Hosting a holiday party this year? While you’re busy planning the food – and the million other things you have to do – don’t forget to add a Christmas punch to your menu. Don’t have a recipe? No worries – I have 17+ amazing ones to try this year.
17+ Easy Christmas Punch Recipes Guaranteed To Be A Crowd-Pleaser
1. Vanilla-Pear Holiday Punch
Vanilla and pear team up for an unforgettable punch everyone will love. You’ll need pear juice, vanilla extract, club soda and spices. Add reposado tequila for a boozy punch, or skip it to make this drink family-friendly. Don’t forget the fresh rosemary and cranberries for garnish. Try serving this in a pretty acrylic pitcher to show off the festive colors.
You can even add sugar to the rims of your glasses if you want to get extra-fancy when serving this drink.
2. Christmas Punch
Half Baked Harvest’s Christmas punch is divine. Cranberry, pomegranate, orange and lime juice mix with champagne, vodka, orange liquor, ginger beer and spices for a truly flavorful punch. They even include a recipe for a mocktail version if you want to skip the alcohol. The gorgeous colors of this punch will look stunning in your punch bowl. Don’t forget to add sugared cranberries, sugared rosemary and fresh anise as garnish.
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3. Non-Alcoholic Party Punch
Festive, delicious and alcohol-free, this punch is perfect for any holiday party. Fresh orange slices, orange sherbet, cranberry juice and ginger ale make the perfect drink to serve at your party. Add fresh cranberries and orange slices for garnish. Make this punch as guests arrive, so the ginger ale doesn’t go flat.
4. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Retro Punch
This Christmas punch recipe was inspired by the classic holiday movie It’s a Wonderful Life and comes from the film’s official cookbook. It’s a little complicated to make but it is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. You’ll need a bundt pan for this (yes, you read that right). The flavors of cranberry, ginger ale, orange juice and mint pair so well together in this recipe.
5. Poinsettia Punch
This poinsettia punch is just as pretty as it is tasty. It all starts with an ice ring (you’ll need a bundt pan for this) made from cranberries, pomegranate arils, cranberry juice, lemonade and rosemary. Cranberry, orange and pomegranate juice mix with champagne and bourbon for a truly unique flavor.
6. Non-Alcoholic Christmas Punch
Here’s a punch everyone can enjoy! A simple mix of cranberry juice, ginger ale and orange juice creates the base for this festive punch. Add cinnamon, star anise, thyme, fresh cranberry juice and lime zest as garnish. Serve in mason jars with sticks of cinnamon and slices of lime.
7. Jingle Juice
This tasty punch has a long list of ingredients, including warm spices, winter citrus, amaretto, Captain Morgan, Grand Marnier and sparkling water. Mango and pineapple juice add a hint of tropical flavor to this punch – yum! Fresh cranberries and citrus slices make this punch look divine when served. You can also add frozen slices of lime and oranges to the bowl to help keep the punch extra-chilled throughout the evening.
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8. Citrusy Christmas Punch
A bright, festive punch with flavors of apple cider, cranberry juice and orange juice. Fresh cranberries, rosemary, star anise and cinnamon sticks make this punch even more gorgeous. Feel free to add rum or champagne, or keep it non-alcoholic for everyone to enjoy. I recommend setting out fresh orange slices to add to each glass.
9. Rudolph’s Rockin’ Pomegranate Jingle Juice
Pomegranate juice, ginger beer, sparkling champagne, lime juice and orange liquor are the perfect combination in this punch recipe. If you’re not a fan of champagne, you can use sparkling wine instead. For garnish, you’ll need sugared cranberries, fresh mint and pomegranate arils.
10. Holly Jolly Christmas Punch
A Christmas punch that’s sure to make everyone jolly! A blend of pineapple juice, cranberry juice, Squirt and tequila. If you can’t find Squirt, you can use any citrus soda. Add fresh lime slices and cranberries as garnish. Want to make this non-alcoholic? Just skip the tequila.
If you have a large punch bowl like this one, you can make enough to serve all of your guests this Christmas.
11. Kris Kringle’s Jingle Punch
How pretty is this festive punch? You need just a few ingredients for this one: sparkling rosé, cranberry juice, vodka (or gin) and winter spiced cranberry Sprite. You can also add simple syrup for a little extra sweetness if you want. Serve over ice and garnish with fresh cranberries and rosemary.
