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

Indulge in this 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 4 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.