Wassail Recipe

This wassail recipe is a delicious hot holiday drink sure to become a favorite!  This Christmas punch is a spin on the traditional recipe and for ease uses a slow cooker. 

Just a few ingredients and you’ll have the most festive beverage.

Ingredients for Wassail:

• Cranberry Grape Juice
• Apple Juice
• Orange Juice
• Brown Sugar, optional
• Cinnamon Sticks
• Star Anise
• Ground Cloves
• Ground Allspice
• Bourbon or Dark Rum

How to make wassail:

1. Gather and measure the ingredients.
2. Add all the ingredients except for the alcohol to a large slow cooker and heat on high for one hour.
3. Turn heat to low, add alcohol if you choose, and simmer for another 4-8 hours or until ready to serve and drink.
4. Strain the spices and then garnish individual servings with sliced apples, orange slices, whole cranberries cinnamon sticks, and/or star anise

Recipe Tips:

• Garnish with cinnamon sticks, star anise, cranberries, and/or fruit peels.
• This recipe can be made non-alcoholic, just omit the alcohol from the recipe.
• Test it and for a stronger drink, add more alcohol.
• Do not add the liquor until you have lowered the temperature to low, otherwise, alcohol may evaporate.

Garnishes for this wassail recipe:

• Orange slices
• Apple slices
• Cranberries
• Whole cloves
• Star anise
• Cinnamon sticks

What is wassail made of?

• Wassail is usually made with liquor, brandy, apples, and spices.

What is Christmas wassail?

• Wassail is an old English hot drink usually containing liquor, fruit, and spices.

What does wassail mean?

• According to the dictionary, wassail can mean a toast to someone’s health, or a hot drink traditionally served in a large bowl at Christmas that can any of the following: liquor, wine, spices, apples, cider, and sugar.

What do you eat with wassail?

• Wassail goes especially well with desserts.

Holiday Recipes:

• Christmas Potpourri
• Dried Orange Slices
• Champagne Sangria

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Wassail Recipe

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

6 hrs

 

This wassail recipe is a delicious hot holiday drink sure to become a favorite!  This wassail is a spin on the traditional recipe. Just a few ingredients and you'll have the most festive beverage.

Course: Beverage, Christmas, dairy-free, holidays, Thanksgiving

Cuisine: American

Servings: 16

Calories: 135 kcal

Author: Christine Galvani

Ingredients

• 2 quarts cranberry grape juice
• 2 1/2 cups apple juice
• 1 1/4 cups orange juice
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar, optional (may sub brown sugar)
• 3 Cinnamon sticks (to fit into serving glasses use 3-inch cinnamon stick)
• 4 Star anise
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3/4 cup dark rum or bourbon

Instructions

1. Combine all the ingredients, except the alcohol and garnishes in a large slow cooker or crockpot and heat on high for one hour.

2. Reduce heat to low, add the alcohol, and simmer for 4-8 hours or until ready to serve and drink.

3. Strain spices and garnish individual servings with sliced apples, orange slices (studded with cloves if preferred), whole cranberries, or star anise as desired.

Recipe Notes

Recipe Tips:

• Garnish with cinnamon sticks, star anise, cranberries, and/or fruit peels.
• This recipe can be made non-alcoholic, just omit the alcohol from the recipe.
• Test it and for a stronger drink, add more alcohol.
• Do not add the liquor until you have lowered the temperature to low, otherwise, alcohol may evaporate.

Garnishes for this wassail recipe:

• Orange slices
• Apple slices
• Cranberries
• Whole cloves
• Star anise
• Cinnamon sticks

Nutrition Facts

Wassail Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 135 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Fat 1g2%

Saturated Fat 1g5%

Sodium 13mg1%

Potassium 211mg6%

Carbohydrates 27g9%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 24g27%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 48IU1%

Vitamin C 10mg12%

Calcium 28mg3%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.