Mock Pink Champagne - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. sugar
1 c. water
1 c. grapefruit juice
1/2 c. orange juice
1/4 c. grenadine syrup
1 28 oz. bottle ginger ale chilled
Twists of Lemon peel
Maraschino cherries on stems

Preparation

Combine sugar and water in sauce pan; simmer uncovered, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves (approximately 3 minutes).
Pour mixture in punch bowl; and mix with remaining ingredients except ginger ale.
Add ginger ale just before serving.
Add a Maraschino cherry to each glass and a twist of lemon peel.