Enjoy the festive spirit with a delightful array of non-alcoholic holiday drinks, perfect for creating merriment without the spirits.

1) Winter Sangria

Ingredients:

  • 2 Oranges, sliced
  • 1 cup Cranberries
  • 16 oz pomegranate juice
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 2 chair tea bags
  • 2 (12oz) cans of grapefruit-flavored sparkling water
  • Garnish: anise stars, cinnamon sticks, fresh cranberries

Instructions:

  • Preheat over to 400°F
  • On a baking sheet, place sliced oranges, sliced grapefruit and cranberries
  • Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until cranberries burst and carmelize a bit
  • Meanwhile, boil pomegranate juice and orange juice. Once boiling, pour over chair tea bags
  • Steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags
  • Add in caramelized fruit and let sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight
  • Fill a glass half full of sangria mix and fill the rest of the glass with grapefruit sparkling water. Garnish with anise stars, cinnamon sticks, and fresh cranberries.
Non-alcoholic drink recipe: Winter Sangria
Winter Sangria

2) Jingle Juice

Ingredients:

  • 6 cups cranberry-apple juice mix
  • 2 cups ginger ale
  • 1 cup orange juice, orange slices for garnish
  • 1 (750ml) bottle of cold sparkling cider
  • Fresh cranberries and orange slices, for garnish

Instructions:

  • Combine cranberry apple  juice mis, ginge rale, orange juice, and sparkling beverage in a punch bowl or pitcher
  • Garnish with orange slices and cranberries

3) Cherry Lime Chiller

Ingredients:

  • ¼ cup frozen cherries
  • ½ fresh lime, freshly squeezed juice
  • 2 tbsp tart cherry juice
  • 1 can cherry lime sparkling water
  • Fresh mint
  • Lime wedge
  • Ice

Instructions:

  • Muddle: to a large glass, add the cherries, lime juice an d cherry juice and muddle slightly using a muddler, or the back of a wooden spoon
  • Add sparkling water: Fill the glass with crushed ice and then fill to the top with the cherry lime sparkling water
  • Serve: Garnish with fresh mint and a lime wedge.
Non-alcoholic drink recipe: citrus holiday drink
Jingle Juice

4) Holiday Mojito Mocktail

Ingredients:

  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp water
  • ½ cup fresh cranberries
  • 12-18 sprigs of mint
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 1-2 cans cranberry ginger ale
  • 16 oz pomegranate juice
  • Ice, as needed

Instructions:

  • Add sugar, water, and fresh cranberries to a small saucepan
  • Simmer over low heat for about five minutes until the cranberries start to open and the sauce gets very thick. Set aside and allow to cool
  • Meanwhile, add mint and lime to each glass. Muddle together to extract the flavor of the mint
  • Add ice
  • Add in ginger ale, pomegranate juice, and cooled cranberry reduction to each glass
  • Top with more mint, lime, and cranberries as garnish.

5) Mistletoe Mule

Ingredients:

  • 1 lime (1-2 tbsp juice, fresh is best)
  • 1 tbsp simple syrup
  • ¼ cup sparkling water or club soda
  • 3-4 mint leaves (optional)
  • ¾ cup ginger beer (make sure it is non-alcoholic)
  • Crushed ice

Instructions:

  • In the bottom of a cup, pour juice from the lime, simple syrup, and sparkling water
  • Add mint leave if desired
  • Fill the cup about halfway with ice
  • Then pour about ¾ a cup of ginger beer over the ice
  • Garnish with mint leaves and a lime wedge if desired.

Non-alcoholic drinks for Christmas holidays