Caramel apple wassail recipe with essential oils is a delicious drink for holiday entertaining.  Three different juices are combined and spiced with essential oils.  Then you can add caramel vodka for an extra kick of flavor, or leave the vodka out for a family-friendly drink.

Wassail is traditionally a spiced or mulled wine drink that is served on Christmas Eve.  You can also go wassailing, which is basically caroling while drinking wassail.

Fun, huh?!  For a wassail that both adults and kids can enjoy this recipe uses juices instead of wine as the base.  It uses three different kinds of juice apple cider (see?), cranberry juice, and orange juice.

Traditionally, spices are added to the wine or juice, and the concoction is allowed to simmer for a long period of time to allow the flavors to meld. We’re all busy and it is slightly less than a miracle that we’d even remember to make wassail so you need something quick to put together.  Enter essential oils.

You can get a huge punch of flavor quickly by skipping the long cook with spices and just using the oils instead.  This wassail uses orange, lemon, clove, cinnamon, and frankincense but you can mix and match to find a flavor combination you like best.  The frankincense adds a woodsy flavor to the wassail, but it’s a tad on the expensive side so you could skip that.

Combine the juices in a pot and let it come to a boil. Remove from heat and add your oils.  That’s it. You are ready to go!  Oh but not quite yet.  If you want a little added deliciousness, grab yourself a little bottle of caramel vodka and add a splash of that to your glass. I keep this separate so that the kids can drink from the pot of wassail, too.  But if this is for adults only, go ahead and just add it to the pot with the essential oils.

You could pour this into a slow cooker to keep it warm for a long night of wassailing in the neighborhood.   You can increase the recipe to feed a bigger crowd.  The recipe as written makes enough for 2-3 people.