Cranberry Orange Holiday Punch is so refreshing! This family-friendly, non alcoholic Christmas punch recipe is perfect for the holidays.
This holiday punch recipe tastes delicious and looks so pretty, too! You can make it with lemon-lime soda or ginger ale. We enjoy it at both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.
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How To Make Cranberry Orange Holiday Punch
Step One: Prep Tray
Prepare a tray for the holiday punch ahead of time. Put cranberries in one bowl and sliced apples in another. Quick kitchen hack: soak the apple slices in club soda for 30 seconds to help prevent browning. Cut oranges into small wedges and slide them onto cinnamon sticks. Store the fruit in the fridge until ready to serve.
Step Two: Make Punch Concentrate
Mix together cranberry juice, apple cider, and orange juice concentrate. Store it in the fridge until ready to serve so that it stays chilled.
Step Three: Serve
When ready to drink, put a few cranberries and apple slices in a glass. Add a little ice and about 3/4 cup of the juice mixture. Fill the rest of the cup with about 1/4 cup of lemon-lime soda or ginger ale, and top the cup with a cinnamon stick.
Cranberry Orange Punch Bowl
If you prefer to serve the non alcoholic Christmas punch from a bowl, put the concentrate in a punch bowl with ice cubes, cranberries, and apple slices. Slowly pour in the chilled lemon-lime soda.
This cranberry orange holiday punch is delicious and refreshing and looks beautiful on the table for your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. It’s a beverage everyone in the family can enjoy!
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- Savor the season with a festive Peppermint Mocha Whipped Coffee.
- Slow Cooker Apple Cider is so easy to make! It's a copy of Caribou’s Hot Apple Blast!
Cranberry Orange Holiday Punch
Ingredients
- 3 cups cranberry juice
- 2 cups apple cider
- 1/3 cup orange juice concentrate thawed
- 2 cups chilled lemon-lime soda or use ginger ale
- 1 cup crushed ice
- 1 cup cranberries
- 1 apple thinly sliced
- 7 orange wedges
- 7 cinnamon sticks
Instructions
- Mix together the cranberry juice, apple cider, and orange juice concentrate. Store in the fridge until ready to serve.
- Slide the orange wedges onto the cinnamon sticks.
- For each glass, put a few cranberries and apple slices in a cup. Add a little ice and about 3/4 cup of the juice mixture. Fill the rest of the cup with about 1/4 cup of club soda and top with a cinnamon stick.
- For a punch bowl, put the punch concentrate, ice cubes, cranberries, and apple slices in a punch bowl. Slowly pour in the lemon-lime soda.
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Frequently Asked
The color of your punch will depend on the cranberry juice you use. You can add a little food coloring if you want to make it more red.
Yes, but the orange flavor in the drink will be less pronounced.
Stephanie says
Instead of club soda use Prossecco or champagne. Tastes amazing!
sara says
anyone try this as an alcoholic beverage? if yes, rum? Vodka?
Tammy says
Thank you for the recipe. The punch tasted great and I would definitely make it again.!!! However, it does not look anything like the picture. The picture is so refreshing and pretty. The finished product looks more like cider than cranberry. That was the only disappointment.
Ella Bell says
I made this for Thanksgiving, my daughter and I loved this. I think we are addicted to it. Thanks for the recipe. Very refreshing, great blend of ingredients, and so smooth.
Susan H. says
Delicious sounding recipe, though I would like to substitute fresh orange juice for the concentrated orange juice. Concentrate doesn’t have that fresh orange taste, and also causes indigestion in many people. Any suggestion for doing that? I was thinking maybe just 2-3 cups of it?