A fruity rum punch recipe with both dark rum and coconut rum. This delicious cocktail recipe comes straight from Steamboat Bills restaurant in Lake Charles Louisiana.

We visited Lake Charles to see my sister. They took me out at my request to experience some authentic Louisiana food. Found it!
And I loved the rum cocktail I ordered so much I brought the recipe home for you. 🙂
Read all about Steamboat Bill’s Restaurant story here. It’s very inspiring. The founders are true louisianans with a strong spirit. They created a restaurant chain with a great reputation for southern cooking.
Steamboat Bill’s is a fun place to eat and drink if your in the area. Looking for shrimp, crayfish or alligator bites? Ask for a Bayou rum punch to chase em down. So good!
Our Version:
Steamboat Bill’s is a casual restaurant that serves a great goodtime and excellent food with parchment paper and plastic baskets.
Your punch is served in a plastic cup with no embellishments.
I decided to class it up a bit for our ‘at home’ version with a real glass and a simple garnish. I also had to figure out their recipe by remembering the taste. This is close. Might even be better. I’m pretty proud of my version.

This cocktail is loaded with smooth rum and fruit juice. You can call it either malibu rum punch or Jamaican rum punch. Just don’t forget the orange juice and mixed fruit juice. Wowsa what a drink!
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Bayou Rum Punch Recipe:
The Ingredients:

The Process:
Here is your visual process. Also watch our video demonstration. This recipe yields 1 cocktail.
Fill your shaker with ice. Measure and pour in the coconut rum. Measure and pour the dark Jamaican rum. Add the fruit juice. Pourin the Orange juice. a splash of grenadine to bring on the color and sweet. shake at least 30 seconds to chill the punch. slice an orange. Pour your rum punch into a tall collins glass. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry on a toothpick
Bayou Rum Punch Recipe into a 10 serving party punch:
In a large pitcher or punch bowl put the following ingredients. Float orange slices in the punch for garnish.
- 15 oz. Malibu Coconut Rum
- 5 oz. Meyer’s Dark Aged rum
- 5 Cups Fruit punch
- 2 1/2 Cups orange juice
- 5 oz. Grenadine
Add ice to your party cups to keep the punch cool if desired or drink at room temperature.
Your Printable Recipe:

Bayou Rum Punch Cocktail Recipe
A delicious sweet rum drink straight from Louisiana. Made with fruit juice, Malibu and aged rum.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. Malibu Coconut Rum
- 1/2 oz. Meyer's Dark Aged rum
- 1/2 Cup Fruit punch
- 1/4 Cup orange juice
- 1/2 oz. Grenadine
Instructions
Make the Bayou Rum Punch Cocktail:
- Fill your cocktail shaker with ice.
- Measure and pour into the ice filled shaker the Malibu rum, Meyers rum, fruit juice, orange juice and grenadine.
- Close the shaker tight and shake at least 30 seconds to chill and mix the drink.Pour into a collins glass.
Garnish:
- Add a slice of orange to the side of the glass
- Put a toothpick through a maraschino cherry and lay it on top of the glass.
Notes
For Party Punch that makes 10 servings:
Pour these amounts into a large pitcher or punch bowl.
- 15 oz. Malibu Coconut Rum
- 5 oz. Meyer's Dark Aged rum
- 5 Cups Fruit punch
- 2 1/2 Cups orange juice
- 5 oz. Grenadine
Add ice to your punch glasses or drink at room temperature.
Garnish your punch with floating orange slices.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
1Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 259Total Fat 0gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 15mgCarbohydrates 39gFiber 0gSugar 35gProtein 0g

Shannon
Sunday 11th of August 2019
To make it even more "bayou" you could use Bayou Rum, it is distilled in Lacassine, LA, just a short drive East of Lake Charles. They have several varieties of rum that could be used for this.
Diane
Sunday 11th of August 2019
Hi Shannon, This is an excellent suggestion. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and let us know about 'Bayou Rum.' That would be fun to explore. How cool that it it made so close to Lake Charles!