Name: Home Kitchen Black Magic Sangria
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 8 h
Yield: 6 (5 ounce) glasses
Cuisine: Spanish, American
Ingredients: 4 black plums (halved, pitted and cut into eighths); 4 rambutans (optional) (outer skin removed and sliced around the pit); 1 cup blackberries (halved before measuring); 1/2 cup concord grapes (halved before measuring); 1/2 cup black grapes (halved before measuring); 1/2 cup blueberries (halved before measuring); 1 bottle dark red wine (I use Apothic Dark); 3/4 cup blackberry pomegranate juice (I use Good Belly); 1/2 cup brown sugar simple syrup (see notes for instructions); 1/2 cup vanilla brandy

Home Kitchen Black Magic Sangria

Black Magic Sangria is a dark, moody and bold alcoholic beverage. Sliced black plums, blackberries and grapes soak in dark red wine that’s combined with vanilla brandy and sweetened with a brown sugar simple syrup

Serves 6 (5 ounce) glasses

Prep 20 minutes

Cook 0 minutes

Total 8 hours

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What’s dark, fruity and the dependable Halloween adult beverage?

You guessed it, sangria. This jammy wine cocktail has hints of black plum and blackberry, is spiked with vanilla brandy and sweetened with a brown sugar simple syrup. An striking combination of flavors.

For this Black Magic Sangria Set out:

black plums
rambutans (optional)
blackberries
concord grapes
black grapes
blueberries
dark red wine
pomegranate blackberry juice
vanilla brandy
brown sugar simple syrup

About the Wine:

Pick up a bottle of dark red wine. Apothic Dark if at all possible. This is not a sponsored post, but one day the gothic label caught my attention and so naturally I read the back label. It reads that it has notes of plum, blueberry and blackberry with hints of coffee and chocolate. So you can completely understand why I was inspired to create a sangria from this wine.

How do you Make The Brown Sugar Simple Syrup?

In a small saucepan add; 1 cup dark brown sugar and 1 cup water. Heat over medium-low, whisking until the sugar has completely dissolved. Once dissolved, remove the syrup off of the heat, let cool and refrigerated for up to 2 months.

A day in advance, start by adding 4 sliced plums, 4 rambutans – outer skin removed and flesh cut away from the pit (this fruit is optional), 1 cup halved black berries, 1/2 cup each halved black, concord grapes and blueberries into a large pitcher.

Pour in the entire bottle of wine.

Then measure and pour in 3/4 pomegranate blackberry juice, 1/2 cup vanilla brandy and 1/4 cup of the brown sugar simple syrup.

Stir to combine. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Gah! That color!

Pour into glasses, with out without adding the wine soaked fruit, and serve.

Goes go-to with good chocolate and great friends.