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We are HUGE NCAA® March Madness fans. While we are not fantastic basketball players, there is nothing like watching the tournament with my family and friends. Of course, when you talk about NCAA® March Madness, it is of course about the basketball, but also almost equally about the food. Well, it is in my house anyways! This weekend we will be having a NCAA® March Madness party for our friends and family. While I love having family and friends over, it is really about the prep for the party. It is going to be a night party so we need some good desserts and of course some good drinks!
Lucky for all of us, there is the Coca-Cola NCAA® Final Four Pack available at Walmart right now! There is an in-store display and promo going on too! Coca-Cola is an absolute most have when we watch the basketball tournaments. There is seriously nothing more refreshing than opening up a nice cold can of Coca-Cola! The best part is Coca-Cola has these Coca-Cola NCAA® Final Four Pack available at Walmart in delicious flavors including Cherry Coke, Vanilla Coke and Coke Zero! Not only are these flavors delicious, but the cans actually get us in the basketball spirit with their themed basketball figures for the NCAA® March Madness right on the can. How cool and most of all, refreshing is that?!
Once I picked up my cans of Coca-Cola, I headed home to taste the deliciousness of the different flavors. There happened to be a basketball tournament on that night I came back, so my husband and I each sipped our cans while watching. Then it got us to thinking about what we could do to enjoy our NCAA® March Madness Basketball Party. Since I brought many Coca-Cola NCAA® Final Four Pack available at Walmart (they were only 4/$5, or 3/$5 in certain areas of the country), I needed to create some fun recipes and crafts for my guests to enjoy.
Since there will be kids at this party, I thought it would be fun to create a “Foul Shot” Basketball craft that they can all do while the adults watch the game. It is very easy to do this craft and will make any NCAA® March Madness party a blast.
To make the “Foul Shot”, you will need a can of Coca-Cola (any flavor of the packs will do), a mesh bag (similar to one that you would find wrapped around vegetables in the grocery store), a black pipe liner, a straw, and a basketball cupcake topper.
Instructions for the “Foul Shot”:
1. Take the mesh bag and wrap it around the can of Coca-Cola.
2. Take a black pipe liner and go between the mesh bag spaces to create a top similar to this:
3. Open up the can. Take your straw and use the sharp side of the cake topper to put into the straw.
4. Put your straw with cake topper into your can. When you want to drink out of it, remove the cake topper and drink out of the “Foul Shot” Basketball Can.
Then it was time to create some fun recipes with the Coca-Cola NCAA® Final Four Pack available at Walmart. Of course the first thing that comes to mind is Coca-Cola Ice Cream floats. Who doesn’t love floats for the basketball games?! You can do this recipe with so many different flavors of Ice Cream but this what I choose to do and it came out delicious!
Coca-Cola Ice Cream Floats (makes one float)
Ingredients:
-1/2 can of Coke Zero
-1/2 cup of Cookie Dough Ice Cream
-2 TBLS whipped topping
-cherries
Directions:
1. Add 1/2 cup of Cookie Dough Ice Cream to the bottom of a glass.
2. Add in 1/2 can of Coke Zero. Do not stir.
3. Top with whipped topping and garnish with a cherry. Enjoy!
Then it was time to do Cherry Coke Cupcakes. Yes they do sound as good as they taste and they are so EASY!!
Cherry Coke Cupcakes (makes 12 cupcakes)
Ingredients:
-1 box of Devil Food Cake Mix
-1 can of Cherry Coke
-1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
-7 TBLS powdered sugar
-cherries
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix together box of cake mix with 1 can cherry coke with hand mixer or electric mixer.
3. Pour into cupcake pan and bake for 25 minutes. While this is in the oven, prepare the icing.
4. For icing, add 1 1/2 cup whipping cream into a bowl. Add in 1 TBLS at a time and keep stirring to obtain a thicker consistency. By the end you will have all 7 TBLS added with the whipping cream and it should be a thick frosting.
5. Place in bag to ice cupcakes once finished.
6. Take cupcakes out of oven, let cool for 20 minutes, and then ice the cupcakes with the frosting made. Top with cherries and sprinkles. Enjoy!
Again, this recipe is so easy and tastes so good so it is the perfect food to make for the NCAA® March Madness Party.
No party is complete without “Dunk Shot” Pasta.
To do this, all you need to add is cut up broccoli, cabbage slaw, and raisins to a small bowl. About one cup of each and mix well. Then mix 1/2 cup of store brought Italian dressing with 2 TBLS of Vanilla Coca-Cola in small bowl. Top the dressing over your broccoli mixture and enjoy! It is quite yummy!
These are just some of my own recipes featuring the Coca-Cola NCAA® Final Four Pack available at Walmart for our NCAA® March Madness Basketball Party! I hope whatever you all do, you have so much fun watching the NCAA® March Madness games!
