Sparkling Cranberry Vodka Punch is perfect recipe for holiday meals and gatherings. It also can be changed up for a shortcut hot mulled drink too!
Having a fun punch on hand keeps the mood festive and bright.
Sparkling Cranberry Vodka Punch is just the ticket for fall and winter gatherings!
And don’t you love that color?!
The ingredients are available all year long. Have it for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Fourth of July too!
Trust me, after serving it just once, you’ll get requests.
And YOU won’t mind making it because it’s so EASY and delicious!
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An Easy Festive Punch Recipe!
This drink could not be easier to make or more refreshing to drink!
Seasonal flavors of cranberry and ginger in a fizzy punch that is perfect for holidays and parties.
Served with lots of ice, this thirst quenching sipper is light enough to day drink or serve with your meal.
It can be whipped up in no time and served from a punch bowl or in individual glasses.
It’s a festive cocktail to make any holiday or party a memorable occasion!
Recipe Ingredients
Four simple ingredients make this vodka cranberry punch a winner:
- Cranberry Juice
- Vodka
- Lemonade
- Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer
How to Make Cranberry Vodka Punch – Step-by-Step
This is how easy it is…
STEP 1. Mix
Add the Cranberry Juice Cocktail to a pitcher or other glass container (photo 1).
Add the Vodka (photo 2). Add the Lemonade (photo 3).
STEP 2. Chill
Chill the first three ingredients for 2-3 hours to completely chill and allow the flavors to blend.
NOTE: if the ingredients are pre-chilled, the punch only needs to chill for 2 hours.
STEP 3. Add the fizz and ice
Add the chilled Ginger Ale (photo 4) and ice (photo 5).
STEP 4. Garnish
Add slices of oranges, fresh cranberries (if available) and mint sprigs and serve (photo 6).
PRO TIPS
I have a few tips to make your punch perfection:
Use Cranberry Juice Cocktail
As much as I love antioxidants, I don’t recommend using unsweetened cranberry juice for this punch; it’s too tart.
Classic cranberry juice cocktail (or sweetened cranberry juice) is what you’ll want to use.
Chilling Ingredients
Chilling the combined juice, lemonade and vodka for a few hours helps to blend the flavors.
It also allows the punch to stay cooler longer when combined with the ginger ale.
Time Saving Tip – Pre-Chill Ingredients
Chilling the ingredients BEFORE combining them, makes this process go even quicker!
NOTE: the ginger ale should always be pre-chilled before adding it to the other three ingredients and the ice.
How to Serve It
Use a punch bowl, glass dispenser with spigot or a pitcher.
This punch is perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, holiday gatherings or just to keep in the fridge in case someone pops over .
NOTE: add the ginger ale when serving if keeping some ready in the fridge so it doesn’t lose its fizz.
Turn it into a Warm Mulled Punch!
Too cold outside for a chilled punch?
Add all the ingredients together and warm in a saucepan with a ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.
NOTE: Include the ginger ale. It won’t stay fizzy but will add warming ginger flavors.
Serve in mugs by a roaring fire.
It’s like a shortcut mulled cocktail that will take the edge of the briskest of days!
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Recipe
Sparkling Cranberry Vodka Punch
Ingredients
- 4 cups Cranberry Juice Cocktail
- 2 cups Vodka
- 2 cups prepared Lemonade
- 2 cups Ginger Ale (chilled)
- Garnish suggestions: sliced citrus fruit , fresh cranberries, mint leaves
Instructions
- Combine the cranberry juice, vodka and lemonade in a large jar or glass dispenser and chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
- Just before serving add the ginger ale and several cups of ice (if using a punch bowl an ice ring may be used). Serve in 8 ounce glasses. The recipe may be doubled for larger gatherings.
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Notes
- A shortcut for the 2 hours of chilling may be accomplished by having all ingredients chilled beforehand.
- Allowing the flavors to mesh together before serving is preferred.
Nutrition
Originally published: November 22, 2016
Sparkling Cranberry Vodka Punch is a fast and easy recipe to serve a crowd!
Jacqueline Quezada says
Do you think raspberry lemonade wouldn’t be good with this instead of just red lemonade?
Toni Dash says
Hi Jacqueline. If I’m understanding your question, no I don’t think this would be good. If you look at the process photos in the post we do not use ‘red lemonade’; we use regular lemonade which is yellow. It’s the perfect flavor combined with the cranberry juice and other ingredients. You are certainly welcome to try to swap in different ingredients but we’ve only made the recipe with the ingredients listed and feel they create the best end result! Hope that helps.
Patti says
Can I make this and leave in fridge overnight
Toni Dash says
Hi Patti. You can combine the cranberry cocktail, lemonade and vodka and keep that in the refrigerator overnight. Do not add the ginger ale but keep it in the refrigerator also (separately and sealed). Add the ginger ale when you are ready to serve.
If you add the ginger ale and store the punch overnight it will be flat by the time you serve it. Adding cold ginger ale (just before serving) keeps the punch cold. Hope that helps and Happy Holidays.
Marcia Brannen says
Can you suggest what to use in place of vodka if you want to make a non alcoholic version for kids.
Toni Dash says
You could just leave the vodka out or add something like Sprite or 7 up.
Sage says
This recipe looks delicious! I am definitely going to be trying it out at my Christmas party next week. I just hope no one spills on my new carpet!!
MrsC says
What would the measurements be to make this drink individually instead of large quantity?
Toni Dash says
Usually cocktails are sized up for a punch but a punch isn’t sized down for individual cocktails because the measurements are made for the punch and won’t directly translate. What I would do is take the full number of servings for the punch (10 1-cup servings) and divide all the ingredients by 10 to get 1 cocktail roughly. Here’s what I got (I did a bit of rounding off so they weren’t odd amounts you can’t measure): 3 ounces cranberry juice cocktail, 1.5 ounces vodka, 1.5 ounces lemonade and 1.5 ounces ginger ale. Those amounts do sound equivalent in what you might find in a single cocktail. I’d start with that and adjust to your liking. Happy Holidays!
Audrey says
So refreshing!! Such a great punch.
Jerika says
I would prepare this Sparkling Cranberry Vodka Punch tomorrow for our post Valentine’s Day celeb.:) Thanks!:)
Terri says
I made something similar for Christmas. I had small scoops of vanilla ice cream that I put in the cup. It gave it a nice creamy texture.
Katie says
This looks delish! What kind of lemonade is best?? Just a pre-made carton of lemonade? Thanks for sharing!
Toni Dash says
Any type of lemonade you love!