Peach Fruit Cocktail

I like to freeze half of this batch in small one cup containers so that they are easy for me or my kids to pull out for a quick snack.

Peach Fruit Cocktail

3 quarts fresh peaches, peeled and sliced
3 cups orange juice
1 to 1 1/2 cups sugar, to taste
1/2 cup lemon juice
about 2 lbs. rinsed and stemmed, seedless red grapes
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple, undrained

In a large bowl, combine orange juice, sugar, and lemon juice, mixing to combine. Add peach slices, grapes and crushed pineapple. Stir to mix. Ladle portions into desired serving size freezer containers, and freeze. Serve partially thawed, it tastes fresh, delicious and just like Summer year round.
Or, if you want to eat this without freezing first, you must chill this for AT LEAST 24 hours (if you’re just freezing it first though you don’t have to chill it first). But you really do have to chill this mixture for AT LEAST 24 hours before eating it if you’re not going to freeze it first, it has to marinate to let the flavors properly combine. Otherwise it just doesn’t taste as good.