The Naughty Nutcracker Easy Christmas Punch with Bourbon

This festive drink recipe is a simple small batch easy Christmas punch with bourbon. It makes easy Christmas bourbon cocktails for a small crowd in minutes! Splashes of fireball cinnamon whiskey and ginger beer bring holiday spice while fresh fruits, wine, bourbon and apple liqueur make it oh so nice…

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Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

COURSE Cocktails, Drinks, Punch Recipes

CUISINE Christmas and Holiday Recipes, Christmas Cocktails

SERVINGS 4 to 6 people

Calories 242 kcal

Equipment

Pyrex Measuring Glass

Punch Bowl

Punch Ladle

Punch Cups

Ingredients

1 cup Dry Rose Wine - or dry white wine - unsweet
¼ cup Green Apple Liqueur or Apple Schnapps - such as DeKuyper or Bols.
¼ cup Kentucky Straight Bourbon - such as Four Roses, Bulleit, or Maker's Mark
¼ cup Fireball - cinnamon whiskey
¼ cup Simple Syrup
⅓ cup Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
2 tsp Fresh Squeezed Lime juice - if adding extra in for balancing taste and sweetness, do so at the end then stir in.
1 can La Croix Lime Sparkling Water
1 6.8 fl. oz bottle Ginger Beer - Fever Tree ginger beer - if you can't find 6.8 fl oz bottles, then measure out about a heaping 3/4 cup of premium ginger beer.
1 cup Sparkling Prosecco Wine - dry / unsweet - adding more as desired to smooth out all flavors and add refreshing fizz.
¼ cup Fresh Cranberries - for garnish
¼ cup Sliced Green Apple - or red apple for garnish
3 to 4 whole Cinnamon Sticks - for garnish

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Instructions

In a small punch bowl, splash in the dry rosé wine, simple syrup, green apple liqueur, and Fireball cinnamon whiskey.
To the same mixture, splash in fresh citrus juices. Splash in the fresh-squeezed lime juice and fresh squeezed-orange juice.
Next, splash in your favorite good quality bourbon. Now give these first 7 ingredients a good stir with your punch ladle.
Finish the punch by adding in some sparkling ingredients: Splash in the one full can of lime-flavored La Croix sparkling water. Splash in the one full (6.8 fl. oz) bottle of Fever Tree ginger beer. Lastly, add in the one cup or so of dry sparkling prosecco wine.
Give everything one last stir with your punch ladle and be sure to stir everything until evenly combined. Taste for balance and add more lime juice as needed to balance sweetness.
Finish your festive Naughty Nutcracker easy Christmas punch recipe and garnish with cranberries, fresh sliced apples, orange slices, and whole cinnamon sticks, if desired.
To serve, stir punch before pouring and ladle into small guest punch cups. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and cranberries. Serve cold. Stir in between pours to redistribute flavors.

Notes

For a bigger batch just double the recipe.

Keep a pyrex measuring glass handy for easy measuring and pours.

Double the measures:

1/4 cups to 1/2 cups

1 cup to 2 cups

1/3 cup to 2/3 cup

1 can of sparkling water to 2 cans

1 bottle of 6.8 fl oz ginger beer to 2 bottles full

Nutrition

Calories: 242kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 0.3gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.01gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.01gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 39mgPotassium: 171mgFiber: 1gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 53IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg

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