Christmas Punch Recipe

A fruity Christmas punch to serve up in a bowl at your party or in individual glasses.

I share everything you need to know to make this drink from scratch.

This Christmas punch recipe is based on my husband's, Paul, recipe. It resembles also our sangria recipe.

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• Ingredients
• How to make your Christmas Punch?
• Serving
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Ingredients

You will need a few ingredients to make this punch at home:

• Lemon - fresh, whole, and untreated/without pesticides because it's used as a whole to infuse the drink
• Apple - fresh apple, cored, and cut into smaller pieces.
• Cranberries - fresh. I cut some in half so that they infuse the drink and the other half is left as a whole for the looks.
• Citrus fruit of your choice - I used a peeled and cut grapefruit. You can also use orange, mandarin, pomelo.
• Simple Syrup - Because it mixes in easily. As an option, you can use powdered (icing) sugar too. Granulated sugar won't mix in.
• Rum - alternatively you can use vodka too. I use captain morgan or bacardi. Malibu is sweeter and great if you want a mild version.
• Orange juice
• Cranberry Juice
• Water

Optionally, you can add other fruits too if you like such as cut grapes, pineapple, and pears to just name a few.

For a non-alcoholic, virgin mocktail version, simply skip the alcohol and use more orange juice instead.

We love ours spiked with alcohol! 😀

How to make your Christmas Punch?

The Christmas punch is prepared with fresh fruits.

Here is an overview on how you can do it easily at home.

Just consider that it needs to infuse overnight to bring out all those wonderful flavors, so plan ahead!

The complete recipe with US and metric measurements is located further below in the printable recipe card. The video is the pop up.

Step 1

Rinse your fruits well to get rid of impurities.

Slice Lemon, cut apple small, cut cranberries into two and cut the citrus fruit pulp into small pieces too.

Step 2

Place fruits into a large serving bowl.

Pour rum, water, orange and cranberry juice in it and add the simple syrup too.

Combine it all.

Step 3

Cover your freshly prepared holiday punch with a clean wrap and place in a cool room to allow the party cocktail to infuse overnight.

The cocktail is then ready to be served.

Serving

It's important that you serve your fruit punch cooled.

If you plan a party with a larger crowd, I recommend serving your rum punch in a large bowl with a ladle.

That way people can scoop it up and serve themselves.

I place my large party bowl covered with clean wrap in the cellar basement where it's cooler because it wouldn't fit into our fridge.

You can add ice cubes too, to keep the cocktail cool but it will make the beverage watery.

To entertain a small gathering, serve the drink in individual glasses.

It's always a hit any any Christmas gathering!

Yet, you can serve up this drink during Thanksgiving, New Years' and even Halloween if you like, because fresh cranberries are in season during that time of the year.

FAQs

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