An easy 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! We used some of Shutterfly holiday home décor items to serve the drinks and to fully ring in all the holiday feel! Everything was easy to order and came out great!
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.
How To Serve Your Spiced Apple Cider Cocktails
These jars are so fun to drink from. I love the oversized feel and the charm they add to the table. You can get each mug 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/placesetting, 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!! Enjoy and happy fall!! Hard Apple and Spice Cider Cocktail
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.
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
Check Out These Other Great Fall Cocktails
An Easy Apple Crisp Cocktail Recipe
Hard Apple Cider Punch with Kombucha
Apple & Gin Autumn Cocktail by No Spoon Necessary
The Autumn Pear – Cocktail with Pear Cider by Gastronom
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Hard Apple and Spice Cider Cocktail
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.
nikki says
November 22, 2016 at 11:47 amWhat a great cocktail for Thanksgiving!
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