Beverages to delight any palate this winter: 10 simple non-alcoholic drinks for the holidays

The holiday season comes with many family and friends gatherings. Sharing meals, stories, and new food and drink creations follow as well. This season, as you enjoy the company of your loved ones, sip on one (or more) of these winter themed non-alcoholic or mocktail beverages.

10 Winter Themed Non-Alcoholic or Mocktail Beverages

These recipes have been collected from my friends over at Farmhouse on Boone‘s Create Your Blog Dream course Facebook group. The authors have willingly let me use their recipe specifically for this post.

Each recipe will link you directly to their blog for the full details on their concoction. While you’re over on their blog, drop a comment on their recipe and pin it to your favorite Pinterest board… to show the author some love for freely sharing their recipe with me and you both!

1. The Best Iced Coffee Punch by Third Blessed Farmhouse

best iced coffee punch in two clear glasses in front of a glass punch bowl by third blessed farmhouse

Say less, friend! She had me at “coffee“. And it’s a punch!?

Look at this incredibly short ingredient list:

  • Instant Coffee (or if you don’t have it, strong brewed coffee will work too)
  • Water
  • Sugar
  • Salt
  • Milk
  • Ice Cream
  • Ice Cubes

Kathleen shares all the details on how to pour a punch bowl full of this iced coffee that’ll have your guests coming back for a second cup. So grab the largest punch bowl you have then click the button below!

2. The Best Clean Peppermint Mocha Coffee Creamer by Life on Broom Sage Hill

quart jar of peppermint mocha coffee creamer perfect for winter themed non alcoholic beverages sitting on a wooden tray with greenry and red berries decorating it

Move over, pumpkin spice. You had your moment. Now it’s time for PEPPERMINT to shine!

If you like coffee and you like winter flavors, peppermint mocha is your friend! The odd combination of mint and chocolate that shouldn’t go together but are a match made in Heaven. This is the coffee creamer recipe for you. Perhaps it’ll even go well in the iced coffee punch recipe above?

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup Pyure Organic Stevia Sweetener
  • 2 1/4 cups Organic Unsweetened Almond Milk (if I can’t find Organic, I look for cleaner ingredients and non-GMO at the least)
  • 1 cup Organic Heavy Cream
  • 3 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • 3 drops of quality peppermint essential oil

As with any recipe, don’t be afraid to play around with some of the ingredients. If you prefer to use honey or cane sugar, go for it. If you need more or less sweet, do it, friend!

Check out all of Katie’s (great name!) how-to here on her blog:

3. Easy Homemade Wassil Recipe by Fox Farm Home

clear glass of wassil with apple slices and a silver spoon in the foreground by fox farm home blog

Honestly, what is a winter season without at least one mug of warm wassil? This is the epitome of cozy winter goodness. All the scents and flavors of the season in one cup!

Bonus: you get to enjoy the aroma throughout your home of a pot of wassil simmering on your stove.

Ingredients:

  • apple cider 
  • orange juice 
  • nutmeg
  • cinnamon sticks 
  • brown sugar
  • navel orange 
  • whole cloves 

The super simple how-to with these clean ingredients is found on these three sisters’ blog here:

4. Easy Winter Mocktail: Merry Berry by Johnson Home NC

two wine glasses of red merry berry winter themed beverage on a wooden dining room table with birch wood candle sticks in the background

This wintry beverage boasts fruity flavors and fresh rosemary without a sugar overload. You can enjoy several glasses of this beverage without the calorie guilt. You may make this winter mocktail in small or large batches.

Fresh Ingredients:

  • 1 bag organic cranberries, rinsed
  • 16 ounces pomegranate juice
  • 1 orange, washed
  • 1 liter club soda
  • 1/2 cup organic sugar or local raw honey
  • 8-10 sprigs rosemary, washed

Read on to find out exactly what to do with these fresh fruits to turn them into a perfect winter gathering mocktail for your punch bowl or glass:

5. Simple Homemade Non-Alcoholic Eggnog by The Homey Lif3

bird's eye view of a pot of non-alcoholic winter eggnog beverage on a stove

Ma Ingalls approves this recipe.

