Faux Texas Twister - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 whole oranges
6 whole lemons
6 whole limes
1/3 cup grenadine
1/3 cup maraschino cherry syrup
1/4 cup granulated sugar
4 cups ice
8 cups sprite carbonated lemon-lime beverage
12 maraschino cherries

Preparation

Wash all of the fruit, with peels still on.
Juice 5 of the oranges, 5 of the lemons and 5 of the limes; pour juices into a blender with grenadine, cherry syrup, and sugar. Blend on high for about 30 seconds.
Place the ice in a large pitcher and pour the Sprite and the juice mixture over the ice and stir. Cut the remaining fruits in half and then cut each half into 6 wedges. Place 1 wedge of each cirtrus plus a maraschino cherry in the bottom of 12 glasses. Pour punch over fruit and serve.