Mulled Apple Cider

You can smell great mulled cider long before you taste it.

Having a pot of apple cider fills the air with the spicy aroma of allspice, cinnamon, and cloves that make it easy to understand why the spice traders traveled halfway across the globe.

This mulled apple cider recipe is simple to make, worth drinking all winter long, and is an easy treat to put out at parties during the holidays.

You can heat the cider in a crockpot or on the stove. We prefer a crockpot because it can hang out with the rest of the drinks. If you heat the cider on the stove, use a low simmer.

If you’re looking for something with a bit more kick make our Hot Apple Cider with Bourbon.

This recipe also works fine with a gallon of cider; it just takes a little longer for the flavors to come together.

Mulled Apple Cider

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

• ▢ 1/2 gallon apple cider
• ▢ 2 sticks cinnamon
• ▢ 5 cloves
• ▢ 2 cardamom pods
• ▢ 1/2 star anise
• ▢ 3 allspice
• ▢ 2 pieces orange peel

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Instructions

• Assemble the spices, slightly crushing the cardamom pods to open them up a little, along with the orange peel and place them in a tea strainer or tie them up in cheesecloth.
• Pour the cider into a large crock pot, add your container with spices, and turn the heat up to high for an hour.
• After you’ve steeped the spices in the cider for an hour turn the heat down to low. Serve the mulled cider warm in mugs.

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Nutrition

Calories: 113kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 245mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutrition information shown is an estimate based on available ingredients and preparation.