Mulled Apple Cider Recipe is a delicious way to kick off the chilly autumn season. Apple cider infuses with cinnamon sticks, fresh ginger and clementines in your slow cooker for a flavorful beverage bursting with fall flavors. Just add Bourbon and slices of clementine and lime for an easy spiked apple cider that will surely become a fall favorite!
Mulled Apple Cider
Apple cider, extracted from the pulp of pureed apples, is an unfiltered, unsweetened and nonalcoholic drink that is delicious on it’s own.
Once the cider has been slow cooked and infused with our warm fall flavors, you’ll take the flavor up a notch when you add bourbon and fresh slices of clementine and lime.
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Our Mulled Apple Cider recipe transforms cider in the slow cooker into a delicious drink for the holidays or an ideal way to warm you up on a chilly evening.
Sipping on a mug of spiked mulled cider will be the perfect way to kick off any get together. Trust me, your guests will love being greeted with this hot toddy.
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Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Make this recipe with your favorite whiskey
- Add lemon slices for extra citrus flavor
- Make recipe with an apple flavored alcohol
Apple Cider FAQ’s
What is the difference between apple cider and mulled apple cider?
Typically you drink apple cider cold with nothing added to it. You drink mulled apple cider warm or hot after it has been warmed with spices and possibly fruit. Many times alcohol is added to a mulled apple cider.
Can you reheat mulled cider?
Yes, you can reheat mulled cider. You can make your mulled cider, strain it and then cool it. When you are ready to serve, just return the mulled cider to your slow cooker or a saucepot and gently reheat but do not bring to a boil.
How do you heat up apple cider?
Heat apple cider over medium heat until the cider is hot. Do not boil the apple cider. Then you can serve your warm apple cider with a cinnamon stick or orange slices.
Ingredients you will need to make this recipe
- apple cider
- clementines
- cinnamon sticks
- fresh ginger
- Bourbon
- clementine slices
- lime slices
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Apple cider infuses with cinnamon sticks, fresh ginger and clementines in your slow cooker for our Mulled Cider Recipe that's bursting with fall flavors. Add Bourbon for an easy spiked apple cider.
- 8 cups apple cider
- 2 clementines, quartered
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 slices fresh ginger, each about 1/2-inch thick
- 1 cup Bourbon
- clementine slices
- lime slices
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Heat apple cider, clementine quarters, cinnamon sticks and fresh ginger in slow cooker on low for 3 hours until hot and seasoned.
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Strain to remove clementines, cinnamon and ginger.
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Return apple cider to slow cooker and add bourbon, clementine slices and lime slices.
Makes 8 cups.
First Published: November 20, 2017… Last Updated: August 29, 2020
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