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With only four ingredients Cranberry Margaritas are perfect for the holiday season. Made with Cranberry and lime juice, tequila and triple sec.

I’m all about celebrating the holidays with special cocktails made with seasonal ingredients like cranberries. When you welcome your friends and family with something as pretty as my Cranberry Margaritas they’ll feel all that more special.

It’s all about the Garnish

I don’t think you can make a festive cocktail without a festive garnish. After all, it is the holiday season and everything is a little more dressed up. For this cocktail, I used fresh lime slices, sugared cranberries and I also made fresh sugared rosemary sprigs.

how do you sugar cranberries and rosemary?

The quickest way to learn how to make sugared cranberries is to click here for my Sugar Cranberry Recipe. But here’s the quick version:

Make a simple syrup with equal parts of sugar and water.
Soak the fresh berries or herb overnight in the simple syrup.
Toss them in granulated sugar and let them dry.
You can store them in an airtight jar for a week.

Don’t forget the salt on the Cranberry Margaritas

As far as I’m concerned, you can’t have a real margarita if you don’t have salt. A salted rim is just like a garnish – dress it up and make it special. It’s very easy to salt the rim of a cocktail glass. Simply pour some sea salt onto a plate. Rub the rim of the glass with fruit. In this case, I used lime. And finally, dip the rim of the glass into the salt. HINT: Make sure you do this before you add the ice cube of cocktail ingredients.

Krazy Kitchen Mom Tips:

In this recipe, I use the word “shot” meaning I am using a standard shot glass. A standard shot glass is actually 1-1/2 ounces. So if you don’t have a shot glass, measure the 1 shot to be 1-1/2 ounces. A 1-1/2 ounce shot glass is also called a “jigger”.
My Dad taught me the proper way to make a cocktail:
- Add the ice to the glass.
- Next, add the liquor or liquor on top of the ice. He said this cools down the liquor so the ice won’t melt as quickly.
- Thirdly, add the mix which is usually cooled already.
- Garnish the cocktail.

If you like this festive cocktail, you might also like these:

Cranberry Sage Martini – Cranberry juice, vodka, fresh sage, and orange zest
Scarlet O’Hara – My favorite holiday cocktail! It’s made with Southern Comfort, lime juice and cranberry juice.
Red Wine Hot Chocolate – Curl up with a warm mug of hot chocolate with hints of red wine flavor. It’s heaven!
Red Wine Mule – A Mule cocktail made with Cranberry juice.