This holiday orange mocktail starts with bubbly sparkling water, fresh squeezed orange juice, and a festive red and green garnish. It’s super simple to pull together for your holiday party, and it’s something everyone will enjoy!
When it comes to the holidays, a bubbly sparkling beverage is a must! It makes the holidays feel special and festive.
This holiday orange mocktail brings all the joy of the season in a simple-to-make drink. Easily adjust the serving sizes to accommodate more or fewer people.
This drink is perfect as a non-alcoholic punch for your holiday party. Or it can be made as a festive drink for the kids to enjoy at the holiday table!
Whether you’re an adult or a kid, you’re sure to love the fresh flavors in this all-natural, low-calorie drink! If you’re looking for an adult holiday drink give this Vodka Blood Orange Cocktail a try!
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💗 Why You’ll Love This Orange Mocktail
- No sugar added
- All natural ingredients
- Light and refreshing
- Suitable for everyone
- Fun and festive
- Super quick and easy to make
- Only 4 ingredients
- Easily adjust the serving sizes to accommodate more or fewer people
🥣 Ingredients and Notes
Sparkling Water: Use flavorless sparkling water or club soda. Tonic water or diet tonic has added sugar.
Navel Oranges: When it comes to oranges, naval oranges are a delicious option! They are super sweet, juicy, and easy to peel. They’re also seedless, which makes them perfect for juicing!
Cranberries: If you’re making this drink for the holidays, you likely have a bag of cranberries in the refrigerator to make cranberry sauce. Reserve a quarter cup of those cranberries to add for garnish. It brings bright and vibrant colors to this drink!
Rosemary: A sprig of rosemary adds a nice herbal flavor. It also resembles pine needles which makes it a beautiful garnish for the holidays!
📋 Orange Mocktail Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Pour sparkling water into your pitcher. Add the juice of two oranges.
Step 2: Pour flavored orange water over glasses filled with ice cubes.
Step 3: Garnish with rosemary sprigs, and cranberries.
❓ Recipe FAQS
Anytime you’re in a festive mood or just want something a little more interesting to sip on that’s still low-calorie, low in sugar, and delicious.
– Holiday Party
– New Year’s Eve Party
– Brunch
– Birthday Celebrations
– Christmas Dinner
– Thanksgiving
– Valentine’s Day
– Or just an afternoon at home!
Make this mocktail fresh, just before you’re ready to serve. The sparkling water will lose its bubbles if left out for too long! You also want to keep it cold. Adding ice to the pitcher will water it down, and lose its bubbles more quickly. Therefore, I suggest preparing enough servings for the number of people you plan to serve. Then, fill each glass with ice, and pour the sparkling beverage over top.
Yes! Add a shot of vodka to each glass to turn this mocktail into a cocktail!
💭 Expert Tips
- Use sparkling water/club soda. Do not use a soda or tonic as these have added sugars, and diet sodas have artificial sweeteners.
- It’s easiest to mix the soda water and orange juice in the pitcher, and then add the cranberries and rosemary to each cup, rather than mixing all of the ingredients together in the pitcher. This allows you to allocate the appropriate amount of fresh cranberries and rosemary to each cup.
- If making for a large group, combine the ingredients in a punch bowl. Add the cranberries and rosemary to the punch bowl so that those flavors are infused in the flavored soda water. Add a few orange slices to the punch bowl for added color and flavor!
- No Cranberries: Add another red fresh fruit such as sliced strawberries, or raspberries. Cranberries are harvested from mid-September through November. You can buy them fresh during this time. However, if you making this recipe during another time of year, you can find cranberries in the freezer section.
- Use another fresh herb. Thyme, fresh mint, or sage.
- If you don’t have oranges, but have orange juice, add about a quarter to half a cup of orange juice instead of the freshly squeezed juice from the naval oranges.
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Orange Mocktail
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 cups sparkling water
- 2 naval oranges juiced
- 4 sprigs rosemary
- cranberries for garnish
Instructions
- Pour sparkling water into pitcher. Add the juice of two oranges.
- Pour flavored orange water over glasses filled with ice.
- Garnish with rosemary sprigs, and cranberries.
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Notes
- Use sparkling water/club soda. Do not use a soda or tonic as these have added sugars, and diet sodas have artificial sweeteners.
- It’s easiest to mix the soda water and orange juice in the pitcher, and then add the cranberries and rosemary to each cup, rather than mixing all of the ingredients together in the pitcher. This allows you to allocate the appropriate amount of fresh cranberries and rosemary to each cup.
- If making for a large group, combine the ingredients in a punch bowl. Add the cranberries and rosemary to the punch bowl so that those flavors are infused in the flavored soda water. Add a few orange slices to the punch bowl for added color and flavor!
Kathryn
How beautiful is this drink? I can’t wait to make this for Christmas this year. Lord knows I need a drink.
Alice | SkinnySpatula
I love a good mocktail and this one definitely goes on my list of things to try this Christmas.
Katie
Looks so good. I know my family will love this!
Tara
What a delicious drink for the holidays! So easy and I love the garnish with the cranberries and rosemary.
Mahy
This mocktail is out of this world – simple to make, yet I bet absolutely delicious! Definitely a great option for the holidays!