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We don’t get into the whole NCAA thing, but I am always up for a party no matter what it’s for 🙂
What a great spread! Now there’s something I can finally enjoy about basketball. I”m not into hoops, but I AM into those Coca Cola cupcakes. Yum!
You are going all out for March Madness. You know… for a long time I thought March Madness had to do with shopping. Maybe because that is when all the women get out of the house and do their thing.
What a fun party! Looks like you had quite the spread of yummy food.
Cherry coke is my ultimate weakness… Even reading this post has me craving one 😉 This looks like an awesome party theme, I hope you guys had an incredible time!
I want to come to your March Madness party! It all looks so good, especially those cupcakes. And the cherry coke – yum!
This looks like such a fun party! The decorations are so cute and love the food choices! I would love to have one of those cupcakes!
My boys LOVE coke floats! This looks like it would be such a FUN PARTY! 😀
This is what I love about blogging, I get to learn new things everyday. These are some great ideas, thanks for sharing.
You have a lot of great ideas here and I love the glasses made from jars. I’m a cherry coke fan too so will love making those cupcakes.
What a fun looking party and wonderful food. I love Cherry coke, would love to make those cupcakes.
Oh man, this is not helping my sweet tooth at all. And of course every snack we have in the house is salty, lol. Everything looks great!
This looks like a super fun party. I adore what you did with the soda can and net.
These ideas are perfect for any basketball party! Those coke cans are so fun!
Loving the recipes a lot, the cupcakes look so yummy!
Who doesn’t love sports parties? Basketball night is always a fun event in our house!
That looks very fun to attend event like this,. I love your arrangement.
I love that coke is selling 4 packs for the final four! How awesome is that!!
I don’t drink soda, but how unique! My husband would love something like this.
It looked like a cool party! I like the way how you used the mason jars. It’s very rustic and adds adorability to the party!
Looks like a great party! I love the mesh lining for the Coke cans…so cute and festive!
My those cherry cupcakes look so tempting. The recipe looks pretty simple, even I could make! Thanks for sharing!
Not a fan of college basketball but your set up with Coke is pretty awesome! Those Cupcakes look divine!
That’s looks like a fun day with friends and family. My family is not big fan of College basketball so we just go once in while with my friends to socialize and enjoy the food.
What a fabulous spread! I’m loving the way you made the cans fit the theme!
I have been watching the women’s tournament on and off. But otherwise just not a huge fan of college basketball.
What a great party idea for March Madness! The cupcakes look amazing!
These are perfect tips for a basketball party. My son has been playing for ten years now. I love the cup cakes.
The basketball floats and the cupcakes are my favorite. So many great little tidbits for a cute party!
Oh how fun! It all looks so great and perfect! I love the cupcakes and the coke floats! Yum reminds me of childhood!
Ok These are some pretty awesome ideas!!!! Hubby wants to do stuff for the Duke game coming up this week so I might just have to steal some of these ideas!
This is such a fun party! Very inspirational next time we plan a NCAA® March Madness party! Thanks for sharing! We definitely have Coke in our parties. It’s a staple! 🙂
OMGoodness…I NEED a Cherry Coke cupcake in my life. Those look so tasty, and with the cherry on top – the presentation is too cute to ignore.
Everything looks so good especially those floats! I also love the foul shot idea, very cool!
These are some really cool ideas for a party theme! I love the can made out to look like a basketball hoop! so creative!
LOVE me some cherry coke!! That netting is super cute and very March Madness appropriate!
These are all great ideas. I love the whole basketball theme. My middle son would love this. He is really into basketball.
Those cupcakes are so pretty. I bet their yummy too. And that pasta! I love pasta. I will have to try that pretty soon!
Oh my goodness! I haven’t had a Coca-Cola float in years. I’m definitely going to make one as soon as we get back from this trip.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE those glasses with the chalk labels! I use those labels for EVERYTHING! Also the “net” around the sodas was a genius idea!
Oh wow, that sale seems dangerous! We’re trying to cut back on sodas right now, but all those goodies look delish!
Great recipes and ideas. I would love to try a Cherry Coke float.
I love the spread you’ve put together – this is really nice for a sporty theme. The Dunk Shot Pasta is my favorite. I shall take inspiration in this the next time I host a get-together with friends.
I’ve never had a float, I would love to try one! I love the theme too – so much fun and my boys would love it!
I love those mason jars! We made coke floats recently and LOVED it. IT was such a fun party!
Definitely sounds like you are gonna have some fun with your March Madness! I love the colors and Cheez-Its of course! 🙂
OMGosh everything looks so good, I love all the decor! My hubby is a big NCAA fan so we’ve been following along here.