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!

Christmas Punch

PREP:10 mins

COOK: 0 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 freshcranberries. Enjoy!

Notes

– *IMPORTANT NOTE ON CRANBERRY JUICE: Look for a juice that is marked100% cranberry but that has a blend of other juices, usually apple, added.If you purchase 100% pure cranberry juice without any other fruits used, itmay be too tart for your taste. If this happens, you can sweeten the punchto your liking by stirring in 1/4 to 1/2 cup simple syrup.

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

Nutrition

SERVING: 1 glass, about 6 ounces

CALORIES: 137kcal

CARBOHYDRATES: 13g

SODIUM: 18mg

SUGAR: 12g