Pomegranate Ginger Smash is the perfect festive cocktail for the holidays. Made with real pomegranate juice and only 3 ingredients, this gorgeous cocktail is a fun and easy party drink!
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December has always made me feel extra festive, between all of the holiday parties and beautiful lights, and the promise of a new year to come. This year, we’ve had so much to celebrate in the month of December. I turned 25 yesterday(!), Mr. Table just finished his first semester of grad school, I finally had my graduation ceremony this past weekend, and we’re having out first Christmas in the new house!
I love a festive cocktail to celebrate with during such a fun month, and this one is definitely a keeper. My Pomegranate Ginger smash is so easy to make with only 3 ingredients, and it’s just gorgeous to serve alongside any holiday meal.
One of my favorite things about this yummy cocktail is that it’s made with 100% real fruit juice. I love using fruit juice in my cocktails because it’s naturally sweet so you don’t need added sugar, and it’s full of nutrients found in whole fruit – vitamin C, potassium, folate and magnesium, to name a few.
100% fruit juice is also loaded with beneficial polyphenols (antioxidants!) that have been found to aid in things like cancer prevention and heart health, though scientists are just beginning to scratch the surface of these benefits. So I guess you could say this is one healthy drink as far as cocktails go!
Sipping one of these pretty Pomegranate Ginger Smash’s could also help you get to your daily recommended fruit servings.
Did you know that one serving (4-8 oz) of 100% fruit juice counts as a serving of fruit? If you’re of the 80% of Americans that doesn’t get the recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables, drinking fruit juice can help you get there. And if that juice comes in the form of a delicious holiday cocktail, well, even better reason to drink up!
I love to garnish this Pomegranate Ginger Smash with a pretty ginger and rosemary sugared rim and some fresh pomegranate arils, but it’s still perfectly delicious without the fancy extras. Mix up a pitcher for a crowd or just a couple for you and your favorite person to celebrate the season! Cheers!
Pomegranate Ginger Smash is the perfect festive cocktail for the holidays. Made with real pomegranate juice and only 3 ingredients, this gorgeous cocktail is a fun and easy party drink!
Ingredients
- 1 cup pomegranate juice
- 2/3 cup vodka
- 2/3 cup ginger beer (I use diet)
- Ice
- For garnish: pomegranate arils, ginger rosemary sugar
Instructions
- In a pitcher, combine pomegranate juice, vodka and ginger beer.
- To make ginger rosemary sugar, finely chop a few rosemary leaves. Grate about 1/4 tsp from a knob of frozen ginger. Mix ginger and rosemary with a few tablespoons of sugar. Put on a small plate for rimming glasses.
- Wet rims of 4 glasses and rim with ginger rosemary sugar (optional). Fill glasses with ice. Pour cocktail mixture into each glass and garnish with pomegranate arils. Serve immediately. Cheers!
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LOVE those cocktail classes. Such a pretty post! Loving the recipe too…
Thank you, Serena!
This is such a gorgeous drink! Love using pomegranate juice in cocktails – so pretty and so many health benefits!
Thanks Jess, me too! 🙂
You had me at ginger beer! And pomegranate juice is the perfect accompaniment!
Thanks Gina! It always makes for a great cocktail!
Beautiful and delicious! Where are the glasses from?
Thank you Jessica! I believe I got them at Target last year!