15 Thanksgiving cocktails
I love adding a festive touch to Thanksgiving with cocktails that perfectly complement the holiday flavors. These 15 Thanksgiving cocktails are fun, flavorful, and sure to impress your guests.
From spiced apple cider sangria to cranberry mimosas, these drinks are a great way to celebrate the season. Each cocktail features autumnal ingredients like cinnamon, apple, cranberry, and bourbon, creating warm and inviting flavors.
They’re easy to prepare, making them perfect for serving at a holiday gathering or a cozy night in. Let’s explore some of my favorite Thanksgiving cocktail recipes that will bring a little extra cheer to your celebration!
1- Thanksgiving Apple Cider Mule
The traditional Moscow Mule gets a fall makeover with this deliciously sweet and spicy Apple Cider Mule!
2- Thanksgiving Margarita Recipe
A smooth, sweet, and spicy fall themed cocktail, this Thanksgiving Margarita is a treat for the taste buds! One of the most unique margarita recipes you’ll ever try!
3- Refreshing Pomegranate Spritzer Cocktail
This festive and refreshing Pomegranate Spritzer is the perfect bubbly lift for the winter season! Combine white wine with pomegranate juice and lime for a tangy and sweet cocktail you’ll adore.
4- FESTIVE WHISKEY TONIC
With fresh orange juice, cranberry juice, whiskey, amaretto and my favorite Fitch & Leedes Indian this Festive Whiskey Tonic is the perfect cocktail to celebrate this holiday season!
5- Paleo Pomegranate Palomas
These Paleo Pomegranate Palomas are the perfect cocktail (or mocktail) to serve this holiday season! They are made with 100% agave tequila, fresh lime juice, pomegranate juice, and grapefruit seltzer. Refined sugar free, gluten free, paleo, and delicious!
6- The Perfect Fall Margarita
This festive Fall Margarita recipe is made with fresh lime juice, a homemade cinnamon honey simple syrup, tequila and apple cider! Topped with fresh apple slices, cranberries, and cinnamon sticks, this is a perfect, cozy Thanksgiving Margarita recipe that everyone will love.
7- CRANBERRY APEROL SPRITZ
If you’re planning to host your family and friends for Thanksgiving or Christmas, this Cranberry Aperol Spritz needs to be on the official menu! They’re light and refreshing, but pack in lots of beautiful, intense coloring and a prominent cranberry flavor!
8- APPLE CIDER SANGRIA
Apple cider sangria is one of the most delicious and easy to make fall cocktail recipes! Apple sangria recipe is the best white wine sangria recipe for fall!
9- GINGER WHISKEY SMASH
A whiskey smash is a little like a julep, though you might have some different flavors going on. This version gets a flavor kick with a hint of punchy ginger which pairs perfectly with the fresh mint. It’s smooth, with a wonderful sweet-sour balance you’ll instantly love.
10- Blackberry bourbon sour
A blackberry bourbon sour is the perfect cocktail to get any party started! The perfectly ripe blackberries are blended with citrus, and a healthy helping of bourbon! A few dashes of bitters, and you are ready to pour!
11- Cranberry Sangria (holiday drink)
This is a festive sangria with cranberries, the perfect holiday drink that takes 15 minutes to prepare and lasts several hours, making it ideal for gatherings.
12- The Ultimate Fall Cocktail
Autumn time is the best time for the Ultimate Fall Cocktail. It’s warm notes are perfect to enjoy over ice for the ultimate balanced drink for rain or shine, because let’s face it, the fall is never predictable.
13- SPARKLING FALL THANKSGIVING MARGARITA
This festive Fall Thanksgiving Margarita is made with reposado tequila, apple cider, and sparkling water. It’s refreshing, full of fall apple cider flavor and bubbles to make it a party!
14- CRANBERRY OLD FASHIONED COCKTAIL
Take the old fashioned, the time honored cocktail elevated with a pop of bright red and a backdrop of sweet-tart flavor with a ruby colored cranberry simple syrup.
15- PUMPKIN SPICE ESPRESSO MARTINI
This cozy fall espresso martini recipe uses Kahlua, vodka, and pumpkin spice simple syrup, and there’s an option to make a Baileys pumpkin spice espresso martini with Bailey’s Irish Cream!
