Original video by @applesauceandadhd — all credit to the creator. Full write-up on their site ↗
Friendsgiving Apple Cider Moscow Mule Mocktail
An alcohol-free mule for Friendsgiving: tart lime, fresh orange juice, spiced apple cider and fizzy ginger beer, poured over crushed ice in copper mugs. Apple slices and a cinnamon stick finish each one.
Ingredients
- 4 cupscrushed ice · smashed in a bag
- 1large lime, juiced · or 3 key limes
- 1/2sweet orange, juiced · approx. 2 tbsp juice
- 1 cupginger ale or non-alcoholic ginger beer · Canada Dry or your favorite brand
- 1 to 1 1/2 cupsfresh spiced apple cider · good quality, unfiltered
- —thinly sliced fresh apple wedges · for garnish
- —whole cinnamon sticks · for garnish
- —festive paper straws · for serving
Steps
- 1
Put ice cubes in a heavy-duty zip-top bag, seal it, and smash with a rolling pin or meat mallet until finely crushed.
- 2
Fill copper Moscow Mule mugs to the brim with the crushed ice.
- 3
Squeeze the fresh lime juice and orange juice evenly into each mug over the ice.
- 4
Pour ginger ale or ginger beer about one-third of the way up each mug.
- 5
Top off each mug with fresh apple cider.
- 6
Tuck a few thin apple slices into the ice and add a cinnamon stick for stirring and a straw.
- 7
Stir and serve ice-cold.
Creator's notes
This post announces several of the creator's new Thanksgiving recipes. The hashtags point to the apple cider mule mocktail, so the details come from her blog version.
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