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Easy Cranberry Margarita

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By: IsabelPosted: 12/12/18

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Filled with holiday cheer, this Cranberry Margarita is the perfect Christmas and New Years drink! Made with only 4 simple ingredients, it’s easy to make and comes together in only 5 minutes.

Filled with holiday cheer, this Cranberry Margarita is the perfect Christmas and New Years drink! Made with only 4 simple ingredients, it’s easy to make and comes together in only 5 minutes.

One of my favorite things about winter is the abundance of cranberries, so today I’m bringing you a festive Cranberry Margarita cocktail to get the party started!

Filled with holiday cheer, this cranberry cocktail is the perfect Christmas and New Years drink. Made with only 4 simple ingredients, it’s super easy to make and comes together in only 5 minutes.

Ingredients you’ll need

  • Cranberry juice
  • Blanco tequila
  • Triple sec
  • Lime juice

Filled with holiday cheer, this Cranberry Margarita is the perfect Christmas and New Years drink! Made with only 4 simple ingredients, it’s easy to make and comes together in only 5 minutes.

Which tequila should I use?

For this recipe, choose a high-quality blanco or silver tequila for the best cranberry margarita. The bottle should say 100% agave, but that doesn’t mean it has to break the bank. Here are a few tequilas I recommend.

  • Espolòn Blanco
  • Olmeca Altos
  • Casa Noble Crystal
  • Don Julio Blanco

Don’t forget the garnish!

To make this cranberry margarita look beautiful and festive, I rimmed the glass with sea salt and garnished it with fresh cranberries and a sprig of rosemary.

It makes the whole thing feel like a fun winter wonderland and I can’t help but have a huge smile on my face when I’m holding one!

Filled with holiday cheer, this Cranberry Cocktail Margarita is the perfect Christmas and New Years drink! Made with only 4 simple ingredients, it’s easy to make and comes together in only 5 minutes.

For this recipe, I used a cocktail shaker. I have one that I purchased at my local Target, but I’ve actually been meaning to replace it. It drips down the side when I’m shaking and pouring my drink and it can just get a little messy. I’ve been eyeing this one from OXO Good Grips in particular. It’s inexpensive, has a nonslip grip which is KEY and looks well-constructed.

But if you don’t have a cocktail shaker, you can still make this. Just use a large glass and mix the ingredients with a spoon. It’s not as fancy, but it does the job.

Filled with holiday cheer, this Cranberry Margarita is the perfect Christmas drink! Made with only 4 simple ingredients, it’s easy to make and comes together in only 5 minutes.

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Recipe

4.67 from 39 votes

Easy Cranberry Margarita

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Filled with holiday cheer, this insanely Easy Cranberry Margarita will definitely get your Christmas party started. (gluten free, vegetarian, vegan)
Prep: 5 minutes minutes
Total : 5 minutes minutes
Filled with holiday cheer, this Cranberry Margarita is the perfect Christmas and New Years drink! Made with only 4 simple ingredients, it’s easy to make and comes together in only 5 minutes.

Ingredients

  • coarse sea salt, for rimming glass
  • ice
  • 4.5 ounces cranberry juice (3 shots from standard size shot glass), or more to taste
  • 1.5 ounces blanco tequila (1 shot from standard size shot glass)
  • 1 ounce triple sec (2/3 shot from standard size shot glass)
  • 1/2 lime
  • fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigs, for garnish *optional*

Instructions

  • Run a lime wedge around the rim of a glass and dip in salt. Fill the glass with ice.
  • Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add cranberry juice, tequila, triple sec and the juice of half a lime. Shake to combine. 
  • Strain the cocktail over the prepared glass and garnish with fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigs.

Isabel’s Tips:

If you don't have a cocktail shaker, use a large glass instead and stir ingredients with a spoon.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1drink Calories: 242kcal (12%) Carbohydrates: 10g (3%) Sodium: 23mg (1%) Potassium: 85mg (2%) Sugar: 7g (8%) Vitamin C: 13.2mg (16%) Calcium: 10mg (1%) Iron: 0.2mg (1%)
Author: Isabel Eats
Course:Drinks
Cuisine:Mexican
Filled with holiday cheer, this insanely Easy Cranberry Margarita will definitely get your Christmas party started. (gluten free, vegetarian, vegan)
Did you Make my Easy Cranberry Margarita?Leave a comment below and tag @isabeleats on social media!
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  1. Jo says

    Posted on 12/22 at 3:00 pm

    Can we use Cointreau in place of the triple sec?

    Reply
    • Ana @ Isabel Eats says

      Posted on 1/3 at 11:25 am

      Hi Jo! Yes, you can!

      Reply
  2. Candice says

    Posted on 12/16 at 12:44 pm

    Can this be premade?

