[Post updated for 2018]
Celebrate Christmas with these holiday cocktail recipes. We’ve collected some of our favorites from around the world to add a little global flair to your festivities. After all, the holiday season is all about traditions–and if those traditions involve food (like a Christmas cookie exchange) or beverages, even better!
Cheers!
Holiday Cocktail Recipe: Ponche Navideño (Christmas Punch)

- 4 quarts water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 8 whole cloves
- 5 long tamarind pods, husked and seeded
- 1/2 pound tejocotes or crab apples, whole
- 6 large guavas, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 2 red apples, peeled, cored and cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1 pear, peeled, cored and cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 (4-inch) sugar cane sticks, peeled and cut into small chunks
- 1 cup pitted prunes
- 1/2 cup dark raisins
- 1 orange, sliced
- Brandy, optional
Holiday Cocktail Recipe: English Wassail

- 6 small-to-medium honey crisp apples, cored
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- 2 cups Madeira
- 4 oz English pale ale
- 48 oz hard cider
- 1 cup apple cider
- 12 whole cloves
- 12 whole allspice berries
- 2 cinnamon sticks, 2” long
- 2 strips orange peel, 2“ long
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Holiday Cocktail Recipe: German Eierlikör (Egg Liqueur)

- 6 fresh chicken eggs
- 1 vanilla bean
- a pinch of salt
- 300 ml of evaporated milk with 10% fat content
- 1 lb. confectioners’ sugar
- 125 ml of overproof rum, such as Bacardi 151
Holiday Cocktail Recipe: Swedish Glögg (Mulled Wine)

- 2 bottles dry red wine
- 1 bottle sweet white wine
- 1 lemon
- 1 orange
- 10 whole cloves
- 10 cardamom pods
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1” fresh ginger, thinly sliced
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup blanched almonds
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon bitters
How do you and your family celebrate the holidays? What are your favorite traditions? Tell us in the comments section!
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