This Cranberry Thyme Mocktail is the holiday drink for all ages! Booze-free, but so much fun. Freeze some cranberries to double for garnish and to keep your beverage chilled!

This Cranberry Thyme Mocktail is the holiday drink for all ages because it’s booze-free, and so much fun. Bonus tip, freeze some cranberries to double for garnish and to keep your beverage chilled!

I don’t drink alcohol, and it never impacts my life anymore. However, in my college days, it was a constant battle of dodging annoying annoying frat boys at parties who think they’re going to get you to have a drink…and I cannot muster an eye roll big enough for the losers who tried so embarrassingly hard to get me drunk, but that is a story for another time…

Nevertheless, I made the personal commitment to not drink early on for my own mental health reasons, and I’m quite happy sticking to it and always have been. There’s such a weird social expectation to drink. Hanging out on the weekend means alcohol will be involved unless noted otherwise, and I find it so weird. It used to impact me because I was self-conscious about the fact that I was the only one without a drink in my hand. Drinking is at the core of socializing, weather it’s going to bars with your friends, or being served special wine pairings at a fine dining establishments.

I no longer feel weird about not having a drink in my hand while surrounded my others who do, but I often enjoy a fun and fizzy mocktail with a kombucha or fizzy water base and some other fun add ins. It’s not really about fitting in, but more something to do while all of my friends are occupied with alcohol.

That’s why I am often experimenting with seasonal flavors to create booze-free beverages! And I love this concoction inspired by the holiday season and truly sparkling with that holiday cheer!

So what are you waiting for? Give this one a try!

 

Here’s what you’ll need:

½ cup fresh cranberries

4 sprigs thyme, leaves removed

3 cups kombucha

Honey to taste

Frozen Cranberries for garnish

Directions:

  1. Add cranberries and thyme leaves to a small bowl and muddle well. Evenly distribute into four cocktail glasses.
  2. Add kombucha and serve with frozen cranberries. Enjoy this Cranberry Thyme Mocktail chilled!
    1. Optional: include additional thyme sprigs and cranberries to garnish

This Cranberry Thyme Mocktail is the holiday drink for all ages! Booze-free, but so much fun. Freeze some cranberries to double for garnish and to keep your beverage chilled!

This Cranberry Thyme Mocktail is the holiday drink for all ages! Booze-free, but so much fun. Freeze some cranberries to double for garnish and to keep your beverage chilled!
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Cranberry Thyme Mocktail
This Cranberry Thyme Mocktail is the holiday drink for all ages! Booze-free, but so much fun. Freeze some cranberries to double for garnish and to keep your beverage chilled!
Author: Maddie Augustin
Ingredients
  • ½ cup fresh cranberries
  • 4 sprigs thyme leaves removed
  • 3 cups kombucha
  • Honey to taste
Instructions
  1. Add cranberries and muddle along with thyme leaves
  2. Add kombucha, honey, and muddled herbs and cranberries and serve with frozen cranberries
  3. Optional: include additional thyme sprigs and cranberries to garnish
This Cranberry Thyme Mocktail is the holiday drink for all ages! Booze-free, but so much fun. Freeze some cranberries to double for garnish and to keep your beverage chilled!
This Cranberry Thyme Mocktail is the holiday drink for all ages! Booze-free, but so much fun. Freeze some cranberries to double for garnish and to keep your beverage chilled!