    Reply
    • Ana @ Isabel Eats says

      Posted on 12/20 at 1:59 pm

      Hi Candice! Yes it can, just save the garnishes for when you serve it 🙂

      Reply
  3. Sancie says

    Posted on 9/2 at 12:54 pm

    5 stars
    loved this margarita recipe. will be making it for my next family reunion. thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Adams says

    Posted on 5/18 at 4:32 am

    This is a very nice and educating tips I must say.
    Makes it looks so easy, I really like and appreciate them. Nice one .

    Reply
  5. Brenda Nickel says

    Posted on 12/26 at 12:30 am

    5 stars
    Discovered this treasure of a recipe which I used Christmas Eve 2020. This was a delightful sweet-tart cocktail that was as beautiful & festive as it was delicious! Thank you for also providing the option to change servings & for providing the recipe to make five drinks. I created frosted cranberries & used rosemary as a garnish. Us “women folk” absolutely enjoyed the entire 12 servings I made!

    Reply
  6. Tammy L says

    Posted on 12/23 at 2:10 pm

    Hi Isabel, Do you use 100% unsweetened cranberry juice?

    Reply
    • Ana @ Isabel Eats says

      Posted on 2/21 at 11:44 am

      Hi Tammy! It depends on the amount of sweetness you prefer. If you want it slightly more tart, yes we would recommend 100% cranberry juice instead of cranberry juice cocktail.

      Reply
  7. eric levine says

    Posted on 11/20 at 12:08 am

    5 stars
    Taught my g-daughter this recipe to teach her how to read a recipe and cook it. Came out delicious.

    Reply
  8. Nathan says

    Posted on 11/19 at 4:36 pm

    Hi!! Should we use pure cranberry juice or cranberry cocktail juice?

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Morgan @ Isabel Eats says

      Posted on 6/4 at 11:20 am

      Hi! I’d recommend cranberry cocktail juice.

      Reply
  9. Lynn Meadows says

    Posted on 12/2 at 12:40 am

    5 stars
    Oooh this looks fantastic! It’s perfect for my next holiday party =) It looks pretty easy to mix. But I love your presentation. Makes everything look so festive.

    Reply
    • Isabel says

      Posted on 12/2 at 9:16 am

      Thanks, Lynn! Cheers!

      Reply
  10. Healthy Kitchen 101 says

    Posted on 12/26 at 3:39 am

    5 stars
    Such a diverse recipe collection for cranberry this year. I have made from the cranberry sauce, salad with cranberry, pork with cranberry and now I should make another discover of cranberry margarita, shouldn’t I? xD
    – Natalie

    Reply
  11. Sue says

    Posted on 12/8 at 10:16 am

    This recipe looks great and would love to make a large batch for a ladies Christmas Party, in a pitcher, so they can help themselves. Can you suggest amounts?

    Reply
    • Ana @ Isabel Eats says

      Posted on 1/21 at 7:45 pm

      Hi Sue! There is a cool feature where if you hover over the serving size number, you can adjust it to what you need and it will automatically adjust the ingredients for you!

      Reply
  12. Carly Johnson says

    Posted on 12/14 at 12:52 pm

    Does it have to be silver tequila? Or would Souza Gold work?

    Reply
    • Isabel says

      Posted on 12/18 at 11:07 am

      Hi Carly, you can definitely use gold tequila if you’d like. It all works!

      Reply
  13. regina says

    Posted on 12/11 at 2:49 pm

    can you make this in a large pitcher?

    Reply
    • Isabel says

      Posted on 12/18 at 11:09 am

      Absolutely! I’d put everything in a pitcher except the ice so it doesn’t get watered down.

      Reply
    • Saurabh says

      Posted on 4/24 at 1:58 pm

      What would be the proportions though? How would you convert a cup recipe for a pitcher?

      Reply
      • Isabel says

        Posted on 5/16 at 12:11 pm

        Here are some estimates to make a pitcher of 5 drinks:
        2 3/4 cups cranberry juice
        3/4 cup + 3 tbsp tequila
        1/2 cup + 2 tbsp triple sec
        1/4 cup lime juice

        Hope that’s helpful!

        Reply
    • Annette says

      Posted on 12/5 at 9:07 pm

      5 stars
      Can you use rum or something else other than Tequila? This looks soooo good!!

      Reply
  14. Cait Weingartner says

    Posted on 12/13 at 3:10 am

    Oh wow! How absolutely delicious these Cranberry Margaritas look. These are going to be a “must serve” on Christmas Eve this year. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Isabel says

      Posted on 12/13 at 10:28 am

      Thanks, Cait! They’d be great for New Year’s too!

      Reply
  15. Nina Frambuesa says

    Posted on 12/12 at 1:49 pm

    I LOVE cranberry juice, this is an awesome idea!!

    Reply
  16. Ellie | Hungry by Nature says

    Posted on 12/8 at 11:34 am

    Love this holiday spin on the marg!!

    Reply
    • Isabel says

      Posted on 12/8 at 4:45 pm

      Thanks, Ellie! I love that it makes the holidays a bit more festive 🙂

      Reply

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