Christmas Margaritas Recipe

Christmas Margaritas are a festive holiday cocktail with a sweet and tart cranberry flavor. Garnish them with fresh mint and lime slices and you have an adult beverage that is perfectly dressed for the holidays.

A cocktail gets even more delicious and colorful with the addition of cranberry juice. I also like to add a few fresh cranberries to the drink as decoration but they aren’t necessary.

Typically margaritas are garnished with salt around the rim, but since this is a holiday cocktail, I went with coarse sugar. Salt can be used instead if you prefer it.

What You’ll Need To Make Christmas Margaritas:

• A cocktail shaker– if you like to make drinks at home, a cocktail shaker is well worth the investment and will only set you back about $25.
• Fresh lime juice– fresh is always best. I add 1/2 a cup to this recipe, but you could add a little less. Tip: If you microwave limes for 15 to 20 seconds it will be much easier to get the juice out of them.
• Tequila– a blanco tequila works well for margaritas.
• Triple Sec– or another orange flavored liquour.
• Superfine sugar– to sweeten the margarita some. Superfine sugar works really well in cocktails because it dissolves very easily.
• Coarse kosher salt or coarse sugar for the rim.
• Garnishes– fresh cranberries, mint, and lime slices.

This recipe makes enough for 2 large margaritas.

Pomegranate juice is a good substitution for cranberry juice.

Try These Other Holiday Cocktails:

• Sugar Cookie Martini
• Pecan Pie Martini
• Hot Buttered Rum
• Cranberry Orange Mimosas

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