If you’re looking for a cheerful holiday punch recipe to kick off the festive season, then you’ll definitely want to try this Christmas Punch recipe (non alcoholic). It’s ideal to serve to all ages, it looks stunning, and can be made in just 10 minutes!
One of the best things about a festive punch recipe is that it typically requires minimal ingredients and effort. This Christmas Punch is certainly no exception, with only 4 main ingredients and a matter of minutes to assemble – you get more time to enjoy the holiday season with your whole family and less time in the kitchen! While I find this punch sweet enough, you can also add this homemade Simple Syrup to the mix or add a deeper color of red to the punch by adding this Cranberry Simple Syrup.
Our Party Punch is also great for any fun occasion during the holidays or any time of the year: Party Punch Recipe.
This non-alcoholic Christmas punch recipe is a delicious holiday drink for kids and adults alike. It’s also just as easy to modify this recipe by simply adding vodka or white rum for a boozy beverage! If you love holiday drinks, be sure to try my homemade eggnog, Christmas cranberry cocktail, or Christmas Sangria.
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Why You’ll Love this Christmas Punch Recipe
- It’s a beautiful festive drink for any holiday party that looks sophisticated while being extremely simple to make – you only need to blend 4 main ingredients.
- This non-alcoholic delicious holiday punch is perfect to serve to all ages but you can just as easily add in vodka or rum for a boozy drink.
- This recipe is easy to modify to suit flavor preferences and can be doubled when serving a larger crowd.
🍊 Ingredients:
- Frozen orange juice concentrate – You’ll need one can of orange concentrate. Use your favorite brand.
- Ginger ale – This adds a lovely sparkling fizz to the Christmas punch with a kick of warm ginger flavor. If you don’t enjoy Ginger ale, use Lemon-Lime soda or Sprite.
- Cranberry juice – Use your favorite brand of cranberry juice. The cranberry juice gives this punch a lovely deep red hue and adds a tart flavor. You could also use pomegranate juice.
- Pineapple juice – This adds sweetness to the punch to balance the tart cranberry juice.
- Garnish – I’ve added whole cranberries, orange slices, and mint leaves to the Christmas punch as an attractive garnish. Feel free to add more or less of the garnish. When serving to young children, consider removing the cranberries as they could be a choking hazard.
For a full list of ingredients and their measurements, 📋 please view my printable easy recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Substitutions and Variations
- Instead of ginger ale, you could use a lemon soda.
- Mix up your garnishes with your favorite fruit slices. While I opted for orange slices, cranberries, and mint leaves, you could also use lemon and lime slices, pomegranate seeds, and a sprig of rosemary! You can also garnish with cinnamon sticks.
- Make an adult version of this non-alcoholic holiday drink. I’ve added some helpful suggestions on how to add alcohol to this drink below.
🔪 Instructions:
Step 1: In a large pitcher or punch bowl, pour out contents of frozen juice concentrate. Instead of adding water to the juice concentrate, measure Ginger Ale and add to the pitcher (3 cans or 36 oz. of Ginger Ale).
Step 2: Add cranberry juice and pineapple juice to pitcher. Stir to mix frozen juice concentrate into mixture.
Step 3:
Add fresh cranberries and slices of oranges to the pitcher filled with Christmas punch. Fill serving glasses with ice cubes and pour the Christmas punch over them. Garnish each glass with an assortment of fresh cranberries, mint leaves, and slices of orange.
Recipe Tips for Christmas Punch
- If you decide to serve this easy Christmas Punch in a pitcher then you’ll need one with a volume of 96 oz. for my recipe. You also have the option of easily doubling the quantity or reducing the ingredients for a smaller pitcher.
- You can substitute any kind of fruit juices, as long as they are concentrate, in this recipe depending on your preference.
- If you are using a 2-liter bottle of Ginger Ale, measure out the Ginger Ale using the empty can of juice concentrate. It’s a 1:1 substitute according to the instructions on the side of the concentrate can – we’re using Ginger Ale instead of water.
- The cranberry juice is what gives this punch its deep red color. If you want a deeper red, simply add additional cranberry juice – the flavor is still just as delicious.
Fun Fact
It’s amazing to think that some of the very first punch drinks emerged as far back as the early 1600s, albeit very different from the punch recipes we enjoy today, no doubt. The Christmas punch bowl can be attributed to Indian tradition, derived from the Hindi word “panch” which means “five” – a concoction that was originally made with five main ingredients.
Sailors from the British East India Company took this concept back home with them in the early 1600s and it spread around the globe, adapted to what we consider a punch today.
Recipe FAQs
This Christmas punch is best served immediately (since the Ginger Ale will lose its fizz) but if you do want to make it ahead of time, then simply leave out the ginger ale, ice cubes, and any fruit garnishes, and store in a pitcher covered tightly with plastic wrap in the refrigerator the day before serving.
When ready to serve your drinks, add the ginger ale and plenty of ice to the glasses (or large punch bowl) with cranberries, orange slices, and/or mint leaves for garnish. The ginger ale must only be added just prior to serving so that you get a fresh fizz to the punch.
A great thing about this Christmas Punch is the fact that it looks just as good whether served in glass jars or in clear punch bowls and/or pitchers. Consider keeping a bottle of vodka, rum, or whiskey alongside the punch bowl to allow your adult guests to opt for adding alcohol to their glasses. Add some Santa cocktail sticks for your guests to mix their drinks.
If serving kids, consider adding a festive paper straw to the glass or cup for a bit of added fun!
Yes, definitely! You can make this an alcoholic holiday punch recipe by adding in 1 cup of vodka or 1 cup of white rum to make an alcoholic Christmas punch. You may want to taste the punch to assess how weak or strong you want the punch to be and then adjust by either adding in more alcohol or diluting it with additional juice and ginger ale.
Making a boozy Christmas punch is a great option if you want to cater to the adults during the festive season. This is one delicious holiday party bubbly drink you can bring to all of your Christmas celebrations.
Spiced rum or whiskey are also great alcoholic additions to this drink.
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Christmas Punch Recipe (Non-Alcoholic)
Ingredients
- 1 can frozen orange juice concentrate
- 3 cans Ginger Ale or 36 oz.
- 4 cups cranberry juice
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- Orange slices cranberries, and/or mint leaves to garnish
Instructions
- Fill glasses with ice.
- In a large pitcher or punch bowl, pour out contents of frozen juice concentrate. Instead of adding water to the juice concentrate, measure Ginger Ale and add to the pitcher (3 cans or 36 oz. of Ginger Ale).
- Add cranberry juice and pineapple juice to pitcher. Stir to mix frozen juice concentrate into mixture.
- Serve over ice. You can also add ice to the pitcher or punch bowl for serving a large group.
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Notes
- If you decide to serve this Christmas Punch in a pitcher then you’ll need one with a volume of 96 oz. for my recipe. You also have the option of easily doubling the quantity or reducing the ingredients for a smaller pitcher.
- You can substitute any kind of fruit juice concentrate in this recipe depending on your preference.
- If you are using a 2-liter bottle of Ginger Ale, measure out the Ginger Ale using the empty can of juice concentrate. It’s a 1:1 substitute according to the instructions on the side of the concentrate can – we’re using Ginger Ale instead of water.
- The cranberry juice is what gives this punch its deep red color. If you want a deeper red, simply add additional cranberry juice – the flavor is still just as delicious.
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Comments & Reviews
Allison says
The color is very off-putting. It is a muddy orange color, without even a hint of red. Maybe using half of a can of concentrate and more cranberry juice would help.
Stefanie says
You can definitely use less orange juice for a clearer color.