This easy crockpot apple cider recipe takes less than 5 minutes prep time to create a delicious hot spiced cider that is perfect to enjoy in cool weather.
Use our time-saving hack of combining prepared apple cider with spices and fresh fruit to create a homemade beverage that is perfect for holidays, parties and gatherings.
While this hot apple cider is simmering in your slow cooker, you can be working on the rest of the menu (or not doing anything at all!). Meanwhile, your home will smell amazing with the simmering spices of cinnamon and cloves, creating a cozy atmosphere for autumn and winter days.
Our easy Autumn Harvest Punch is another great nonalcoholic drink for the season.
How to Make Crockpot Apple Cider
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 2 hours on low
Serves: 10
Ingredients
8 cups apple cider
2-3 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 navel orange, sliced
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1-2 apples, sliced
Extra apple or orange slices or cinnamon sticks for garnish, optional
Directions
Add all of the ingredients, except for garnishes into the crock pot.
Stir together until the sugar dissolves.
Cook on low for about 2 hours or until steaming. You can allow it to simmer longer in the crock pot if needed.
Strain the spices and fruit out of the cider, either using a slotted spoon or a mesh strainer.
If desired, add apple or orange slices to the crockpot cider or individual mugs of cider before serving.
Helpful Tips and Tricks
- This hot cider can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. To reheat, add it back to a slow cooker and allow to simmer until warm.
- You DO want to use whole spices because there is more flavor in the whole spice. Also, it keeps your cider from having clumps of powdered cinnamon or cloves floating around and clouding up the beverage.
- This beverage can be served cold after cooking it. Either serve over ice or put in the refrigerator to cool.
- Adding alcohol, such as rum, makes this a boozy adult beverage.
Serve cider with these cute puff pasty pumpkins with apple pie filling for a seasonal treat in autumn.
Crockpot Apple Cider
Ingredients
Method
- Add all of the ingredients into the crockpot.
- Stir together until the sugar dissolves.
- Cook on low for about 2 hours or until steaming. You can allow it to simmer longer in the crock pot if needed.
- Strain the spices and fruit out of the cider, either using a slotted spoon or a mesh strainer.
- If desired, add apple or orange slices to the crockpot cider or individual mugs of cider before serving.
Notes
- This hot cider can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. To reheat, add it back to a slow cooker and allow to simmer until warm.
- You DO want to use whole spices because there is more flavor in the whole spice. Also, it keeps your cider from having clumps of powdered cinnamon or cloves floating around and clouding up the beverage.
- This beverage can be served cold after cooking it. Either serve over ice or put in the refrigerator to cool.
- Adding alcohol, such as rum, makes this a boozy adult beverage.
