A Fun Hard Spiced Apple Cider Cocktail

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Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
Servings: 1 serving
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An easy hard spiced apple cider cocktail that not only has festive fall flavors but is also light and refreshing! Great for Thanksgiving!

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We’re super excited about Thanksgiving and gathering with friends and family this year! We wanted to create an easy cocktail that not only has festive fall flavors, but is also light and refreshing.

We mixed up a delicious Hard Apple and Spice Cider Cocktail that’s perfect for serving with dinner or just as a fall libation. It’s such a light, refreshing cocktail and has flavors of lemon, ginger, cinnamon and apple.

This drink is so delicious and easy to make!! We served them in large, chilled, and customized mason jars to give them a rustic touch!

How To Make A Hard Spiced Apple Cider Cocktail – Step By Step

  • Add a mixture of cinnamon and sugar with a little chili onto the wet rims of 2 chilled mugs.
  • Add all of the ingredients into a large shaker and mix it up with lots of ice. Don’t shake it but just mix.
  • Pour into your cinnamon/sugar rimmed chilled mugs and enjoy.
shot of apples on a board

How To Serve Your Spiced Apple Cider Cocktails

Serve the cocktail in an oversized mug for fun! You can even get them etched with a charming saying or even your guests’ names, which can turn into a simple holiday gift for them to take home! So it works as a name/place setting, drink marker and gift! I love that idea!!

We’re kind of monogram crazy in our house, so we were all about the marble and wood serving board with the P etched in the wood. It’s a clean, pretty way to serve up appetizers or garnishes.

Hard Spiced Apple Cider Cocktails – A Great Make Ahead Cocktail

The apple cider cocktail mix is a cinch to whip up, no chopping, muddling or extravagant mixology needed – less 5 mins prep!

And Because I’m such a make-ahead type person, we created this cocktail so you can mix it up and store it in this gorgeous, stainless steel, copper-colored growler until you’re ready to serve.

We etched our growler with our signature slogan “Stay Charming” to add a little personal charm!!

shot of growler with spiced apple cider inside

Awesome Hard Ciders

One of the key ingredients here is the hard cider. Why not try one of these great hard ciders:

  • Seattle Cider Company.
  • Crispin Pacific Pear Cider.
  • Foggy Ridge Handmade Cider.
  • Downeast Cider Original Blend.
  • Wolffer Estate No. 139 Dry Rosé Cider.
  • B. Nektar Slice Of Life Lemon Ginger Cider.
  • Eve’s Cidery Darling Creek.
  • Redd’s Apple Ale.
shot of monogrammed growler containing spiced apple cider

Top Tips For Making A Hard Spiced Apple Cider Cocktail

  • Easy to make ahead of time, if you are planning for a party.
  • Chill your mugs!
  • Rim your mugs with some sugar, this will balance out the crisp tartness of the apple cider really well.
  • Garnish with a stick of cinnamon
top down shot of apples and spiced apple cider on a table

Check Out These Other Great Fall Cocktails

An Easy Apple Crisp Cocktail Recipe

Hard Apple Cider Punch with Kombucha

Lavender Apple Vodka Cocktail

10 easy Punch Recipes for a Party

Simple Havana Cocktail Recipe

Apple & Gin Autumn Cocktail by No Spoon Necessary

The Autumn Pear – Cocktail with Pear Cider by Gastronom

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Hard apple cider cocktail
5 from 2 votes

Hard Apple and Spice Cider Cocktail

By: Eden
An easy cocktail that not only has festive fall flavors, but is also light and refreshing.
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
Servings: 1 serving
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Ingredients 

  • 5 oz Sprite
  • 1 oz of lemon juice, 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tsp of ginger juice
  • 8 oz of hard cider
  • 1 oz simple syrup
  • 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • Pinch of chili powder mixture of cinnamon and sugar, and tiny bit of chili for rim

Instructions 

  • Add a mixture of cinnamon and sugar with a little chili onto the wet rims of 2 chilled mugs.
  • Add all of the ingredients into a large shaker and mix it up with lots of ice. Don’t shake it but just mix. Pour into your cinnamon/sugar rimmed chilled mugs and enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 236kcal, Carbohydrates: 44g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 46mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 42g, Vitamin A: 100IU, Vitamin C: 11mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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About Eden

I’m Eden Passante and I develop, create, style and photograph every recipe and party on Sugar and Charm. I’m the author of Entertaining with Charm and have a Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics and I’m here to help you create simple and easy recipes for entertaining and how to add charm to any gathering!

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