5.0 from 12 votes
Spiced Apple Cider
This spiced apple cider combines apple cider with a variety of spices to give you the ultimate fall drink! It smells incredible and tastes just as good as it smells!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 123 kcal
Course:
Drinks
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 TBS grated orange peel
- 2 tsp whole cloves
- 1 tsp whole allspice
- ¼ tsp ground coriander
- ¼ tsp nutmeg plus extra for garnishing if desired
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 64 ounces apple cider
- 1 ½ cups orange juice
Instructions
- Combine water, brown sugar, orange peel, and spices in a large sauce pan.
- Bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Strain into a larger pot to remove big spice pieces.
- Add cider and orange juice.
- Heat until warm, then serve. A cinnamon stick can be added to each cup if desired.
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Notes
- Transfer the cider to a crock pot (slow cooker) to keep it warm throughout your evening. Keep the crock pot on low to keep the cider warm without being scaldingly hot.
- Reheat the apple cider after refrigerating by either warming up on the stove on medium-low, in the oven (in an oven-safe container) until it reaches a warm temperature, or in a crock pot or Instant Pot (on low, let it come to the temperature you want).
- Once you’re done with the apple cider for the evening, put it in a pitcher in the fridge – ideally one with a lid. You can store it for about a week.
- Ingredient Notes:
- Apple cider – make sure it’s apple cider and not apple juice. Apple cider has a much richer flavor and works much better in this recipe.
- Grated orange peel – freshly grated orange peel (compared to dry orange peel) works much better in this recipe! If you don’t have oranges and have dried orange peel, you can use it in a pinch but the flavor won’t be the same.
- Allspice & cloves – make sure they’re both full cloves and allspice, not ground. You want the flavor of the spice but you want to be able to strain them out.
Nutrition Information
Serving
8oz
Calories
123kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
31g
(10%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
1g
Sodium
12mg
(1%)
Potassium
238mg
(7%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
26g
(52%)
Vitamin A
71IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
18mg
(20%)
Calcium
38mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 123
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 8oz | |
| Calories | 123kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Sodium | 12mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 238mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 26g | 52% |
| Vitamin A | 71IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 18mg | 20% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.