19 Cocktails with Apple Juice
Cocktails with Apple Juice are super simple, totally delicious and easy to make at home. Perfect for fall, but delicious any time, this list of drinks made with Apple Juice will give you tons of ideas for making a refreshing drink at home.
Why You’ll Love These Apple Juice Cocktails
Drinks with apple juice have a familiar flavor and a lovely tartness. Even when mixing with just one other ingredient like tequila or vodka, it’s delicious.
Apple juice is a great mixer for cocktails and blends really nicely with other flavors.
In many of the cocktails in this list, the apple flavor is pretty subtle. Like, pineapple juice, it is a versatile flavor that lends to a general fruitiness without hitting you in the face with a bold apple flavor.
Related: Vodka and Apple Juice
Pairing apple juice with dark spirits sometimes lends to a more fall-like flavor when making alcoholic drinks. Whereas, light liquor, like vodka, can make the drink more refreshing and perfect for summer.
Next time you’re planning an at-home happy hour consider one of these easy cocktails with apple juice.
Cocktails with Apple Juice
Refreshing and full of flavor, this list of Apple Juice cocktail recipes will help you find the perfect drink for your next happy hour.
The tart combination of whiskey, apple juice and ginger beer is just as delicious as you'd expect, and there's a surprise ingredient that you can't skip!
This easy Spiced Apple Rum Punch uses Bundaberg’s Spiced Ginger Beer for even more flavor. It's absolutely perfect for fall entertaining!
There’s nothing quite like a warm, spiced drink to help you feel warmer inside when the temperatures are cold. With brandy and star anise, this cocktail is next-level!
With tequila, apple juice and fall spices, this margarita is perfect for autumn but I'd sip it any time!
Brandy is a great pairing for apple juice and this cocktail, with ginger beer, feels easy while tasting complex.
Cinnamon simple syrup adds warmth and pairs well with refreshing apple cider and pear vodka. A cinnamon sugar rim is the perfect finishing touch.
Cranberry and apple juice play really well with gin and cinnamon. It's super refreshing and feels celebratory no mater what time of year it is.
With pie spice and ginger beer, this Apple Cider Mule with Whiskey brings the holiday celebrations straight to your mouth.
A little bit of apple juice gives this red wine sangria a fruity taste you'll love.
With just 5 ingredients, this Maple Apple Whisky Sour Cocktail is a fun twist on the classic cocktail.
This gin cocktail takes your favorite apple pie flavors and remakes them into a cocktail.
This apple cider sangria takes just a few minutes to put together and you're going to love it. While these spices make it great for colder months, you can leave out the spices to make it suit other times of year.
An extremely refreshing drink! With citrus and white wine, this apple juice cocktail is great for spring and summer.
Just 3 ingredients and a few minutes will get you a tasty cocktail that reminds you of one of your favorite childhood treats.
It's green and tastes like a Jolly Rancher candy. Make this one for St. Patrick's Day this year.
Fresh mint and apple juice create a refreshing and fruity version of a vodka mojito.
Sweet apple juice and Fireball cinnamon whiskey create a spicy treat that your mouth will really enjoy.
With citrus and cranberry, this tasty punch with apple juice is great winter, spring summer and absolutely fall.
This delicious Apple Bourbon cocktail has fresh citrus and amaretto to make it flavorful and refreshing. It's perfect for those last few weeks of winter where you can cozy up with this by the fire. Or in CA, kick off your flip flops and enjoy the sun.
Tips
- As with most recipes, feel free to modify the ingredients to suit your preferences. Typically I like to make a recipe as written for the first time, so I can see the intended flavors, and then modify from there.
- Use fresh apple juice whenever possible for the best flavor. I like Honeycrisp apple juice from the bottled juice aisle or look for something cold-pressed. It has a little more flavor and body and I find has a more flavorful taste!
- Apple juice tends to be sweet on its own, so balance it with other ingredients like citrus juice (lemon or lime) or bitters to add complexity and depth to your cocktails and make it taste a little less like the apple juice you remember from when you were a kid.
- Apple juice pairs well with a variety of spirits including vodka, rum, bourbon, whiskey, and even tequila. Choose your favorite spirit or experiment with different ones to find your perfect combination.
Variations
Frequently Asked Questions
Apple juice cocktails use a variety of types of apple juice. From the kind basic kind you used to enjoy as a kid, to a fresh-pressed apple juice, you can mix and match based on your preference. Apple juice and apple cider sometimes have minimal differences.
You’ll just want to be aware of if there are any added spices or flavorings.
Vodka is a great choice to pair with apple juice because it has a neutral flavor. But you really can mix it with any liquor.
Yes, you can use apple cider in these apple juice cocktails. To be clear, you can use the bottled juice called apple cider, not the alcoholic version also called cider. Cider is an alcohol made from fermented apple juice. It is more like a sweet beer than juice. I would not use it in a cocktail recipe unless it specifically calls for it.
I usually think of hard ciders when I think of a good apple juice cocktail. These drinks help me expand my horizons, though– looking forward to trying some new flavors!
I’ve never thought about making an apple juice cocktail but now I can’t wait! All of these drinks look amazing.