Santa Claus Christmas Punch
Santa Claus Christmas Punch is an extra-delicious, easy, make-ahead holiday punch that's perfect for celebrating the holidays. This festive boozy punch is so good you will want to plan a party just so that you can serve it to your friends.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 20 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 quart 100% pomegranate juice
- 3 cup tequila
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup 100% cranberry juice (not cranberry juice cocktail)
- 750 ml dry sparkling wine (I used Prosecco)
Instructions
- 1
Refrigerate all ingredients except the sugar until you are ready to make the punch.
- 2
Make a simple syrup by placing the sugar and 1 cup of water in a small saucepan over high heat. Stir constantly and boil about 5 minutes or until the sugar dissolves, and the mixture is clear. Let the syrup cool.
- 3
Stir together the pomegranate juice, tequila, lemon juice, and cranberry juice in a large gallon-size container or punch bowl and add the cooled simple syrup. Chill at least 4 hours.
- 4
If making an ice ring, add cranberry juice and cranberries to a mold and freeze until firm, which should also take about 4 hours. If you don't have a mold, you could fill the cups of a muffin tin, use paper cups, or even a plastic storage bowl to make a block of cranberry ice to keep your punch cold.
- 5
Right before you serve your punch, add the sparkling wine and ice ring.