Caramel Apple Punch

Time :2 15

Yield :26 servings

Fresh homemade apple juice in a glass pitcher and two glasses, with chopped apples inside, on a rustic wooden table against a light gray brick wall. Perfect for a healthy beverage or apple juice recipe.

Recipe Background

Caramel Apple Punch is like biting into the classic carnival treat with each sip! Isn't that just lovely? The crisp, juicy, mulled sweetness of apple cider, brightened by bubbly ginger ale and sunny orange juice and then enriched (in so many senses of the word) with buttery, salted caramel. It's cold, refreshing, and nostalgic even when drinking it for the first time. Caramel Apple Punch is the kind of punch you've wished for your whole life!

Ingredients

1 gallon apple cider
2 quarts ginger ale
1 cup orange juice
1 cup salted caramel syrup plus more, to taste
1/3 cup lemon juice plus more, to taste
4 red apples diced
caramel ice cream topping optional, to taste, for garnish
1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt optional, to taste, for garnish
ice cubes to taste

Directions

In a large stockpot, add the apple cider, the ginger ale, the orange juice, 1 cup of the salted caramel syrup, and 1/3 cup of the lemon juice and stir to combine.
Taste the mixture and add the extra syrup or the extra lemon juice as desired.
Transfer the apple cider mixture to the refrigerator to chill thoroughly, about 2 hours.
Fill a punch bowl or pitchers with the apple cider mixture.
Add the apples to the punch mixture.
In a shallow bowl large enough to accommodate the rims of the glasses, add the caramel topping.
On a small plate large enough to accommodate the rims of the glasses, add the flaky sea salt.
Lightly dip the rims of the serving glasses into the caramel topping, then into the flaky sea salt.
Fill the serving glasses with the ice cubes.
Pour the punch in the serving glasses and serve.