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Our Best Thanksgiving Cocktails for 2021

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You know what we’re thankful for? Thanksgiving cocktails! We’ve pulled together our favorite drinks for Thanksgiving 2021 for you to enjoy. Cheers!

In the rush of getting everything ready for a big holiday meal like Thanksgiving, it can be easy to forget one of the most fun parts of Thanksgiving—drinking with your loved ones!

While a good bottle of wine is always a must at the dinner table and having beer stashed in the fridge for the football lovers is probably a good plan, we highly recommend also serving a signature Thanksgiving cocktail to your guests! These fall cocktails are all easy (and delicious!) additions to your Thanksgiving menu that’ll draw oohs-and-aahs from all your guests.

Thanksgiving Cocktails for a Crowd

If you don’t want to be tending the bar all day, but do want to offer a fall-tastic cocktail, try one of these winning Thanksgiving cocktails for a crowd! People can serve themselves as much or as little as they’d like, whenever they’d like.

A mug of apple cider spiked with bourbon sits with steam rising from the top surrounded by orange slices, whole spices, an apple and a pumpkin.Bourbon Spiked Apple Cider

Hand holding up a mug of mulled wine by the handle.Slow Cooker Cranberry Wassail

Glass jar filled with autumn sangria and apples chunks.Pumpkin Pie Fall Sangria

Autumn Apple Rose Sangria

A rocks glass of apple cider sangria sits on a wooden cutting board in front of a bottle of red wine and pitcher of sangria.Apple Cider Sangria

Cocktails to Make One-by-One

Looking for a cocktail to make for a small gathering or just to serve to yourself? We’ve got you covered there, too. Here are our favorite single-serve fall cocktails:

Close-up of a tall glass of cranberry gin fizz garnished with fresh cranberries and a rosemary sprig.Cranberry Gin Fizz

Hard Cider Cranberry Kombucha Mimosa in a clear glass with cranberries floating on top, with the ingredients for the drink behind the glass.Hard Cider Cranberry Kombucha Mimosa

Autumn Apple Kombucha Whiskey Moscow Mule in hammered copper mugs with apple slices and a cinnamon stick floating on top, with the ingredients for the drink behind the cups.Autumn Apple Kombucha Moscow Mule

Mulled Wine Kombucha Spritzer

Apple Cider MimosasTwo Ingredient Apple Cider Mimosas

After Dinner Thanksgiving Cocktails

Looking for something to sip on Thanksgiving evening while reflecting on the day and looking ahead? Try one of these after dinner favorites:

Two glass bottles of homemade Kahlua stand side-by-side surrounded by coffee beans.Homemade Kahlúa

A full and labeled bottle of Homemade Limoncello lies on a white kitchen towel among lemons and other filled bottles.Limoncello

Apple Bourbon Hot ToddyApple Cider Hot Toddy

Close-up of a full mug of hot buttered rum with whipped cream, nutmeg, and cinnamon stick garnish.Hot Buttered Rum

No matter how you’re celebrating, we hope we’ve helped you find just the right cocktail for your Turkey Day. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Looking for a non-alcoholic drink to serve at Thanksgiving?

Our homemade chai tea mix and golden milk mix both make for soothing, warming after-dinner drinks (they are also great mixes to package up for holiday gifts!).

You can also leave the bourbon out of our spiked apple cider—everyone loves a good mulled cider!

Cassie is the founder and CEO of Wholefully. She's a home cook and wellness junkie with a love of all things healthy living. She lives on a small hobby farm in Southern Indiana with her husband, daughter, two dogs, two cats, and 15 chickens.
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