Skip to Content

Thanksgiving Sangria

This simple Thanksgiving sangria is packed full of pomegranate seeds, apple, orange, and semi-sweet red wine. This drink is perfect for your holiday table.

This simple Thanksgiving sangria is packed full of pomegranate seeds, apple, orange and semi sweet red wine. This drink is perfect for your holiday table.

A good host always greets their guests with a cold, delicious cocktail, right?

Well, these Thanksgiving sangrias are the perfect way to start off your Thanksgiving feast!

It is full of juicy apples, tangy and tart pomegranate seeds, and citrusy orange, and has the perfect blend of Brandy, bubbly champagne, and sweet red wine.

And the best part is, this recipe easily doubles (or even triples,) and comes together in seconds to quench the thirstiest crowds.

You’re going to love kicking off your Thanksgiving dinner with a refreshing Thanksgiving sangria!

Craving something a little different? Try this Thanksgiving champagne cocktail!

This simple Thanksgiving sangria is packed full of pomegranate seeds, apple, orange and semi sweet red wine. This drink is perfect for your holiday table.

Ingredients for Thanksgiving sangria

  • Fruit – I’ve chosen a blend of apples, oranges, and pomegranate seeds. This is the perfect autumn trio!
  • Superfine sugar – Superfine sugar is granulated white sugar, but more finely ground. This is important to use here so that it will properly dissolve in the sangria. It is NOT powdered sugar.
  • Red wine – Look for a blend that is slightly sweet, but not cloying.
  • Triple sec – This orange-flavored liqueur helps bring out the flavors of the fruit and the wine.
  • Brandy – Brandy is a sweet, dry liquor made from distilled wine.
  • Champagne – Look for a sweeter variety. This adds effervescence and sweetness to the sangria. 

Make ahead

Sangrias are arguably even tastier when they’ve been made ahead of time, that way the fruit has a chance to mingle with the alcohol and soak up all the goodness.

You can prepare this sangria the day before so it’s ready to go when you are!

Just stir together all of the fruit, sugar, Brandy, triple sec, and wine (leaving out the champagne, you’ll add that just before serving to maintain the carbonation) and put it into a large pitcher with a fitted lid in your fridge. 

Make it a virgin sangria!

If you can’t have alcohol, you can still have a delicious Thanksgiving sangria!

How?

Simply swap out the wine and champagne, for carbonated apple juice.

It’s sold in most major grocery stores in the bottled juice aisle. 

And omit the superfine sugar, Brandy, and the triple sec, and replace it with cranberry juice and orange zest.

Everyone deserves to have a tasty beverage at Thanksgiving!

Storage and leftovers

Lastly, you can store any leftover sangria in the refrigerator for up to 1 extra day.

The fruit will ultimately start to break down and it won’t be as fresh and delicious much more after that.

This simple Thanksgiving sangria is packed full of pomegranate seeds, apple, orange and semi sweet red wine. This drink is perfect for your holiday table.

More sangria recipes

This simple Thanksgiving sangria is packed full of pomegranate seeds, apple, orange and semi sweet red wine. This drink is perfect for your holiday table.

Thanksgiving Sangria

Author: Brandy O’Neill – Nutmeg Nanny
This simple Thanksgiving sangria is packed full of pomegranate seeds, apple, orange, and semi-sweet red wine. This drink is perfect for your holiday table.
5 from 3 votes
Print Pin
Prep Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 apples diced
  • 1 orange sliced
  • 1 pomegranate seeded
  • 2 tablespoons superfine sugar
  • 1 bottle sangria blend red wine
  • 1/4 cup Brandy
  • 1/4 cup triple sec
  • 1 bottle sweet champagne

Instructions

  • In a large pitcher add apples, oranges, pomegranate seeds, superfine sugar, sangria blend red wine, brandy, and triple sec.
  • Stir together and let sit for a few hours in the fridge.
  • When you are ready to serve add in champagne.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 12mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 24g
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Keyword champagne recipes, cocktail recipes, fruit sangria recipes, red wine recipes, sangria recipes, thanksgiving cocktails, thanksgiving sangria, wine recipes
Did you try this recipe?Leave a comment and 5 star review!
Brandy

About Brandy!

I am a food lover and recipe developer bringing you delicious recipes that taste great and are easy to make! My food is inspired by travels around the world and my love of flavorful food. A list of things that make me happy: cats, Coke Zero, houseplants, and travel. Read more...

Recipe Rating




Lesa Gilstrap-Jones

Friday 12th of December 2014

Get idea and it really looks great.

Nikki

Wednesday 10th of December 2014

Sounds yummy

Christina

Monday 8th of December 2014

Awesome

Melissa

Monday 8th of December 2014

Just recently started experimenting with truvia and i must say that ideas like this make it all worth while.

Jessica

Friday 5th of December 2014

This looks absolutely delicious. I am going to have to try this for the holidays !

SEEN ON

as seen on promo graphic

SEEN ON

as seen on promo graphic