Best Christmas Punch Recipes

EASY CHRISTMAS PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix pineapple juice, orange juice, lemonade, and water in a large punch bowl. Stir in ginger ale and lemon-lime soda.

CHRISTMAS SHERBET PUNCH

Steps:

• Make sure all the ingredients are very cold. Scoop the sherbet into a large punch bowl, then pour in the cranberry juice and ginger ale and stir gently.

CHRISTMAS PUNCH

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• In a punch bowl, combine sugar, orange juice, and lemon juice. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add cherries, triple sec, light rum, orange slices, lemon slices, and pineapple chunks. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours to allow flavors to blend.
• Pour in carbonated water, and add ice just before serving.

WARM CHRISTMAS PUNCH

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine juices, Red Hots and cinnamon stick. Cover and cook on low for 2-4 hours or until heated through and candies are dissolved., Discard cinnamon stick before serving. Serve with sugared cranberries and additional cinnamon sticks if desired.

CHRISTMAS RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• Fill a 2-cup container with water and add lime slices, apple wedges, and cranberries; cover and transfer to a freezer. Freeze until solid.
• In a large punch bowl, mix together sugar and lime juice until dissolved. Add rum, Grand Marnier, Amaretto, and apple juice. Transfer to refrigerator until ready to serve.
• Add ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with lime slices, orange slices, apple wedges, and cinnamon; serve.

CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine chilled cranberry juice, club soda, vodka, and Champagne (see Cook's Note).
• Garnish with fresh cranberries.

CHRISTMAS PUNCH

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• Combine pomegranate and cranberry juice, vodka, Cointreau, club soda, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a punch bowl. Fill glasses with cranberries frozen in ice cubes, and serve.

NON-ALCOHOL GLöGG (FINNISH CHRISTMAS HOT SPICED PUNCH)

Steps:

• In large kettle, combine all ingredients.
• Heat slowly, until the drink is steaming hot.
• Stir occasionally.
• Be careful not to allow it to boil, just keep it warm.

MEXICAN CHRISTMAS PUNCH (PONCHE NAVIDENO)

Steps:

• Stud each orange with 6 whole cloves, using the pointed ends of the cloves to pierce the skin. Cut oranges into wedges. Reserve 12 wedges for garnish. Cut some slits into each hawthorn.
• Bring water, hibiscus petals, and cinnamon sticks to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until water is a deep pink color, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove hibiscus petals but leave cinnamon sticks in the water to infuse further. Stir in orange wedges, hawthorns, apples, sugar cane, pear, and brown sugar. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for at least 30 minutes.
• Ladle the punch into 12 mugs, making sure each mug gets some slices of fruit. Add 1 fluid ounce rum to each mug to give the punch an extra kick. Garnish mugs with reserved orange slices.

CHRISTMAS PARTY HOLIDAY RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• In a punch bowl, combine sugar, oj, and lemon juice: stir until sugar dissolves.
• Add cherries, triple sec, rum orange slices, lemon slices and pineapple chunks.
• Stir and refrigerate for 1-2 hours to allow the flavours to blend.
• Pour in Seltzer and add ice just before serving.

HOT CHRISTMAS PUNCH

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a 6-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours or until heated through and candies are melted, stirring occasionally.

CHRISTMAS CRANBERRY PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first 5 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 4-6 minutes or until cranberries are softened. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Transfer to a blender; process until smooth. If desired, strain through a fine-mesh strainer. Pour into a 6-cup ring mold. Freeze until solid., Just before serving, wrap bottom of mold in a hot damp dishcloth; invert onto a baking sheet and lift off mold. Place ice ring in punch bowl. Gently stir in ginger ale, cold water, pineapple juice and lemon juice. If desired, serve with mint leaves and additional cranberries.

SLOW-COOKER CHRISTMAS PUNCH

Steps:

• In a 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 4 ingredients. Cook, covered, on low until heated through and candies are melted, 3-4 hours. Garnish with cranberries and additional cinnamon sticks.

MEXICAN HOT CHRISTMAS FRUIT PUNCH

Steps:

• Place the crab apples in a pot with water and bring to a boil.Once it has boiled turn off heat and take off peel and pits.
• In another pot, preferably of Mexican clay pottery, pour the 6 litters of water and turn heat to high.
• Meanwhile peel and chunk the sugar cane.
• When the water has begun boiling put in the peeled and pitted crab apples and the chunked sugar cane and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Also chunk the golden delicious apples and the peeled guavas and add to the brew. Simmer for another 30 minutes.
• Add the sugar and on the next boil, add the.
• orange peel bits and the cinnamon, the prunes and the cloves. Simmer until cinnamon and cloves release their flavor and just before serving add rum to taste.
• Serve hot.
• Optional: You can add a couple of slices of drained canned peaches when serving.

RED CHRISTMAS PUNCH (HOT MULLED CIDER)

Steps:

• 1. Mix together the ciders/juices in a large kettle over medium heat.
• 2. Peel the zest off one orange in large strips. Place zest, cinnamon sticks, and cloves in a double square of cheesecloth, and tie tightly. Place spice bag into the cider mixture.
• 3. Heat the cider to serving temperature - like hot coffee or tea (do not boil). Barely simmer the punch for about 15 minutes.
• 4. Juice the orange and add the juice to the cider. Halve and slice the remaining orange and float the slices on top of the hot punch. Serve hot with an orange slice and cinnamon stick if desired.

CHRISTMAS SNOW PUNCH

Steps:

• In punch bowl, combine Hi-C Hula Punch, Sprite and ice cream.
• Stir until well blended and chill.
• From: Spartan Holiday Cookbook Robin

SLOW COOKER WARM CHRISTMAS PUNCH

Steps:

• Place cinnamon sticks and cloves in a sachet bag. Place in a slow cooker with apple juice, cranberry juice, brown sugar, and lemon juice. Cook on High until hot, about 1 hour.
• Reduce heat to warm and begin serving.

NON-ALCOHOLIC CHRISTMAS PUNCH

Steps:

• Put the pear and lemon slices, sugar and mixed spice in a large punch bowl or jug, and chill for up to 1 hr to infuse.
• Add the lemon juice and grape juice, stirring to dissolve any sugar. Stir in your chosen spirit, if using.
• Pour in the ginger ale and sparkling water, then add a few large handfuls of ice. Sprinkle over the pomegranate seeds and drop in a few sprigs of rosemary.

CHRISTMAS PUNCH BOWL CAKE

Steps:

• Make cake according to package directions.
• Cool completely.
• Crumble cake.
• Place half of crumbled cake in a large punch bowl.
• Prepare pistachio pudding according to package directions.
• Pour half of prepared pistachio pudding over cake, spreading evely over cake.
• Spoon half of undrained pineapple over pistachio pudding.
• Poke holes in cake to allow pineapple juice to seep through.
• Pour half of the strawberry pie filling over the pineapple mixture.
• Spread half of the nondairy whipped topping over the strawberry pie filling.
• Begin another layer by adding the remaining cake, pudding, pineapple, pie filling and finally ending with the nondairy whipped topping.
• Garnish with the maraschino cherries and walnut halves, in an alternating pattern.
• Refrigerate until you serve it to your guests.

PINK CHRISTMAS PUNCH

Steps:

• In a 8-qt. punch bowl, combine the pineapple juice, fruit punch and cranberry juice. Slowly stir in ginger ale and ice cream. Serve immediately.