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Cranberry Margaritas

Last Updated on December 16, 2020. Originally Posted on December 13, 2021 By Laura Franco / 2 Comments

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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.  via @krazykitchenmomWith only four ingredients Cranberry Margaritas are perfect for the holiday season. Made with Cranberry and lime juice, tequila, and triple sec.  via @krazykitchenmomWith only four ingredients Cranberry Margaritas are perfect for the holiday season. Made with Cranberry and lime juice, tequila, and triple sec.  via @krazykitchenmomWith only four ingredients Cranberry Margaritas are perfect for the holiday season. Made with Cranberry and lime juice, tequila and triple sec.  via @krazykitchenmomWith only four ingredients Cranberry Margaritas are perfect for the holiday season. Made with Cranberry and lime juice, tequila and triple sec.  via @krazykitchenmom
Cranberry Margarita
Cranberry Margarita

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

Cranberry margarita close up

Make This Your Signature Cocktail This Year

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 and festive as my Cranberry Margaritas they’ll feel all that more special.

Cranberry Margarita Ingredients

  • Silver Tequila – Be sure to use a good brand of liquor for cocktails. You don’t need to buy the most expensive. It is best to buy something that is priced between the least and most expensive.
  • Triple Sec – Triple Sec is an orange-flavored liqueur. Cointreau is a brand of triple sec that is also very popular in margaritas.
  • Cranberry Juice – Use either cranberry juice or cranberry juice cocktail. I usually have cranberry juice cocktail, which is not alcoholic of course, on hand during the holidays.
  • Fresh Lime Juice
  • Salt
  • Cranberries and Rosemary for Garnish

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.

Close of of cranberry margarita garnish

How To Make Sugared Cranberries

The quickest way to learn how to make sugared cranberries is to click here for my Sugared Cranberry Recipe. Or follow the steps below:

  1. Make a simple syrup with equal parts of sugar and water.
  2. Divide the simple syrup into two tall jars and soak the fresh berries in one jar and rosemary in another overnight.
  3. The next day, toss both the berries and rosemary in a bowl full of granulated sugar. Remove them from the sugar bowl, place them on parchment paper, and let them dry for several hours.
  4. You can store them in an airtight jar for a week.

Don’t Forget to Salt The Rim

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 – a little something to 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 or cocktail ingredients.

Salting the rim of the cocktail glass

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.
cranberry margarita close up

More KKM Holiday Cocktails

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

Cranberry Margaritas

With only four ingredients Cranberry Margaritas are perfect for the holiday season. Made with Cranberry and lime juice, tequila and triple sec. 
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Course: Drinks and cocktails
Cuisine: American
Keyword: craft cocktails, cranberry cocktail, cranberry drinks, holiday cocktails, signature cocktail
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Servings: 1 cocktail
Author: Laura Franco

Ingredients 

  • 1 shot silver tequila
  • 1 shot triple sec
  • 3 shots cranberry juice
  • 1/2 shot fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 slice of lime to rim the glass
  • Coarse salt to rim the glass
  • fresh cranberries and rosemary for garnish

Instructions

  • Pour the coarse salt onto a plate.
  • Rub the rim of the cocktail glass with lime.
  • Dip the glass into the salt.
  • Fill the glass with ice.
  • Pour in the ingredients in this order: tequila, triple sec, lime juice, cranberry juice.
  • Stir.
  • Garnish with cranberries, lime, and rosemary.

Notes

  • 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”.
  • The proper way to make a cocktail:
    • Add the ice to the glass.
    • Next, add the liquor or liquor on top of the ice. 
    • Thirdly, add the mix which is usually cooled already.
    • Garnish the cocktail.
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  1. Sue Ringsdorf says

    October 17, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    These margs look unbelievably delicious, Laura! Can’t wait to try them!

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    • krazykitchenmom says

      October 19, 2019 at 3:31 pm

      It’s pretty delicious Sue. Hope you enjoy it!

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