Sparkling Christmas Punch

An easy, refreshing recipe for Sparkling Christmas Punch for a crowd! With champagne, rum, cranberry, and cider. Not too sweet and perfect for parties!

PREP: 10 mins

TOTAL: 10 mins

SERVINGS: 20 servings

Ingredients

1 large bag of ice

5 cups 100% cranberry juice* 40 ounces, NOT cranberry juice cocktail

2 bottles very dry sparkling wine (750 ml bottles) , such as champagne, cava, or Prosecco

2 cups apple cider

1 1/2 cups diet ginger ale (12 ounces) (from 1 can or poured from a liter bottle)

1 1/2 cups dark rum or brandy (12 ounces)

2 oranges thinly sliced into rounds

1 cup fresh cranberries

Instructions

Make sure all of the ingredients are well chilled. Fill a large punchbowl with ice. Top with the cranberry juice, sparkling wine, apple cider, ginger ale, and rum. Stir gently to combine. Top with the orange slices and fresh cranberries. Enjoy!

Notes

– *IMPORTANT NOTE ON CRANBERRY JUICE: Look for a juice that is marked 100% cranberry but that has a blend of other juices, usually apple, added. If you purchase 100% pure cranberry juice without any other fruits used, it may be too tart for your taste. If this happens, you can sweeten the punch to your liking by stirring in 1/4 to 1/2 cup simple syrup.

– Nutritional information assumes no ice melt. Since realistically, some ice will melt into the glasses, the numbers are a bit high for 6 ounces.

Nutrition

SERVING: 1 glass, about 6 ounces

CALORIES: 137cal

CARBOHYDRATES: 13g

SODIUM: 18mg

SUGAR: 12g