Holiday Punch

This Christmas punch is bright and beautiful, with wine, ginger ale, and juice! It’s a crowd favorite that’s great for entertaining.

Here’s a mind-blowing recipe for entertainment: try this holiday punch! It’s bright and sparkling, packed with citrus, berries and herbs. The sparkling wine produces sweet, tangy bubbles that are topped off with ginger ale, orange liqueur and pineapple juice. Take one sip and you will immediately want to take another! This punch recipe makes 12 servings and is ideal for any type of gathering: for the holidays or any time of year. How to do it!

What’s in this Christmas punch recipe?

This holiday punch is an alcoholic punch recipe, but you can easily make it non-alcoholic (see section below). Here’s what you need to combine in a large punch bowl:

• Champagne or Prosecco or dry white wine
• ginger ale
• Cointreau (or triple sec)
• pineapple juice

Chill all ingredients (no ice needed)

No ice is required for this holiday punch: in fact, you should avoid it! Ice dilutes a punch and weakens the flavor. In some cocktails it is necessary. But that’s not necessary here: the best flavor comes simply when all the ingredients are chilled before serving! You can get away with not chilling the Cointreau, but everything else needs chilling.

Sparkling wine adds bubbles or use white wine

This holiday punch goes great with sparkling wine because it gets the bubbles going! We prefer a good Prosecco to Champagne because it’s cheaper and tastes great! You can also use a dry white wine instead. Here are the differences between these sparkling wine options:

• sparkling wine: French sparkling wine (most expensive choice). It has a sparkling and fruity taste with hints of almond and orange. A good bottle costs between $30 and $40, so you might want to save it to drink straight.
• Prosecco: Italian sparkling wine. It’s a little sweeter than champagne: fruity and floral, with hints of apple, pear and lemon. A good bottle costs about $15.
• How are you: Spanish sparkling wine. It has more citrus notes and is slightly tastier and less fruity. It also usually costs around $15.

How to Garnish Christmas Punch

The best thing about this Holiday Punch? Nice toppings! It’s beautifully garnished with citrus and herb wheels. Here’s what we used for toppings and some other ideas:

• Orange, lemon or lime slices
• pineapple rings
• cranberries (fresh or frozen)
• raspberries or blackberries
• cherries
• blueberries
• Fresh herbs like mint, rosemary or thyme

Make a non-alcoholic Christmas punch out of it

Want to make this recipe a non-alcoholic Christmas punch? You can do that too! Here’s what to replace:

• Replace sparkling wine with sparkling wine
• Substitute the orange juice for the Cointreau

More holiday drink recipes

Want more drink ideas to keep you entertained? Here are some other holiday drink recipes or punch recipes you might enjoy: