Description
Apple Cider Halloween Cocktails spiced apple cider with bourbon or rum, citrus, fizz, and festive garnishes. Easy, cozy, and perfect for fall parties.
Ingredients
2 cups apple cider
1 cup bourbon (or spiced rum/vodka)
½ cup ginger beer or club soda
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp maple syrup (optional)
1 tsp ground cinnamon or pumpkin spice
Ice cubes
—Garnish—
Apple slices
Cinnamon sticks
Sugar-cinnamon for rims
Instructions
1. Rim glasses with sugar-cinnamon and fill with ice.
2. In a pitcher, stir apple cider, bourbon, lemon juice, and maple syrup.
3. Add ginger beer or club soda; stir gently.
4. Pour into glasses and garnish with apple slices and cinnamon sticks.
Notes
For mocktail version, skip liquor and use sparkling water.
Make base up to 24 hours ahead; add fizz before serving.
Serve warm by heating cider with spices, then adding liquor off-heat.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Mixed
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg