Kinderpunsch
Kinderpunsch is a hot German drink that's served at Christmas markets! This non-alcoholic holiday punch is the kid's version of mulled wine.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 4 tea bags berry or hibiscus
- 2 cups apple juice or grape juice
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 6 cloves
- 1 star anise
- 1/4 cup sugar brown or white
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar or vanilla extract
- 1/2 lemon juice
- 1 orange sliced
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring water to a boil. Remove from heat, add tea bags and let steep for 5–8 minutes. Remove tea bags.
- To the tea, add apple juice, spices, sugar, and vanilla sugar. Juice the lemon and slice the orange into fine slices. Add to the tea.
- Let simmer on medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Don’t let it boil! Pour through a strainer and serve.
Notes
- Instead of apple juice, you can also use grape juice or orange juice. Just make sure the juice is not sweetened and is 100% juice; otherwise it will be too sweet.
- Depending on the tea and juice you use, the color of the drink will vary. Orange juice will make it cloudy, for example.
- A fruity tea like hibiscus, berry or super fruit works best.
- You can reduce the amount of sugar if you prefer. I often only use half the amount, and it is still sweet enough.
- You can also put the spices into a tea bag to make them easy to remove.
- Don't let the orange slices sit longer than 10 minutes in the punch, or the bitterness of the pith will transfer to your beverage.
- Kinderpunsch can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 145mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 56IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 0.4mg