Time to celebrate with a special drink that I am calling Caramel Apple Cider Vodka Punch. This spiked punch cocktail is a sweet, fruity, festive, and alcoholic beverage to celebrate the holidays. Made with caramel sauce, this drink is easy to prepare and can be made ahead of time. Perfect for your upcoming holiday, birthday, or cocktail party.

Hello my friends, It's December, and you know what that means?? It's time to celebrate and cheer with a special spiked drink that I call Caramel Apple Cider Vodka Punch. I have been looking forward to the holiday season because I love the whole spirit of the season with traditional Christmas songs and colorful lights.
Video Instructions: Caramel Apple Cider Vodka Punch
When I first planned to make a seasonal drink with apple cider and caramel, I started to imagine being up north with the snow, and feeling cozy sipping a hot caramel apple cider in front of the fireplace. But then I realized that the whole idea was wrong for the drink recipe because I DO live in sunny Miami. The city was calling for a festive fall drink for 75-degree weather. So my inspiration comes from my experience of Geoffrey and I having a cocktail or fruit punch on Ocean Drive, sitting at one of the sidewalk restaurants where you just sit there watching people walking along. If you live or visited South Beach, you know what I'm talking about!!


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the Caramel Apple Cider Vodka Punch Recipe
This punch sounds sweet, but it is not too sweet. This fruity, festive, and alcoholic beverage to celebrate the holidays - Hanukkah, Christmas and even New Year's - is easy to make and serves eight people. The vodka and the lemon juice cut the sweetness and balance the flavor. Get a large pitcher and add the apple cider, vodka, grenadine, lemon juice, and some sliced apple. Pour in some caramel sauce, mix and keep in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve.
If you prefer it without fruit, that’s fine. You can then call it a cocktail. But if you add the fruit, you can call it a punch. I melted the caramel for 10 seconds in the microwave for it to be able to dissolve better in the cold drink. Once you perfect making this punch, and try some of our other cocktails, you might even consider getting a bartending job in your spare time. It's great for meeting people and some extra cash.


The Caramel Apple Cider Vodka Punch recipe is perfect for your upcoming holiday party because it takes no time at all to prepare, and you can make several batches and keep it in the refrigerator. Set a space on the drink table with a large pitcher, a bucket of ice, and place the sliced apples in a fine glass bowl. This way you give the option to your guests to choose how they want the drink it – cocktail or punch.
Some people call this drink a Caramel Apple Cocktail or a Spiked Caramel Apple Cider. I think this drink deserves a more fun name, and I want “vodka” and “punch” to be in the name of this recipe.


UPDATE: This recipe is also part of our special group of caramel sauce recipes called 6 Creamy Dreamy Caramel Sauce Recipes You will Crave All Year Long.
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Caramel Apple Cider Vodka Punch
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
Description
Celebrate with a special drink I'm calling Caramel Apple Cider Vodka Punch. This spiked punch is a sweet, fruity, festive and alcoholic beverage to celebrate the holidays - Hanukkah, Christmas, and even New Year's. Caramel Apple Cider Vodka Punch has delicious caramel sauce, is easy to prepare, and can be made ahead a time - perfect for your upcoming holiday party.
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Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons caramel sauce
- 1 ½ cups vodka
- 4 cups apple cider
- 4 oz lemon juice
- 2 oz grenadine
- 1 sliced apple
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients in a large pitcher and mix well.
- Slice the apple and add the slices to the pitcher.
- Keep in the refrigerator until is time to serve.
- Add ice in the glass and pour the punch. Make sure to add some apple slices for a garnish.
Serve as a punch, or as a cocktail.
Notes
Drink responsibly. If you are under the legal drinking age limit for your state or country, this recipe is not for you. Sorry.
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- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8 oz
- Calories: 202
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 34.4 mg
- Carbohydrates: 26.7 g
Keywords: holiday punch, party cocktail, party punch
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SETHULAKSHMI
Hi! I love how informative and great your articles are. Can you recommend any other blogs that share information about flavours of India or authentic Indian recipes? Thanks a lot!
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Geoffrey Swetz
Thanks for your message. We do love Indian food but unfortunately don't have a favorite site to share. I'm sure doing a search will give you plenty of options.
Scarlet
Wowzer. that sure sounds like a delicious treat. You had me at caramel and apple. I can't wait to try this vodka punch recipe!
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
I'm sure you will love it Scarlet. It really is hard not to ;)
Krissy Allori
This punch sounds amazing. I love a good grown up punch. One of these days, we're going to get out of this quarantine and have a party and I'm serving this. In the meantime, I'll just enjoy it for myself.
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Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
LOL, yes, you will need to enjoy it yourself for now. But we will all be ready for that party. Put us on the invite list ;)
Andi
This may be a silly question-
Use 1 1/2 cups of Vodka right?
Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Not a silly question. I see how it may be confusing and I'll fix. Yes, 1 & 1/2 cups of vodka. Enjoy!
Deanne
My mouth was literally watering as I read about your caramel apple cider punch. Come apple season this will be the first thing I make!
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Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Wonderful Deanne! Great to hear. And, if your mouth was watering, then we are doing our job right ;)
Jersey Girl Cooks
These drinks look delicious and beautiful too. Perfect for a fall party when I can get fresh cider.
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Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Yes. By the Fall hopefully we will all be visiting friends and family and will be a time to celebrate fully.
Anita
Can't be faithful recreating this recipe since it's not persimmon season yet, but even without it, this is a very unique and lovely drink.
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Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
That's okay Anita. It's an unusual time, so you can do without them. And then you get to practice now and make it fully when they are in season.
Sandra
This is a must-make for the weekend!! So delish!!
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Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities
Exactly! Go for it.