For non-drinking adults who still want the rum flavor you could experiment with a non-alcoholic alternative: Aged rum: Also known as golden rum or añejorum. Aging gives it notes of vanilla, coconut, almond, citrus, or caramel. There are two schools of thought on the best way to make a true tropical rum punch. One is to use only fresh juices with natural flavors. You can mimic the rum flavor using spiced brown sugar syrup, coconut syrup, and or pineapple syrup, replacing the alcohols in the recipe card with the syrups. I recommend adding the syrups to taste as they may add a sweetness that you may not necessarily get from alcoholic liquors. In the East Indies and the Caribbean, those ingredients were rum, fruit, and spices. A mix was made for the journey home, and rum punch was born.

Follow the recipe card using the non-alcoholic alternatives listed below instead of the alcoholic ones. We’ve put together a list of 10 Best Tropical Rum Drinks – those that we remember fondly from our past vacations in the sun. What tropical rum drinks would make your list?Tropical Bahama Mama: 2 parts Mango Rum, 1 part White Rum, 1 part orange juice, 2 parts tropical punch, and a splash of grenadine. Garnish with a mango slice and a maraschino cherry. We sampled out first Painkiller when there was a Pusser’s in Cruz Bay on St. John many years ago… It has become one of our favorites and is available nearly everywhere in the Caribbean now – especially anywhere in the Virgin Islands. And it has a pretty tasty cousin too – The Nilla Killa!

Just substitute water for the rum. This works to make any rum punch recipe you find into a virgin rum punch drink! For a luau party and this tropical punch, you’ll want to mix various fruit juices with your rum. If you have rum left over and want to serve it alone, here are some other ideas besides juice: Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. Some people use pomegranate juice in place of the grenadine to cut down on artificial sugars. The color is the same, so that can be a good choice. Variations Something fun to try (I haven’t tried it yet) would be to try coconut rum in place of the regular rum. You could also float the maraschino cherries in a big bowl of the bunch (virgin or no) to serve at a bigger party. It would be fun to try different flavors of rum in here- a spiced rum might even be a fun treat! Serving Suggestions

Feeling the sand in between your toes, smelling the salty air, and hearing the waves crashing on the beach… I mean does it get any better? Paper straws– they are so colorful and easy to compost or biodegrade- these are my current favorite with flamingos, pineapple and palm tree designs on them.