Pomegranate Cider Spritzer

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.

Pomegranate Cider Spritzer

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• Author: a Couple Cooks
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 0 minutes
• Total Time: 5 minutes
• Yield: 4
• Category: Drink
• Method: Stirred
• Cuisine: American

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This pomegranate cider spritzer is the perfect delicious fall or winter drink. Serve it as a cocktail or a mocktail: you choose!

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Ingredients

• 450 mL apple cider (non-alcoholic)
• 150 mL pomegranate juice
• 300 mL soda water
• 2 limes
• Pomegranate seeds (optional)
• Vodka or bourbon (optional)

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Instructions

1. 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.
2. 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

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Sonja Overhiser

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Sonja Overhiser is author of Pretty Simple Cooking, named one of the best healthy cookbooks of 2018. She’s host of the food podcast Small Bites and founder of the food blog A Couple Cooks. Featured from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Sonja seeks to inspire adventurous eating to make the world a better place one bite at a time.

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Alex Overhiser

Cookbook Author and photographer

Alex Overhiser is an acclaimed food photographer and author based in Indianapolis. He’s host of the food podcast Small Bites and founder of the recipe website A Couple Cooks. Featured from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Alex is author of Pretty Simple Cooking, named one of the best vegetarian cookbooks by Epicurious.

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