Fireball Sangria turns a classic summer drink into a festive Christmas cocktail with a kick! Easy to make in 5 minutes, a Fireball apple cider sangria is perfect for sipping from fall through winter months.
Sangria With Fireball
Our Sangria With Fireball recipe takes all the festive flavors of fresh apple cider and cinnamon, mixes it with sweet, fruity flavors, and spikes it with an extra bit of booze using Fireball Whiskey! It tastes like my Apple Cider Martini with a spicy cinnamon twist.
A Rainbow Sangria recipe may be a summertime staple and Apple Cider Sangria may be flavored for fall, but when winter brings cold weather, you need a boozy beverage to balance the cool temperature with the heat from Fireball.
Christmas sangria cocktails are always fun to sip while sitting by the fireplace or trimming the holiday tree because when you add a kick to your wine sangria drinks, you’ve perfected your pitcher of apple sangria with a Fireball whiskey punch!
Why We Love Fireball Sangria Recipes
- Quick and easy to make in only 5 minutes.
- Uses a handful of simple ingredients.
- When sweet, fruity flavors are mixed with cinnamon whisky, it masks most of the alcohol taste, making this dangerously very drinkable!
- Perfect for cozy nighttime gatherings, seasonal parties, or serving for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s celebrations.
Fireball Sangria Ingredients
- Pinot Noir red wine
- Fresh apple cider: I prefer fresh apple cider, but any store-bought apple cider will work well. You can also try my Homemade Apple Cider.
- Fireball cinnamon whiskey
- Triple-Sec orange-flavored liqueur
- Navel orange
- Red apple
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Substitutions and Additions
- Garnish Your Glass: Feel free to add a festive feel to your Christmas cocktails. Add skewers of cinnamon candies (like Hot Tamales), some fresh orange and apple slices, or cinnamon sticks to garnish your glasses before serving.
- Pick Your Produce: Choose crisp, sweet red apple varieties for your Fireball sangria, like Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Gala, or Fuji.
How to Make Fireball Sangria
- Prepare The Pitcher: Pour the red wine, apple cider, Fireball whisky, Triple-Sec, orange pieces, and apple cubes into the pitcher. Stir to combine.
- Chill: Chill in the refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours or up to 24 hours.
Pro Tip: The longer the fruit sits in the wine, the sweeter your sangria will become and the darker your fruit will get. - Serve: Add the sangria-soaked fruit into a wine glass, then pour 8 ounces of the sangria mixture over the fruit. Garnishes your glass before serving. Enjoy!
Tips For Making Sangria With Fireball
- This Fireball Sangria is best served chilled.
- Do not add ice to the sangria, as the ice will water down the wine once it melts. It is best to allow the sangria to chill completely in the refrigerator.
- You will want to be mindful that the longer the fruit sits in the wine, the softer it will become. Don’t forget that your sangria-soaked fruit is edible (and delicious) if desired.
How to Store Fireball Sangria
- To Store: Once the Sangria with Fireball is mixed together, you can store it in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.
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Fireball Sangria
Ingredients
- 750 milliliter bottle of Pinot Noir red wine
- 2 cups fresh apple cider
- ½ cup Fireball cinnamon-flavored whisky
- ¼ cup Triple-Sec orange-flavored liqueur
- 1 cup (1 large) navel orange cut into slices ¼-½ inch thick, then the slices cut into eighths
- 2 cups red apple from 2 medium-large HoneyCrisp apples, cored and cut into 1-inch cubes
Optional garnishes
- Cocktail sewer threaded with cinnamon candies Hot Tamales
- Additional fresh orange and apple slices
- Cinnamon stick
Instructions
- In a large glass pitcher, add the dry red wine, fresh apple cider, Fireball whisky, Triple-Sec, navel orange pieces, and red apple cubes.750 milliliter bottle of Pinot Noir red wine, 2 cups fresh apple cider, ½ cup Fireball cinnamon-flavored whisky, ¼ cup Triple-Sec orange-flavored liqueur, 1 cup (1 large) navel orange, 2 cups red apple
- Stir all the ingredients to combine, then place the pitcher in the refrigerator to chill for a minimum of 12 hours or up to 24 hours. The longer the fruit sits in the wine, the sweeter your sangria will become and the darker your fruit will get.
- To serve, add ¼ cup of the sangria-soaked fruit into a stemless red wine glass, then pour 8 ounces of the sangria liquid into the glass over the fruit. You can add any of the optional garnishes to your glass of sangria with Fireball before serving.
Jenn’s Notes
- To Store: Once the Sangria with Fireball is mixed together, you can store it in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.
- This sangria with fireball is best served chilled.
- Do not add ice to the sangria, as the ice will water down the wine once it melts. It is best to allow the sangria to chill completely in the refrigerator.
- You will want to be mindful that the longer the fruit sits in the wine, the softer it will become. Don’t forget that your sangria-soaked fruit is edible (and delicious) if desired.
