Frozen Fruit Cups - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can fruit cocktail, drained
1 (8 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
1 (8 ounce) can pears, diced and drained
2 large bananas, sliced
1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, pitted, no stems, including the juice
1 (15 ounce) can fruit punch, concentrate
1 cup water
32 ounces carbonated lemon-lime beverage

Preparation

In a colander drain fruit from cans and then put into a 4 quart or larger bowl.
Add fruit punch concentrate, marachino cherries with juice and sliced bananas to bowl of drained fruit.
Add 1 cup water and mix gently.
Spoon about 1/2 cup fruit mixture into 9 oz. plastic cups.
Divide the rest of the juice evenly into all the fruit cups.
Top off the fruit with about 1/4 cup of 7-up soda.
Freeze 3 hours or more.
You can defrost the cups for a few seconds in the microwave to get a more slushy type consistency.