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This autumn mocktail is the perfect non-alcoholic drink for the fall season. Warm, comforting flavors of apple and ginger combine for an easy and anti-inflammatory beverage – ready in just 5 minutes.
Quick Look: Apple Autumn Mocktail
- Prep time – Ready in just 5 minutes! This recipe uses simple ingredients and no juicer needed.
- No simple syrup or added sugar – This drink uses natural sweetness from the apple cider.
- No alcohol – This recipe uses non-alcoholic ginger beer or ginger ale.
- When to serve – This is a great fall mocktail for Halloween, school parties, or Thanksgiving!
- Anti-Inflammatory – The natural properties of ginger, turmeric, and cinnamon can help with the immune system and natural pain relief, similar to my homemade immunity shot or anti-inflammatory wellness shot.
Best of all, this drink packs in some anti-inflammatory spices with turmeric and cinnamon. It’s so easy and can be ready to sip in less than 15 minutes. Use the leftover base as a ginger turmeric shot!
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Ingredients
Just a few ingredients are needed for this apple juice mocktail – most of which you probably have on hand! See the recipe card below for the full ingredients and amounts.
- Apple cider or apple juice – You can also use apple juice if you can’t find good quality apple cider. I recommend apple cider that is fresh from a local farm, grocery stores will often carry between September through November refrigerated in the fruit aisle.
- Ginger – Fresh ginger is recommended. If substituting dried, it can change the flavor of the recipe.
- Turmeric – Dried turmeric is fine for this recipe. Black pepper is needed to aid with the absorption of the curcumin in turmeric.
- Cinnamon – Use your favorite kind of cinnamon here. I think Ceylon changes the flavor too much for me, but know some people enjoy it!
- Ginger beer or ginger ale – See my suggestions for the best ginger beers. You can also substitute sparkling water here as well.
Substitutions & Variations
- Turmeric – If you’re sensitive to turmeric, just leave it out of this mixture.
- Cinnamon – Replace warm cinnamon with a pinch of nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice or cardamom.
- Lemon – Add a squeeze of lemon for brightness and acidity.
- Apple cider substitute – Use apple juice instead.
- Sparkling water – Use this instead of ginger beer, for a low sugar mocktail.
How to Make Apple Cider Fall Mocktails
Step 1: Add all the ingredients except the ginger beer to a blender.
Step 2: Blend together the apple cider or apple juice, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, and black pepper till well combined.
Step 3: Use a fine mesh strainer to pour the apple cider blend into a larger cup or bowl, straining out the pulp from the ginger. Set the strained apple cider mix aside.
Step 4: Add ice to a glass or make this in a coupe glass without ice by using a cocktail shaker. Pour in about 1/2-3/4 of the apple mixture. Then add the sparkling water or ginger beer to top off and stir to combine.
Expert Tips and Tricks
To make this for a party or large group, double or triple the base recipe and place the apple cider mixture into a large pitcher. Serve with bottles or cans of ginger beer, ginger ale, and sparkling water so everyone can build their own beverage.
Serving Ideas
- Fall drink garnishes – Add sliced apples, cinnamon sticks, star anise, or ginger slices/candied ginger. You can also put cinnamon sugar around the rim of a glass to serve!
- Thanksgiving or holiday parties – Pair this with dutch oven pork roast, air fryer stuffed pork chops, or cast iron roast chicken and Boursin mashed potatoes for a Thanksgiving mocktail.
- Fall mocktail ice cubes – An awesome idea for a party or to make ahead, freeze the apple cider base into a fun ice cube tray.
Recipe FAQ
Apple cider usually is made from freshly pressed apples. It’s unfiltered and because it’s made with fewer preservatives, often has a shorter shelf life and less sugar. Apple cider is not the same thing as hard cider – which contains alcohol.
Apple cider is great for cooking! Looking for more apple cider recipes? Try my winter wassail, apple oatmeal smoothie, baked donut holes, apple cider pork chops, or even in a pot roast without wine.
Yes! The best way to do this is to make the apple cider base ahead of time, blend and strain, then store in a mason jar till you’re ready to combine with the ginger ale, ginger beer, or sparkling water. You can also freeze the base into ice cubes and add to ginger beer that way.
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Autumn Mocktail with Apple Cider
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup apple cider, can also use apple juice
- 1 ounce fresh peeled ginger root, 2-3 inch knob
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- A few grinds of freshly ground black pepper
- 1 can non-alcoholic ginger beer or ginger ale, can also use sparkling water
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients in a high-powered blender, on high, for 20 seconds. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a glass jar or measuring cup, using a spoon to push the juice through the strainer to remove the pulp. Discard the pulp.
- Add about 1/4-1/3 of a cup of the juice to a glass with ice or a coupe glass. Top off with sparkling water, non-alcoholic ginger beer, or ginger ale. Garnish with cinnamon sticks or sliced ginger.
Apple Cider Ice
- After step one, pour the apple cider base into your favorite ice cube tray. Freeze for up to 12 hours, then add to a glass and top with ginger ale or ginger beer.
Notes
- Apple cider ice cubes – Freeze the juice in an ice cube tray and/or store any remaining juice in a glass bottle or mason jar in your fridge for up to 5 days. Then top with ginger beer or ginger ale for a flavored drink!
- Turmeric can be omitted from the recipe, if desired. If you do this, you also don’t need to add the fresh pepper.
- I recommend Topo Chico or Gerolsteiner for the most carbonation for sparkling water, club soda also works well, and Fever Tree or Regatta light for ginger beer or use homemade ginger ale.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hello! If i’ve already made the ginger juice – how do I make this apple cider mocktail?
Thank you!
Hey! Blend everything without the ginger, then add in the ginger juice to your taste. If you’re mixing into a mocktail I’d do 1/4 cup of apple juice and start with 2-3 teaspoons of the ginger juice, then add more from there.
I thoroughly enjoy your recipes – which I use at least once a day. I’m excited to try this recipe on the weekend. Have you ever heated the apple cider mix before serving this mocktail?
I haven’t yet because it’s been 90 degrees plus here this year haha! But I bet it would be pretty good. Try it and let me know!
Such great flavors and really easy to make. I froze some for later!
Thanks, Ann!