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This non-alcoholic sangria is made with pomegranate juice, ginger, fresh berries, and green apples for a refreshing drink. This whole drink can be made in just 15 minutes!
A Quick Look: Non-Alcoholic Sangria
- Prep time: Only 15 minutes! Then just chill for one hour for the fruit flavors to infuse.
- Ingredients: Main ingredients include apples, ginger, pomegranate juice, coconut water, and ginger ale or sparkling water.
- Serving size: About 8 people or one pitcher.
- When to serve: Holiday parties where you want a fun non-alcoholic drink with a hydration boost. It’s great for kids or adults.
- Dietary information: This recipe fits the Heal Your Headache diet with edits, Mediterranean migraine diet, gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian.
- Why you’ll love it: This virgin sangria with pomegranate juice is ideal for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Valentine’s day as a prep-ahead drink. You don’t have to buy non-alcoholic wine for this and can just use fruit juice. It also contains natural electrolytes and antioxidants.
Want a similar drink to this sangria mocktail that’s ready a little faster? Try this homemade electrolyte drink or pomegranate mocktail!
Table of Contents
Ingredients
Here are just some of the ingredients needed to make this recipe with details about them. The full ingredient list is in the recipe card below.
- Pomegranate juice – Pom is a pretty easy brand to find and you can get a good deal on this at Costco.
- Coconut water – Used for it’s natural electrolyte boost here, but you can also substitute this with regular water.
- Berries – I wanted an all red theme so I went with strawberries and raspberries, but you could easily substitute blueberries too.
- Apples – Green “granny smith” apples are used here, but you could also use honeycrisp or cosmic crisp.
- Ginger – It’s important to use fresh ginger here instead of dried or candied. It does not need to be peeled, just washed!
- Mineral salt – I used Redmond’s sea salt (15% off with code DIZZYCOOK) for added electrolytes, but this also balances the natural sweetness of the fruit juice.
- Sparkling water – Used to top off the drink, I love Topo Chico for this because it’s the most fizzy. Perrier and San Pellegrino unflavored will also work.
Substitutions
- Raspberries – Raspberries have a higher tyramine content so they are an elimination food if you are doing the Heal Your Headache diet. You can still use them here as decoration or replace them with blueberries or pomegranate seeds.
- Coconut water – Can be replaced with regular water or sparkling water for a fizzy drink.
- Mineral salt – This is ok to omit for low sodium diets.
How to Make a Non-Alcoholic Sangria
- Step 1: Wash all the fruit and ginger, then slice ginger into smaller pieces. Add all the fruit to the pitcher with the ginger.
- Step 2: Pour in the coconut water and pomegranate juice on top of the fruit.
- Step 3: Stir with a wooden spoon, then refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
- Step 4: Fill a glass 1/3 of the way with ice, then add a round slice of green apple to the side of a glass. Pour the sangria into the glass 3/4 of the way full, then top with sparkling water. Garnish with a long slice of ginger, a sprig of mint, and a few pomegranate seeds. Cheers!
Serving Suggestions
This sangria mocktail works well for a brunch party or dinner! It’s also ideal for family dinners for Thanksgiving and Christmas, or a non-alcoholic pink drink for Valentine’s Day.
For brunch – I recommend pairing with this salmon quiche or quiche florentine, banana applesauce muffins, and a butter lettuce salad.
Date night dinner – Whether entertaining or having a romantic dinner in, I would recommend pairing this with an air fryer filet mignon and creamed spinach (from frozen)! It would also pair great with baked chicken kabobs.
Make Ahead
To make this non-alcoholic sangria ahead, just combine the fruit, coconut water, and juice ahead. You can do this up to 24 hours in advance. After that, the fruit may get a little too soft.
If you have leftovers, you can freeze any into small ice cube containers like Souper Cubes, and store for up to 6 months as flavored ice cubes! They pair great with sparkling water.
Other Electrolyte Drinks
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Homemade Electrolyte Drink with Coconut Water
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Homemade Gatorade
Juices
Watermelon Juice with Mint
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Refreshing Ginger Drink
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Pomegranate Non-Alcoholic Sangria
Ingredients
For the base:
- ¾ cup chopped strawberries
- ½ cup raspberries*
- 1/2 apple, cored, sliced, and slices cut in half
- ½ cup pomegranate seeds
- 2- inch piece of ginger, thinly sliced, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon unrefined sea salt (I used Redmond's)
- 2 cups pomegranate juice
- 1 ½ cups coconut water
For serving:
- 1/2 apple in round slices
- ice
- 8 ounces unflavored sparkling water
- slices of fresh ginger
- handful of fresh mint or basil
- 1/3 cup pomegranate seeds
Instructions
- Wash all fruit and ginger, then cut the strawberries, apples, and ginger. Add to a large pitcher with the salt, pomegranate juice, and coconut water. Stir with a wooden spoon, then refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
- When ready to serve, fill the glass ⅓ of the way with ice, then add a round slice of green apple to the side of a glass. Pour the sangria into the glass 3/4 of the way full, then top with sparkling water. Garnish with a long slice of ginger, a sprig of mint, and a few pomegranate seeds. Cheers!
Notes
- Make ahead up to 24 hours in advance. If you have leftovers, they can be frozen into flavored ice cubes!
- Raspberries are not HYH, but here they are used for light flavor and garnish. You can include them, substitute them with other fruit, or omit them.
- Sea salt – I used Redmond’s real salt (DIZZYCOOK for 15% off) for added hydration, but you can omit this for low sodium.
- Coconut water can be substituted with filtered water or additional sparkling water (wait to add till serving) for more of a sparkling non-alcoholic sangria.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
While this does sound delicious, it does contain a large amount of sodium. Since I am on a low sodium diet, because of my Meniere’s disease this would not be good choice for a person with vertigo issues. I did receive this as a recommendation from VEDA which is supposed to help with dizziness and balance.
Ok, first of all it is super rude to rate a recipe poorly that you haven’t even made. My website is catered to people with migraine, many of which are helped by electrolytes, especially after lots of nausea and vomiting. I do have a few people who are low sodium for Meniere’s and try to make edits for them. For VEDA, I am showing how to edit this recipe to be sodium free in our presentation.
Alicia, i just ordered both your books but was wondering if you take magnesium for your migraines and if so, which kind? Thanks, Ellen
Hey! I do! I have everything written out here in my vestibular migraine treatment plan. And then you can get them discounted here. I also have some articles on magnesium and migraine.
I loved that this recipe didn’t require any ingredients I had to go to a special store for. And it actually helped my headache that I had – win!