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This sparkling Christmas cocktail is perfect when served with a delicious turkey dinner, at get togethers with family and friends, or saved for date night in with a great movie! This easy cocktail has the right amount of sweet and tangy, with fresh or sugared cranberries and just the right amount of fizz from the ginger ale, it is certainly a festive Christmas cocktail!

Sugared or Fresh Cranberries. What’s the difference?

Fresh cranberries are easy to use and look fantastic in and around this cocktail, but sugared cranberries add a festive feature! Not to mention, they make a great snack in place or added to some nuts around the drink station.

This festive cocktail is one of the easiest you can make this holiday season, and it’s certainly easy to transform into a mocktail by simply excluding the rum. Same festive drink without the alcohol!

What ingredients do you need to make a Sparkling Cranberry Kiss Cocktail?

• Apple vodka, 1 ounce
• Cranberry juice, 1 ounce
• Apple juice, 1 ounce
• Cranberry ginger ale
• Fresh cranberries or sugared cranberries

How do you make a Delicious Sparkling Cranberry Kiss – Christmas Cocktail?

• Add cranberry juice, apple vodka and apple juice to a tall glass
• Top with cranberry ginger ale
• Garnish with fresh or sugared cranberries

Sparkling Cranberry Kiss – Christmas Cocktail

This cocktail certainly has a the perfect flavour for Christmas — and fall — season festivities! With it’s sweet flavour, this cocktail tastes great with any dish you might serve, fall or winter, Christmas or Thanksgiving, this Cranberry Kiss will certainly be a festive favourite.

We hope you loved this Sparkling Cranberry Kiss – Christmas Cocktail! Certainly try it with our delicious Brie Bites with Mango Chutney or our Baked Apples with Caramel.

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Sparkling Cranberry Kiss

Delicious Christmas or Thanksgiving Cranberry Kiss Cocktail, perfectly festive!

Course Cocktails

Cuisine Canadian

Keyword Christmas, cocktail, cranberries, Thanksgiving,

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 1 drink

Calories 140kcal

Ingredients

• 1 oz apple vodka
• 1 oz apple juice
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• cranberry ginger ale
• fresh or sugared cranberries

Instructions

• Add cranberry juice, apple vodka and apple juice to a tall glass
• Top with cranberry ginger ale
• Garnish with fresh or sugared cranberries

Notes

Try our Sugared Cranberries recipe to make this festive cocktail sparkle!

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Sugared Cranberries vs Fresh Cranberries. What’s the difference?

Cranberries are easy to use and look fantastic in and around desserts, dinners, cocktails and more. The difference between fresh and sugared cranberries is festive flair and delicious taste! Sugared cranberries add a sparkling elegant appearance to any dish. They also make a great snack in place or added to some nuts around the drink station!

They are also very easy to make!

What three ingredients to you need to make Sugared Cranberries?

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar (for simple sugar)
• 3 cups fresh cranberries
• 1 cup sugar (for coating)

How to make Sugared Cranberries:

1. In a saucepan combine 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar. Bring to a boil, then let it simmer on low heat for about 3 minutes.
2. Stir in the washed and dried cranberries and mix to fully coat in the syrup. Once covered, remove the pot from the heat and stir 1 minute.
3. Remove cranberries with a slotted spoon and transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet to let cranberries dry out. Let them dry for about 1 hour.
4. Roll the sticky cranberries in the remaining 1 cup sugar to coat

Tips for making easy candied cranberries:

• Dry the cranberries…twice. Rinse and dry the cranberries before mixing them in the simple sugar solution. The syrup will stick better to dry cranberries and you will avoid adding excess water to the syrup.
• Dissolve sugar completely when heating the sugar and water, keep the saucepan on low heat for 3 minutes after it’s come to a boil. This allows the sugar to fully dissolve, forming a nice syrup for coating cranberries.
• Fully Coat the cranberries in the syrup, really stir them around and coat the entire surface of the cranberries.
• Remove Cranberries before they burst. You don’t want them to release their juices or soften.

Storing candied cranberries:

Store cranberries covered at room temperature in a cool, dry place for up to 2 days. If the sugar starts looking moist, you can always re-roll them in a little more sugar to freshen them up.

We hope you liked our Easy Sugared Cranberries! They make the perfect addition to any festive spread. Serve them with your Thanksgiving or Christmas desserts, cocktails, mocktails, cheese and crackers and so much more! They look as good as they taste. Add some to our Champagne Celebration Cake or our Cranberry Kiss Christmas Cocktail.

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Easy Sugared Cranberries

Easy Sugared Cranberries. Add these festive cranberries to your drinks, desserts, appetizers and so much more. They taste great and can take your festive recipe to the next level!

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword candied cranberries, cranberries, sugared cranberries

Cook Time 4 minutes

Resting time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 4 minutes

Servings 3 cups

Calories 110kcal

Equipment

• Parchment paper

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar (divided)
• 3 cupa cranberries (washed and dried)

Instructions

• In a saucepan combine 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar. Bring to a boil, then let it simmer on low heat for about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the washed and dried cranberries and mix to fully coat in the syrup. Once covered, remove the pot from the heat and stir 1 minute.
• Remove cranberries with a slotted spoon and transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet to let cranberries dry out. Let them dry for about 1 hour.
• Roll the sticky cranberries in the remaining 1 cup sugar to coat

Notes

Serve with appetizers, nuts and cheese. Add to cocktails, mocktails, cakes and desserts. Sugared cranberries make a festive recipe look fantastic!

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