Eggs, milk, cream, and spices make up this deliciously famous winter themed non-alcoholic beverage perfect for a winter wedding or Christmas dinner.

Ingredients:

  • 6 egg yolks
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 cup pure cream
  • 3/4 cup sweetener I prefer a mixture of maple syrup and rapadura but any sweetener will do.
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Serve this eggnog cooked or chilled and both are inside Lindsay’s blog post below:

6. Butterbeer Recipe (non-alcoholic) by Home Sweet Harps

winter themed beverage recipe by home sweet harps with two glasses of butterscotch topped butterbeers on a white tablecloth and a beige dutchoven in the background

Calling all Potterheads… or just anyone who enjoys sipping on their dessert! Butterbeer is here and never you fear, friend! This one is non-alcoholic.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tbsp butterscotch sauce
  • 12 ounces cream soda
  • Whipped cream
  • Extra butterscotch sauce as a topping

If you’re wondering how you can make this delectable sipper, click below to have a gander at Makenzie’s full recipe:

7. Danish Cranberry Glogg by Blue Tea Tile

a winter themed beverage on a wooden cutting board with a cinnamon stick and orange inside this danish cranberry glogg by blue tea tile

To be honest, I don’t recall ever hearing of a glogg or maybe I’m just unsure of what it is. Of course, I had to check it out and after seeing this recipe, I had to include it in this winter themed mocktails beverages list!

A Nordic Christmas time hot drink sounds exactly like what I need, you too?

Ingredients:

  • Cranberry juice
  • Star anise 
  • Cloves
  • Caster sugar with molasses
  • Muscat powder
  • Cinnamon sticks 

All the details and the recipe card over at Sonja’s blog below:

8. 6 Fall Kombucha Cocktail and Mocktail Recipes by Grow Create Sip

apple cider kombucha by farmhouse teas on a round wooden stand with dehydrated orange slices in the foreground and background

I recently heard about Farmhouse Teas on Simple Farmhouse Living’s podcast. CeAnne gives great information about business and her teas.

In her blog post, these 6 fall kombucha recipes are great for mocktails or cocktails and the flavors are fantastic for both fall and winter. The apple cider kombucha looks incredible, as does the cinnamon cranberry kombucha.

Apple Cider Kombucha Ingredients:

How to make this kombucha and a whole lot more over here:

9. Easy Dark Chocolate Hot Chocolate Homemade Recipe by Brick House on Green

bird's eye view of a glass mug of hot chocolate on a wooden cutting board surrounded by candy canes, dark chocolate shavings, and spruce evergreens by brickhouseongreen

What’s a winter themed beverage list without a HOT CHOCOLATE?! And dark chocolate at that. Add a candy cane and it’s a sweet, wintry mug of perfection.

Ingredients:

Whole Milk

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

70% Dark Chocolate, chopped

Granulated Sugar

Vanilla Extract

The simplicity of this ingredient list has me zooming over to Sophia and Olivia’s blog with a quickness and I know you will too. Enjoy this recipe:

10. Non-Alcoholic Holiday Punch by Plum Branch Home

winter themed beverages of two glasses and a punch bowl of holiday punch full of orange slices and pomegranate seeds by plum branch home

Easy to whip up for any winter themed gathering or party. Perfect for a winter wedding too!

Super Short Ingredient List:

  • 4 oranges (organic is best)
  • 24 oz. POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice
  • 33.8 oz (1.06 QT) S. Pellegrino Sparkling Mineral Water
  • 1/4 cup raw unfiltered honey

Molly has the entire recipe ready for you over at her website below:

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  1. I just tried the butterbeer for my Harry Potter obsessed kids and it was a HIT!! Will definitely be saving to make again soon. Thanks so much for sharing!

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