Slow-Cooker Christmas Punch

Name: Slow-Cooker Christmas Punch
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 10 servings.
Ingredients: 4 cups unsweetened pineapple juice; 4 cups cranberry juice; 1/3 cup Red Hots; 2 cinnamon sticks (3 inches); Fresh cranberries and additional cinnamon sticks

Simmer down with a warm pineapple punch made in the slow cooker. We use cinnamon and Red Hots to give it that cozy spiced flavor and welcome-home aroma. —Angie Goins, Tazewell, TN

Ingredients

4 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
4 cups cranberry juice
1/3 cup Red Hots
2 cinnamon sticks (3 inches)
Fresh cranberries and additional cinnamon sticks

Directions

In a 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker, combine the first four ingredients. Cook, covered, on low until heated through and candies are melted, 3-4 hours. Garnish with cranberries and additional cinnamon sticks.

Nutrition Facts

3/4 cup: 129 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 4mg sodium, 33g carbohydrate (28g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Originally published as WARM CHRISTMAS PUNCH in Taste of Home December 2015

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angfre

Dec 22, 2015

The punch was easy and very warm/tasty at our groups annual x-mas bee party.angie
ms11145

Dec 19, 2015

I make wassail a lot during Christmas, but I thought I would give this punch a try. Instead of the crock pot, I used my percolator and put the cinnamon stick in the basket along with a sliced orange. I served this punch in clear cups and it was a pretty red hot punch. While good, my husband told me to go back to my traditional wassail recipe. I told him that this was NOT a wassail , just a hot punch.
Angel182009

Dec 9, 2015

This punch was good but mine turned out to have a little more spice in it. I used the same amount of cinnamon sticks it said to but mine had way too much cinnamon flavor and instead of it being a red color the drink ended up being brown. It still tasted good but next time I'm only going to use one cinnamon stick and more cranberry Juice.