Jennifer Lopez slays just about anything she does—including hosting the holidays. The songstress, actress and entrepreneur just posted what may be the easiest holiday punch hack in time for Thanksgiving and we got the scoop on how to make it straight from J.Lo herself.
“I love having everyone over and making everything beautiful,” she tells Parade, referring to how she kicks off the festive season—with Bing Crosby playing in the background. As for her go-to cocktail, that would be Delola. Her ready-to-drink spritz line launched earlier this year and comes in three delicious flavors that are gluten-free, low-calorie and low-ABV: Bella Berry, L’Orange and Paloma Rosa. “Delola is kind of the perfect cocktail because all you need to do to enjoy it is open up the bottle and pour it over ice so it’s really all about the garnishes,” she explains. “I’m obsessed with different garnishes and how to dress them up for the holidays.”
Between prepping Thanksgiving dinner, dessert and figuring out where everyone is going to sit, Turkey Day drinks aren’t always top of mind so if you forgot all about a signature tipple this year, don’t fret—Jen’s got you covered with her Bella Berry punch recipe (with all the garnishes) below.
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How to Make Jennifer Lopez’s Holiday Punch
To make J.Lo’s Bella Berry Punch, grab the biggest punch bowl you have and fill it with ice. Then, it’s all about the garnishes. You’ll need sliced apples, lemons, oranges, fresh cranberries and cinnamon sticks to make this punch that easily serves 6-8 and Delola, of course. For this recipe, Jen used Bella Berry, which is made with premium vodka, fresh berries and hibiscus, although you could also use Delola L’Orange Spritz with amaro, orange and passionfruit, garnished with blood-orange wheels. “The blood orange complements it very well,” says Jen, adding that you can even squeeze a little bit of that in there if you’d like.
Once she adds all the fruit to the ice bowl, she cracks open a bottle of Bella Berry to pour over top. “This is when Lola comes out to play,” she says, joking that Lola is her alter ego who always does way too much at holiday parties, dancing on tables but everyone loves inviting her.
[Note to Jen: Can we please get an invite to that holiday party next time?!]
After giving her punch a good stir, she ladles some into a glass and swirls it around with a cinnamon stick. “When you put the cinnamon sticks in at the end, it gives you this kind of sensory experience when you drink it, that takes it to a whole other level,” she says. “That was one of my favorite things that I did lately,” referring to her perfect punch creation, which she demonstrates below.
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Of course, if you’re J.Lo, you don’t stop there. The style mogul says she likes to put out her nice antique crystal glasses, silver ice buckets and flowers everywhere. “I love to dress up my bar cart during the holidays,” she says, “and I have to have a warm fire in the fireplace. Candles, the fire element with blankets, listening to old ‘40s holiday music…I love that.”
In addition to serving her Bella Berry punch at Thanksgiving this year, Lopez says she’s going to be doing a whole Delola L’Orange tablescape with a centerpiece made out of oranges and tangerines. “That’s going to accompany our Thanksgiving meal,” she shares, “which I think is going to be really delicious since it has the amaro and the blood orange. It’s the perfect pairing for the turkey and the cranberry.”
House of Delola
We’ll cheers to that!
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