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Our Apple Cider Mimosa is the perfect way to celebrate Fall! Sweet and bubbly, rimmed with caramel and gold sugar, and packed with all the cozy Fall vibes we’re craving!
Sweet and bubbly with a caramel rim!
The Fall Must Make Drink!
I have a tendency to skip right over apple season and head straight into pumpkin season, but this year I’m taking time to savor all my favorite apple goodies, like our apple cobbler and fresh apple cake.
May as well drink those glorious apples too! 😉
This Apple Cider Mimosa is the perfect way to celebrate fall. Fresh apple cider, preferably from your local orchard where you can spend the day picking apples with the kiddos, a bottle of bubbly, and a sweet caramel rim really make this cocktail fun.
This is the perfect cocktail to serve up at all your fall parties, and it feels very fancy in an effortless sort of way at Thanksgiving!
Much like our Spiked Eggnog, this is one of those cocktails we make every year.
What is an Apple Cider Mimosa?
A traditional mimosa is made with orange juice and champagne, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that an apple cider mimosa is made with apple cider and champagne.
We love to use local apple cider, but bottled apple cider (or juice!) can be used in a pinch. This recipe also works well with prosecco instead of champagne.
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions:
Apple Cider – Highly recommend spending the day at a local orchard picking fresh apples. Grab a gallon of apple cider, bring it home, and unwind with these apple cider mimosas. Of course, you can totally just grab some apple cider (or even apple juice) from the local grocery store.
Prosecco or Champagne – These are both sparkling wines and will work interchangeably here. Use your preferred drink! Make sure it’s well chilled.
Caramel Sauce – Apples and caramel are just made for each other. So to get that caramel apple flavor you’ll dip the rim of the flute in the sauce!
Gold Sanding Sugar – We love the festive vibes of this gold sanding sugar. None on hand? Use cinnamon sugar instead – you’ll need about 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon.
Garnish – We like to garnish these apple cider mimosas with a cinnamon stick or a slice of apple!
What We Love About This Recipe:
- It’s a great beverage for Fall. But honestly, this one is good enough to enjoy year round.
- It’s got that caramel apple flavor with every sip thanks to the caramel sauce rim!
- Make it as weak or as strong as you like by adding in the prosecco to your heart’s content.
Non-Alcoholic Mimosa:
You can still enjoy this apple cider mimosa without the alcohol!
Instead of the champagne or prosecco use some sparkling cider or non-alcoholic champagne. The bubbles make it fun!
How to Make Apple Cider Mimosas:
Caramel: Dip the rim of your glass in caramel sauce.
Gold Sugar: Dunk the rim in the sanding sugar. It’ll stick nicely thanks to the caramel.
Apple Cider: Pour in the cider.
Champagne: Add your champagne or prosecco. Drink up!
Helpful Tip!
You can use a ratio of 2:1 or 1:1 for this recipe depending on how much champagne you want.
Leftover Hack!
Have leftover apple cider? Be sure to make our apple cider donut bread or our apple cider pound cake!
FAQs:
Use whichever kind you like best! Champagne comes from a specific region of France. Prosecco comes from Italy. They are very similar, and if you have a preferred brand I’d recommend using that.
Apple cider is unfiltered and often not pasteurized. It has a stronger taste than apple juice. Apple juice is filtered and pasteurized, which helps it to last longer and mellows out the flavor. Apple juice is more sweet than apple cider.
More Favorite Cocktails!
- Vodka Collins
- Keto Margarita
- Christmas Sangria
- Mojito Pitcher Recipe
- Raspberry Vodka Lemonade
- Margarita on the Rocks Recipe
Apple Cider Mimosa
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon caramel sauce
- 1 tablespoon gold sanding sugar
- ½ cup apple cider chilled
- 1/3 cup champagne chilled
- 1 cinnamon stick for garnish
- 1 apple slice for garnish
Instructions
- Pour the caramel sauce onto a small plate and dip the rim of a champagne flute into the caramel to coat the rim.
- Add the gold sanding sugar to a second small plate and roll the rim of the champagne flute through the sprinkles to coat the rim.
- Pour the apple cider into the rimmed glass and top it off with the champagne.
- Garnish with a cinnamon stick and apple slice, if desired.
Milton Cunningham says
Sounds wonderful, can’t wait to try it
Karly says
Hope you enjoy!