Fall Harvest Cocktail

Toast to sweater weather with this delicious Fall Cocktail! This refreshing sip is flavored with fresh apple cider, cranberry and pear vodka.

What is a Fall Harvest Cocktail?

This pretty Vodka Cocktail has all of the flavors of fall in one refreshing sip! Inspired by the colors and flavors of autumn, the Fall Harvest Cocktail is designed to be sipped on a brisk fall day with friends (while nibbling on Pretzels and Beer Cheese). Think of it as a fancy, boozy apple cider drink .

The best part? You only need 4 ingredients! Like our Empress Gin Fizz, it's a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Candied Sugar rim is optional.

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Ingredients

• VODKA: we used Absolut Pear flavored vodka
• APPLE CIDER: fresh apple cider
• SODA: lemon lime soda or seltzer
• CRANBERRY JUICE: sweetened cranberry juice
• CANDIED SUGAR: red candied sugar or sanding sugar for rim (optional)

*see recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

1. Rim glass with candied sugar.
2. In a cocktail shaker, place vodka and cider and shake for 10 seconds.
3. Pour over glass tall glass filled with ice and top with soda and cranberry juice.
4. Serve chilled in mason jars with or without a striped straw

Tools you need

• COCKTAIL SHAKER
• MASON JARS
• CANDIED SUGAR (optional)
• STRIPED STRAWS (optional)

Variations

• MAKE IT A MOCKTAIL: this apple cider cocktail tastes just as good with no alcohol! Just follow the instructions and add more fresh apple cider in place of vodka.
• REGULAR VODKA: no pear vodka in the house? Or don't like flavored vodka?Substitute regular vodka. Play with the proportion of the other ingredients, and even add pear juice for extra fall flavor!
• MAKE IT GINGER: substitute ginger ale or ginger beer for lemon lime soda to add some ZING to this recipe!

Top tip

Serve this cocktail in mason jars rimmed with candied sugar for a cozy fall feeling. Garnish it with a striped straw.

More fall cocktails

Spiced Apple Cider Sangria: freshly mulled cider combined with wine and ground cinnamon is a cozy cocktail that is meant for brisk fall days.

Apple Cider Shandy: Dark rum, fresh apple cider, and delicious pumpkin beer combine to make this fall favorite drink. It's like apple pie in a glass!

Festive Empress Fizz: Ginger beer, beautiful blue Empress 1908 Gin, and fresh cranberries make this fizzy cocktail an autumn must have. Garnish it with a sprig of thyme!

Negroni Spritz: Refreshing and elegant, the Negroni Spritz is the perfect pretty sip! A splash of Chardonnay gives it just the right amount of bitter and sweet.

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