Creamy Reception Punch

2 quarts vanilla ice cream
4 cups orange juice
½ cup lemon juice
2 28-ounce bottles lemon-lime
carbonated beverage, chilled

Spoon ice cream by tablespoons into a large punch bowl. Add orange juice and lemon juice, stirring to muddle ice cream. Slowly pour in chilled lemon-lime carbonated beverage; stir gently to mix. Makes 35 (4-ounce) servings.

Pastel Punch: Prepare Creamy Reception Punch as above, except substitute 1 quart orange sherbet for 1 of the quarts of vanilla ice cream. Add one 10-ounce jar undrained maraschino cherries.

Easy Sherbet: Prepare Creamy Reception Punch as above, except substitute 2 quarts of fruit-flavored sherbet for ice cream and add an additional 28-ounce bottle of carbonated beverage. Omit fruit juices.

These are actually out of my Betty Crocker cookbook. I did the pastel punch once or twice years ago and it was so yummy and frequently requested.