Bug Juice

I was listening to the most recent podcast and was surprised to hear Mike refer to Bug Juice as “probably a southern thing”.

I grew up in the Doylestown area (actual Doylestown, not Philadelphia) and went to camp about 10 minutes away. And Bug Juice was served with every lunch and dinner.

I had always assumed that Bug Juice was just general summer camp slang for Fruit Punch. I worked there for several years and spent some time in our kitchens actually making Bug Juice. I wasn’t aware that there was an actual name brand. We had bulk orders of these huge bins of flavored powder, usually fruit punch but sometimes Grape or Blue Raspberry. I would just mix them in to a big cooler of water.