When it’s time to host a party, do you know what you’re going to serve your guests to drink? Make this 5 ingredient holiday punch recipe with has beautiful sugared cranberries as a garnish for a festive drink fit for a crowd.
At holiday dinners, parties and get together drinks sometimes take the back seat. You see a couple bottles of mixers and some alcohol bottles, but when was the last time you saw a punch bowl?
When you’re hosting a crowd, not having to worry about making sure everyone has a drink is such a relief. With a punch bowl, guests can simply serve themselves a tasty drink! Plus it serves as a great bar centerpiece.
If you don’t have a punch bowl, we love this modern one.
What ingredients do I need for this holiday drink?
- Ice cubes – barely even counts as an ingredient right!?
- Peach-mango juice (like this one)
- 7Up
- Pomegranate seeds
No festive cocktail is complete without a beautiful garnish, right!? This sugared cranberry garnish takes maybe a total of 10 minutes – simply because of some required drying time – and it’s worth every second!
How do you make sugared cranberries?
- Make a simple syrup (just sugar and water).
- Coat the cranberries
- Let them dry a bit, then coat with sugar.
- Dry again.
This holiday punch recipe is great for a drink everyone can enjoy. This one is made with no alcohol, but of course you could add some vodka or champagne to it (adding champagne will make it like a mimosa!) Do you ever make festive holiday drink recipes?
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- Basil Vodka Lemonade {Cocktail or Mocktail}
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5 Ingredient Holiday Punch Recipe
Ingredients
For the sugared cranberries:
- 2 cups of sugar divided
- 1/2 cup water
- 8-12 ounces fresh cranberries 2-3 cups
For the punch:
- Ice cubes
- 2 cups peach-mango juice
- 1 liter 7UP
- Arils from 1 pomegranate (the little seeds)
Instructions
To make the sugared cranberries:
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper and set a wire rack on top of it, set it aside.
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Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water in a deep edged pan, cook over medium-heat, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved (about 2-3 minutes). Remove from heat and stir in cranberries. Let them sit for 2 minutes, then using a slotted spoon, transfer them to the prepared wire rack. Let cool for 1 hour.
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In a shallow dish, pour remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar. in small batches, spoon the cranberries from the wire rack into the sugar dish and cover the cranberries with sugar and then transfer them to a plate or shallow dish. Allow the sugar to set for half an hour-to an hour.
- Store them in at room temperature.
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To make cocktail garnishes put 3-4 sugared cranberries on cocktail skewers.
To make the fruit punch:
- Put ice cubes into a punch bowl (I used about 4 cups ice cubes).
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Pour peach mango juice in, and pour 7UP soda in and stir to combine. Put pomegranate arils and 1 cup of sugared cranberries in the punch - they will float at the top.
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