How to Use milk punch in a Sentence

milk punch

noun
  • Think of milk punch as its Southern cousin.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Mix and stir the milk punch with the rest of the ingredients and serve over ice.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 26 July 2024
  • Drink and food specials like the cookie platter paired with a milk punch will be on offer. Lost Lake and Golden Teardrops for some stylish holiday digs.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2019
  • To drink, there will be natural wines and a small cocktail menu with drinks like a mango sticky rice milk punch.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Drinks include a tahini brandy milk punch, mimosas and Bloody Marys.
    — Ana Khan, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Perhaps that's why Franklin's original recipe for milk punch was clearly meant to be made in bulk.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The book goes on to cover cocktails that have Southern roots like Ramos gin fizz and milk punch.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2018
  • There, milk punch is garnished with boba, and smoky mezcal is mixed with spicy chile crisp oil, chrysanthemum and cashew.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2021
  • Don’t miss the perfectly clear milk punch, a drink that dates back to the early 1700s.
    — William Li, Town & Country, 9 June 2023
  • The original milk punches were made with brandy, but many popular versions today are rum-based.
    — Cole Wilson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2020
  • McCaskill’s favorite is the Man in the Arena, which is a milk punch cocktail.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
  • This brandy milk punch has half the carbs and calories and 80 percent less sugar than the traditional version.
    — Molly Kimball, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Bourbon, rum, vanilla extract, and nutmeg help infuse the white chocolate truffle base with the classic flavors of a milk punch.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
  • While some prefer milk punch for the holidays, a juicy sherbet punch is just the thing to cool you down in the heat of summer and can still pack in lovely holiday flavors.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 July 2023
  • However, making milk punch from scratch requires patience andpractice.
    — Fortune, 13 July 2019
  • Pantera Jackson is a milk punch of 1615 Italia Pisco with mango water and fish sauce.
    — Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The bar serves a clarified nut-milk punch inspired by Caribbean black cake, while the kitchen turns Carolina Gold rice into sake.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
  • Other unique offerings include a green bean cocktail made with gin, cachaça and aqua faba, a ruby port clarified milk punch and a cranberry jubilee made with kumquat vodka.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2021
  • For example, the Cash and Curry is a creamy milk punch made from gin, sherry, lychee and curry leave, then shaken with a rice-miso-coconut horchata.
    — Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Nonalcoholic concoctions include hojicha orange milk punch and an adzuki swizzle.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
  • Top-tier Indy bartender Simon poured impressive cocktails, including clear milk punches.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2018
  • Cognac, bourbon and rum with brown butter and boniato, two ingredients that nod to a dessert Yao served in the old space, transform into a clear milk punch that sits at the nexus of sweet and savory.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • Bartenders like Jimenez are taking advantage of the versatility of the milk punch formula, treating it as a canvas for their creativity.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2024
  • Enlarge / Benjamin Franklin's recipe for milk punch, included in a 1763 letter to James Bowdoin.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Tail Martini Spell is an evolution of the classic martini, adding to the core spirit base a sweet and dry vermouth milk punch with cocoa powder and a cassia and bee balm aged cordial.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • This is particularly true at New Orleans brunch tables, where the following milk punch recipe has become a staple in the Crescent City.
    — Kevin Hopper, idahostatesman, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The libations menu includes an extensive wine list, craft cocktails and mocktails, such as Weak in the Knees, a milk punch with spiced tamarind syrup, lemon, demerara syrup and Pathfinder Amaro.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Warm apple streusel with Mitchell’s vanilla-bean ice cream and caramel sauce, walnut-espresso milk punch, fresh espresso, Nocino (walnut liqueur), RumChata, vanilla and cream.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Try the Loyal Oils strawberry lemonade in Colorado Vice, a creamy, tangy, tropical THC-alternative to a boozy milk punch.
    — Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Indienne’s cocktail offering will include creative drinks such as the Kolkata (Indian single-malt scotch, ginger, roasted mango and raspberry chaat masala) and the Mumbai (clarified milk punch from rum, steeped with fruit and strawberry vinegar).
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2022

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