, pink and yellow for Easter, orange and purple for Halloween, etc.
Prep ahead – these gatorade ice cubes can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
There is 1 WW Blue Plan SmartPoint in a serving of this.

Nutrition

Calories: 28kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Sodium: 6mg | Sugar: 6g