This delicious Christmas Punch recipe is fruity and delicious! Make it with rum for a punch with alcohol, or omit for non alcoholic.
Need a great punch recipe for the holidays? Try this Christmas Punch! The flavor is fruity and delicious, with a little sparkle from ginger ale. You can make it with rum for a punch with alcohol, or omit it for non alcoholic. Either way, it tastes incredible! The best part? Garnish it up with sliced citrus, rosemary branches and cranberries. It couldn’t be more festive or beautiful.
Ingredients in this Christmas Punch recipe
This Christmas Punch recipe is incredibly easy with minimal ingredients. It’s perfect for no-fuss holiday entertaining! When it comes to punch, we’ve found that not anything goes. After some tweaking, we found the perfect combination of juices, carbonated bubbles, and optional alcohol. Here’s what you’ll need:
- Cranberry 100% juice blend: This blend of juices is available at most grocery stores, and typically blends grape, apple, and pear juice with cranberry juice. Make sure to look for “100% juice” or “no sugar added” on the label.
- Pineapple juice: Adds just the right tropical flair! Pineapple is great for punch recipes.
- Ginger ale: Ginger ale adds just the right carbonation! It’s sweeter than ginger beer, which would also work but results in a spicier ginger flavor.
- Rum: This makes it into a Christmas punch with alcohol! But it’s just as good without as a non alcoholic punch. Speaking of…
Make it with alcohol or non alcoholic
You can add the alcohol right to the Christmas punch, of course! But if you’re entertaining with kids, it’s nice to allow drinkers to spike the drink afterwards. This offers most flexibility: you can essentially serve both an alcoholic and non alcoholic punch at the same time!
- Add the rum to the punch bowl. If you’re serving all adults, throw the rum right in.
- Or, spike the drink afterwards! The better way to make an alcoholic Christmas punch is to spike the drink after you ladle it out of the punch bowl. This makes it work for both kids and adults! The best ratio is 2 ounces rum to 8 ounces (1 cup) punch.
- Other alcohol that works? Bourbon also works well in this Christmas punch recipe.
- Or, make it as a non alcoholic punch! It’s just as good (really).
Ways to garnish the bowl
The best part about a good Christmas punch recipe? All the garnishes! A good punch has some lovely garnishes floating on top. Here are some of our favorite ideas:
- Sliced citrus: orange, lemon or lime
- Pineapple rings
- Whole spices: star anise, cinnamon sticks, or cloves
- Rosemary sprigs
- Fresh or frozen berries: cranberries, raspberries, or blackberries
Notes on serving Christmas punch: preserve the bubbles!
This Christmas punch takes just a few minutes to throw together. But if you want to prep some items in advance, here’s what to do!
- Chill the liquids in advance. Adding ice waters it down too much, so chill everything prior to serving.
- Slice the citrus and assemble the garnishes. Make sure you’ve got everything on hand. Refrigerate the citrus until serving.
- Add the ginger ale right before serving. You can pour everything in the bowl, but try to add the ginger ale right before serving. This way you get the best bubbles!
More punch recipes
Love entertaining? Here are a few more punch recipes to add to your repertoire that work in various seasons!
- Try Holiday Punch or Champagne Punch with beautiful bubbles
- Opt for Halloween Punch when the season is right
- Go for crisp, cool Milk Punch
- Try a single serving Rum Punch
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Champagne Punch
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Milk Punch
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Rum Punch
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Holiday Punch
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Christmas Punch
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- Author: Sonja Overhiser
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Prep Time: 5 minutes -
Cook Time: 0 minutes -
Total Time: 5 minutes -
Yield: 12 to 16 - Diet: Vegan
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Description
This delicious Christmas Punch recipe is fruity and delicious! Make it with rum for a punch with alcohol, or omit for non alcoholic.
Ingredients
- 64 ounces cranberry 100% juice blend, chilled
- 32 ounces pineapple juice, chilled
- 32 ounces ginger ale, chilled
- 1 750 ml bottle aged rum (optional)*
- 1 orange
- 1 lemon
- For the garnish: 5 star anise, fresh or frozen cranberries, rosemary sprigs
Instructions
- Add the cranberry juice blend, pineapple juice, and ginger ale to a punch bowl. Add the rum, if using. Garnish with orange and lemon slices, and if desired, cranberries, star anise and rosemary sprigs.
Notes
*Or, make it both alcoholic and non alcoholic! Spike the drink after you ladle it out of the punch bowl: add 2 ounces rum to 8 ounces (1 cup) punch.
Category: Drink
Method: Punch
Cuisine: Drink
Keywords: Christmas punch
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