12. White Christmas Rum Punch
This Christmas punch looks like a bowl of snow. Making it will be a labor of love, but it will be worth it when your guests rave about it. Along with sugar and water, you’ll need evaporated milk, almond extract, vanilla ice cream, coconut, white rum and lime soda for the punch. The ice ring features bright red cranberries. Add fresh coconut to the rim of the bowl to complete the snowy look.
Make sure that you prepare the ice ring ahead of time, so it’s completely frozen when you’re ready to make the punch.
13. Holiday Party Punch
You’ll find a few different versions of this party punch on Soup Addict. The winter version has gorgeous holiday colors and flavors that partygoers will love.
It blends ginger ale with pomegranate juice, lemon-lime soda, lemonade concentrate and orange juice. For garnish? Add a scoop of raspberry sorbet. The sorbet adds fun texture and flavor to this punch. If you want guests to self-serve their sorbet, I recommend storing it in an ice cream cooler to keep it chilled all evening.
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14. Best Ever Christmas Punch
Christmas punch is always delicious, and while the author’s recipe titles this version the “best,” I’m not sure that I would go that far. But I will say it’s one of the better recipes that I’ve tried, and it takes all of 10 minutes to prepare it.
Refreshing and perfect for a party, you’ll make the punch with:
- Champagne
- Cranberry
- Cider
- Rum
- Sparkling wine
- Ginger ale
- Cranberries
- Oranges
Hint: Experiment with different juices. If you don’t prefer cranberry juice, you can always try pomegranate to see how it tastes.
15. Cranberry Prosecco Punch
Cranberry prosecco is a favorite of mine during the holiday season and is a rather festive drink filled with what I consider holiday flavors (i.e., cranberries). And all you need are four main ingredients to get started with this punch:
- Cranberry juice
- Cranberries
- Triple sec
- Prosecco
Cranberries will act as the garnish for your drink and you can use either fresh or frozen ones. I wouldn’t recommend adding in the prosecco if you plan to prepare the drink ahead of time. Instead, you can prepare everything else and then add the prosecco right before serving.
16. Tasty Christmas Cranberry Lemonade Punch
Four servings of lemonade punch will be a hit this holiday season. You’ll also find plenty of alternative ingredient options provided, and it’s so easy to put this punch together. Vodka and sparkling wine are both options if you want to make this punch with alcohol.
You’ll start by prepping the glasses with ice before adding in your cranberry apple juice, ginger ale, fresh mint sprigs and lemon slices.
Lime and fresh mint will be your drink’s garnish and will give it an elegant, picture-perfect look.
17. Boozy Grinch Punch
Green and red offer festive colors and one delicious punch that uses lemon-lime Kool-Aid, pineapple juice, simple syrup, honey, red sanding sugar, ice and vodka. You’ll need a large pitcher for this recipe, and the author provides:
- Variations if you don’t like vodka
- Options for adding in ice cream or sherbet
- Garnish ideas to jazz up this punch even further
18. Grandma’s Christmas Punch
Grandma may be on to something this holiday season. Grandma’s Christmas punch looks delicious and goes perfectly with a side of cookies. But she won’t be getting tipsy thanks to this alcohol-free punch.
You’ll only add:
- Ginger ale
- Sugar
- Pineapple juice
- Orange juice
- Water
You’ll dissolve the sugar in the water with a saucepan before combining the ingredients in a large pitcher and putting it in the refrigerator to chill.
19. Spiced Cranberry Gin Punch with Frosted Rosemary
How picture-perfect is this punch? Garnish is what really makes this gin punch look and taste so great. You’ll use fresh rosemary, sugar and a cocktail stick to skewer all of the fresh cranberries that you’ll lay on top of the glass.
And for the drink itself, you’ll need a whiskey glass – filled with ice – and add in the:
- Lemon juice (fresh is best)
- Orange juice
- Gin
- Orange bitters
- Cranberry syrup
A recipe to make spiced cranberry simple syrup is available and it takes just 10 minutes to make the syrup at home.
20. Cranberry Mojito Punch
Festive, fruity and delicious, a large batch of this cocktail is sure to be a hit this holiday season. Presentation is everything with this drink, which includes simple syrup, cranberries, limes, fresh mint, lime seltzer, crushed ice, cranberry juice and a light rum.
You can try rock glasses, or if you want a more upscale look, consider the Viski Zenith Deco Crystal Tumbler.
