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Best Easy Spiked Apple Cider Recipe

How to make spiked apple cider is so easy! You can make the best spiked apple cider and it truly is nothing more than buying a few ingredients, heating it up for 30-60 minutes and you are done!
This process of heating the hot apple cider with the spices is called mulling, which is a fancy word for heating with spices. Thus, you do need to mull your hot apple cider but it is as easy as watching paint try as we will learn.
You can make spiked hot apple cider in a crockpot but really all you need is a standard pot or saucepan and put it on the stove to simmer! This easy spiked apple cider recipe calls for just 4-5 ingredients as well!
Prep Time1 minute
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 1 minute
Course: Cocktails, Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple cider vinegar, Best Fall Cocktails, Bourbon Cocktails, Fall Cocktails, Holiday Cocktails, Spiked Apple Cider, Spiked Hot Apple Cider
Servings: 4 people
Cost: $3 per drink

Ingredients

  • 4.5 cups apple cider
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 star anise
  • 2 oz preferred liquor Spiced rum, whiskey, bourbon, fireball or dark rum

Optional

  • 1 apple sliced

Garnish

  • apple slices on rim or inside glass
  • Cinnamon stick Can use the ones you used to cook with.

Instructions

  • Pour apple cider into pot and add the spices, then bring to a small boil.
  • Turn heat down to a simmer for 60 minutes, 30 is fine if needed.
  • Pour liquor into your glass and then ladel or pour your cider into your glass.
  • Garnish and you're done!