The lights are twinkling, and a crock pot full of Red Hot Cranberry Cider is filling the house with the wonderful holiday aromas of cinnamon and spices. Made with cranberry, orange and apples juices and sweetened with Red Hot cinnamon candies, a piping hot cup of Red Hot Cranberry Cider is just the type of thing that holiday memories are made over year after year. I don’t know about you, but it’s beginning to look, smell and taste a lot like Christmas!
Red Hot Cranberry Cider in the Crock Pot
Red Hot Cranberry Cider: Easy Crock Pot Recipe
- cranberry juice
- orange juice
- apple juice
- Red Hot candies
- cinnamon sticks
Every December, as the Christmas season begins, my family starts logging in their requests for what is fondly known at my house as simply Christmas Drink. We never have a Christmas morning without a crock pot full of this simmering on the kitchen counter. It’s as much as part of Christmas for us as the tree and all its trimmings. It’s bright red color and the way its warm cinnamon waft and welcome friends and family make it a holiday celebration all by itself!
Not to mention its easy, one step recipe… Yes, ONE step! Pure cranberry juice, rounded out with apple and orange juice, goes straight into the crock pot with spicy Red Hot cinnamon candies and cinnamon sticks. As the candies melt, they add a sweet cinnamon kick and the ruby red color to the cocktail of fruit juices.
The results are a hot Christmas drink that is as Christmas-ey as Christmas itself.
What You Might Need To Serve & Celebrate with Red Hot Cranberry Cider
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An easy crock pot recipe made with Red Hot candies, cranberry, orange and apple juices. A hot, festive Christmas drink that's easy to make!
- 4 C 100% Cranberry Juice no sugar added
- 3 C apple juice
- 3 C orangejuice no pulp
- 1 C Red Hot candies
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- orange slices
- fresh cranberries
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Pour fruit juices into crock pot. Add candies and cinnamon sticks. Turn crock pot on high. Stir occasionally until candies are melted to make sure they don't stick to the bottom. When candies are melted and drink is hot, garnish with orange slices and fresh cranberries and serve.
Sounds so good! What are the amounts of the liquid ingredients? Are the numbers for cups of each liquid? How much of the cinnamon candies are needed?
Thank you very much!
Hi, Aleane!
We had a couple of snags when we did some techy stuff on the back end of our website. It looks like this recipe was a victim of one of those snags! I am going to get right on getting that fixed. In the meantime, here are the measurements:
4 C cranberry juice
3 C apple juice
3 C orange juice
1 C Red Hot candies
I am so sorry that the recipe card was messed up. Hopefully it will be fixed by the time you see this reply and you can print the card to keep!
Thank you very much for the recipe details! I am going to make this recipe for Christmas Eve!
Merry Christmas! ~AleaneB
Oh, Aleane! You won’t be disappointed! I am so glad to hear that you are making it. You will love the sweet cinnamon-y taste and the wonderful way it fills the house with smells of Christmas! If you have time, email me a photo and I will feature it on the Southern Discourse Facebook page. It’s so fun to show off what people are making! Merry Christmas!