33 Punch Recipes to Get the Party Started

Punch is always an appropriate choice for a party. Here are 33 that will fuel your festivities.
Bobbi Lin1/33Earl Grey–Bourbon Punch
Turn this tea punch recipe up a notch with a decorative ice ring.

Photograph by Victoria Jane, Food Styling by Mallory Lance, Prop Styling by Alexandra Massillon3/33Admiral Russell's Christmas Punch
This understated holiday punch has a cognac base brightened by a simple lemon syrup and lightly sweet sherry.
Peden + Munk4/33Blackberry Collins
Not a fan of blackberries? This cocktail recipe will be just as good with blueberries—or any other berry you like.
Alex Lau5/33Frosé (Frozen Rosé)
Choose a full-flavored, full-bodied, dark-colored rosé for freezing. You want something that can hold its own.
6/33Easy Does It, Baby
We use sparkling rosé wine here mostly for its color. Any decent bubbly will work as a substitute.
Alex Lau7/33No One Is Doing Fall Better than This Hard Cider Sangria
Dear summer, please stay forever. Love, this hard cider sangria.

Danny Kim9/33Cranberry Rum Punch
This makes you feel like you’re on vacation no matter where you are.
Laura Murray10/33Rosé-Aperol Spritz
Meet your summer cocktail, a pinky and bubbly rosé wine spritz with Aperol and passion fruit juice. Now all you need is a pool to drink it next to.
Dan Monick11/33Spiced Rum Punch with Citrus and Luxardo
Two types of rum double the fun in this citrusy punch. If you can’t find kumquats, add another orange.
12/33The New England Express
BA Foodist Andrew Knowlton explains: “The day is hard enough. Shaking cocktails would be suicide! Punch, however, works. In a nod to early New England Thanksgivings, I use two regional pours: rum (big in the Colonial days) and cider. Unlike most punches, this one won’t leave you under the table after two glasses.”
Alex Lau13/33Citrus–Irish Whiskey Punch
“Without the oleo-saccharum, the punch would be flat,” Jack McGarry, one of the owners of the Dead Rabbit in NYC, insists. “It’s vital.”
Peden + Munk14/33Cashew Nut Nog
In a classic case of more is more, a beach-ball-size bowl of eggnog turns any house into holiday central.