Holiday Beverage Recipes
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Isn't it amazing how quickly time passes! Each year the holiday season sneaks up on me and I am faced with the decision as to whether or not to host a party or open house for my neighbors and if I do, what shall I serve.
Everyone enjoys a cocktail or fancy drink to be handed to them when they arrive at a party.
Set up a festive display of crudité, cocktail meatballs, cheeses and assorted crackers and you've got yourself a party!
Give a Flip
Nothing perks up a holiday party like a Champagne Flip or a cup of creamy eggnog.
These recipes are from my personal collection of favorite holiday recipes.
Enjoy!
Champagne Flip
Ingredients
- 1 bottle Sauterne wine, chilled
- 2 bottles Champagne, chilled
- 1 quart lemon or orange sherbet
Instructions
- Pour wine and Champagne over ice ring in punch bowl.
- Add sherbet.
- Decorate with slices of lemon, lime, and oranges
Favorite Holiday Punch
- 1 3-ounce package orange-flavored Jell-O
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 6-ounce can frozen pineapple-orange juice concentrate
- 4 cups apple juice
- 3 cups cold water
- 3 1/2 cups ginger ale, chilled
Instructions
- Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water.
- Stir in fruit juice concentrate, apple juice and cold water.
- Pour over an ice ring in punch bowl.
- Fill with chilled ginger ale.
- Serves 25.
Hot Buttered Cranberry Punch
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 1-pound cans jellied cranberry sauce
- 3 cups cold water
- 4 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
- Butter
Instructions
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- In a large saucepan, combine brown sugar, water and spice.
- Bring to a boil, remove from heat.
- Add cranberry sauce and beat until smooth.
- Stir in 3 cups cold water.
- Add pineapple juice; return to heat and simmer, uncovered about 5 minutes.
- Ladle punch into mugs, top with butter and serve with a cinnamon stick garnish.
- Serves 12.
Mulled Apple Cider
Ingredients
- 8 cups apple cider
- 1 3-inch cinnamon stick
- 10 whole cloves
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
- 4 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
- Butter
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, combine ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Strain.
- Place in crockpot to keep hot.
- Serves 8.
Old-Fashioned Egg Nog
Ingredients
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1 15-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 quart whole milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped
- Nutmeg, as garnish
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, combine well-beaten eggs, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and salt and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and gently beat in milk.
- Chill several hours.
- Stir in 3 cups cold water.
- Pour into punch bowl and fold in whipped cream.
- Garnish with nutmeg.
- Serves 12.
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© 2012 Suzanne Sheffield
Comments
they sound absolutely yum! at this moment I have half a bottle of wine with nothing to add to it, so I need to start experimenting! lol!
The accident of finding this post has brenithged my day
The Hot Buttered Cranberry Punch sounds amazing, and the photo of your Eggnog makes me want to have one right now!
Lots of lovely drinks here with great photos. Voting UP++
I am on my way over! lol! these are great! the hot buttered cranberry made my mouth water, lol! seriously great drinks!
thank you for these recipes. they look wonderful. I love eggnog. voting up!
Wow, what a great variety of beverage recipes here for the holidays! Excellent hub here and great imagery. Thanks for sharing the fantastic recipes. Yum, "Hot Buttered Cranberry Punch!"
Voted up ++++ sharing
God Bless and Merry Christmas. In His Love, Faith Reaper
I could cheers to any one of these delicious recipes; thanks for sharing them!
I might just have to start a few of these traditional drinks with my family!
The egg nog makes me think of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation- one of the best Christmas movies ever!
I might just have to make them all!
They all sound so good. I have to keep track of your recipes. I might just make one. Voted up.
These look delish!
Wow...you are putting me in the holiday spirit with all of these good sounding drink recipes. Voted up, useful and will share.
These sound yummy and great for the holidays.. I couldn't do the champagne one because I don't drink but the rest sound great. Thank you for sharing :) Very useful and voted up!
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