This pomegranate cider spritzer is the perfect delicious fall or winter drink. Serve it as a cocktail or a mocktail: you choose!
It’s past the first few days of November, which means it’s Thanksgiving planning time! Every year, Alex and I have a tradition where we create an entire Thanksgiving menu to share on the blog, and it’s one of our favorite things about the month. For the menu, we focus on healthy, whole food recipes that make the ingredients shine and are fabulously delicious without extra calories and richness. Since we’re always Thanksgiving guests, we never get to host, so this meal is our time to experiment with lots of fall flavors. We spent a few weeks ago making the entire meal, with a few helpers.
We’ll share all the recipes with you starting next week, but to start it off, here’s a little before dinner drink. It can be either alcoholic or non-alcoholic, and both versions are fantastic. It’s sweet and slightly tangy, and would look lovely garnished with pomegranate seeds (we intended to use them but overlooked it before snapping the photos above!).
To make the soda water, we used this soda maker available in our new gift shop. It’s a perfect idea for as healthy beverage substitute for soda pop, which is why we purchased it. Alex used to be a huge pop drinker, and while he hasn’t had the stuff in years, he still enjoys beverages that are more exciting than plain old water. Soda water with some lemon and/or lime wedges is a perfect soda substitute, and we drink it often. It’s also fun to experiment with carbonating other beverages, like wine (instant champagne!).
We hope you enjoy this cocktail (or mockail, if you serve it without booze)!
Looking for more drink recipes?
Outside of this pomegranate cider spritzer, we have lots of delicious drink recipes on A Couple Cooks! Here are our favorite drink recipes:
- Lemon Herb Cucumber Water Recipe
- Sparkling Blood Orange Rosemary Water
- Naturally Sweetened Whiskey Sour
- Spiced & Spiked Apple Cider
- Naturally Sweet Simple Margarita Recipe
- Pomegranate Iced Tea Holiday Punch
Looking for more fall recipes?
Outside of this pomegranate cider spritzer recipe, here are a few of our favorite fall recipes:
- Stuffed Delicata Squash with Wild Rice and Sage
- Garlic and Chive Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pecorino and Pecans
- Massaged Kale Salad with Apple and Pomegranate
- Poached Pears with Pecan Granola and Whipped Cream
This recipe is…
This pomegranate cider spritzer is non alcoholic, vegetarian, vegan, plant based, dairy free, naturally sweet, and refined sugar free.
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Pomegranate Cider Spritzer
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
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Cook Time: 0 minutes
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Total Time: 5 minutes
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Yield: 4
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Category: Drink
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Method: Stirred
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Cuisine: American
Description
This pomegranate cider spritzer is the perfect delicious fall or winter drink. Serve it as a cocktail or a mocktail: you choose!
Ingredients
- 450 mL apple cider (non-alcoholic)
- 150 mL pomegranate juice
- 300 mL soda water
- 2 limes
- Pomegranate seeds (optional)
- Vodka or bourbon (optional)
Instructions
- Mix together 450 mL apple cider, 150 mL pomegranate juice, and 300 mL soda water (we used a soda maker, available here). For an alcoholic version, add a splash of vodka or bourbon.
- Cut lime wedges and add the juice of two wedges to each serving. Garnish with lime wedges and pomegranate seeds.
Keywords: Pomegranate Spritzer, Cider Spritzer, Pomegranate Drink, Cider Drink, Mocktail, Cocktail, Drink Recipes, Fall Drinks
18 Comments
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
November 6, 2014 at 1:14 amMy family would go crazy for this around the holiday. Love it!
Ashlae
November 6, 2014 at 9:19 amI’m currently planning our Thanksgiving feast using recipes from some of my favorite folks and this just certainly made the drink list (assuming we can get apple cider and pomegranate juice in Iceland). Although I’m gonna have to go with non-optional gin. ;)
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan
November 6, 2014 at 10:26 amI’m loving your new gift shop, I just want everything! Also, I can see myself sipping a few of these while preparing Thanksgiving dinner : )
Sonja
November 6, 2014 at 11:54 amOh, thank you so much, Abby! All the gift shop items are our absolute favorites. Let us know if you try anything out!
Cynthia @ The Simple Fare
November 6, 2014 at 11:21 amGrowing up in a Persian family, I was raised eating pomegranate and it’s one of my favorite winter foods. I’m always looking for new ideas to use it, and can’t wait to try this recipe out!
Sasha
November 6, 2014 at 11:26 amThis looks lovely! I have a question though, what exactly is your apple cider? Here in the UK, apple cider is alcoholic. Is it some kind of sparkling apple juice for you guys?
Sonja
November 6, 2014 at 11:32 amSasha, thanks for this comment! I didn’t realize apple cider was alcoholic in the UK! In the US, “apple cider” is non-alcoholic (but not sparkling), and “hard cider” is alcoholic. Is this something accessible to you in the UK? I’ll update the recipe too!
Sasha
November 6, 2014 at 11:53 amOh that’s really interesting! Yes and in some cases it is very alcoholic! I guess that we would just use apple juice then, or sparkling apple juice and omit the soda. Unless your apple cider is not the same as apple juice?
Alex
November 6, 2014 at 12:36 pmI think any apple juice would be delicious; American apple cider is basically unfiltered apple juice.
Kathryn
November 7, 2014 at 8:46 amHi Sasha, I’ve found that the closest equivalent to apple cider in the UK is the Copella cloudy apple juice – it seems to be pretty much the same thing.
Sonja
November 7, 2014 at 11:32 amKathryn, thanks for the response on this! This is very helpful!
Sasha
November 10, 2014 at 2:24 pmThanks for this Kathryn! I will definitely be trying out the recipe then :)
Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy
November 6, 2014 at 2:05 pmYum! This looks so refreshing :) Love your glasses too!
Chris
November 6, 2014 at 7:22 pmThis looks delicious, but I am a little surprised to see your liquid measurements are not in ounces or cups, but rather are metric. Why the departure?
Alex
November 6, 2014 at 9:20 pmHaha! I was wondering if anyone would notice :-) After figuring out the 3-1-2 proportion that I liked, mL offered the easiest way to up it to 4 servings. Sorry if its confusing!
Kathryn
November 7, 2014 at 8:47 amThis drink sounds right up my street. Although I love a good cocktail, I’m quite partial to a non-alcoholic version too and definitely enjoy drinking something that’s a bit more special than water, particularly around the holidays.
Anonymous
November 13, 2014 at 5:31 amLovely idea, looks delicious and once again, amazng pictures.
Cheers!
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Sophie | The Green Life
November 22, 2015 at 7:41 pmThis is such a perfect drink for the holidays! I love the apple cider and pomegranate combo! <3