**I received free kitchen tools from Crisp Cooking to facilitate this post! Thank you Crisp for keeping this post free for my readers.
One of my favorite parts of the holidays is the food. Undeniably you will always find me near the buffet tables at any given holiday party. But beyond the food I love the hot (and cold) drinks. I love egg nog, I love hot chocolate, and I love Wassil Punch!
This particular wassil recipe is my favorite because it is really easy to make (you can make it in the slow cooker), it is beautiful, and it makes an awesome gift! Teacher gifts are always hard for me. My kids have 2 teachers each, and I have 3 kids in school, so do the math, that is a lot of gifts! I am a food person, and I love giving food as gifts, but all my teacher friends/family say that is tricky because they get so many goodies during the year. They always tell me they prefer gift cards. But with so many teachers, gift cards don’t really work for me. This year I thought it would be fun to give a food gift that would keep, and that involved something beyond food.
So this is what I gave them! It is a Wassil Punch kit! It has the Apple Cider, orange, lemon, and spices needed to make the Wassil, and the seriously awesome 4 in 1 Zester From Crisp.
Crisp offers bright fun tools for healthy eating. I got one of these zesters at a food conference I went to, and then they sent me a few of their other tools. They are so cute, and I just love them because not only do they look bright and fun, but they also work so well. Which is why I thought the teachers at my kid’s school might like them too!
Anyway, I thought this might be a fun neighbor gift as well! What do you guys think? Not only is it my favorite wassil punch recipe (which I put on the card), but something useful!
If you want to make these cute teacher/neighbor gifts, just include the Apple Cider, then do an orange, a lemon, some cinnamon sticks, and the spices, then package it up cute with the directions on the card. (Put everything in a crockpot, and let simmer for 6-8 hours)
Wassail Punch Neighbor/Teacher Gift
Ingredients
- 64 ounce jug of apple cider
- 1-2 oranges juiced
- 1 lemon juiced
- 3 whole cinnamon sticks
- 8 whole cloves
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 TBS ground cinnamon
- zest of one orange and lemon
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a crock pot
- Bring to simmer over medium-low heat.
- Let simmer for 6-8 hours
- Remove cinnamon sticks if they did not dissolve completely, strain if desired
- Ladle into cups and enjoy
Notes
Nutrition
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
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Enjoy!
Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says
Oh, I just love this idea as a teacher or neighbor gift! 🙂 I also love this for a holiday party, especially since I can make it in my slow cooker. I just may add a little rum to this to make it a little more merry. 😉 lol
The Foodie Affair says
Great idea to give as a gift! We happen to have new neighbors and since I don’t know them at all, this would be a nice welcome to the neighborhood gift! Sounds delicious too!
magicalslowcooker says
What a great gift. I bet any teacher would love that fun zester!
Jen says
This looks SO good! Love all the spices in it and the addition of orange and lemon! And what a fabulous gift! I am sure the teachers are always so excited to receive your foodie gifts!
Ellen Christian says
That looks delicious. I need to try this for Christmas dinner!
Marion@Life Tastes Good says
What a fabulous gift idea!!
occasionalcooker says
Great gift idea!