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Santa Clausmopolitan Cocktail

Shake up Santa’s favorite cocktail, a celebratory Clausmopolitan, guaranteed to put some jingle in your bells.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Course: cocktail
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas, Clausmopolitan, cocktail, cosmopolitan, cranberry juice, Grand Marnier, lime juice, martini, vodka
Servings: 1 (8 oz.) cocktail

Equipment

  • 1 cocktail shaker

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Vodka
  • 3 oz. Cranberry Juice
  • 2 oz. Grand Marnier
  • 1 oz. fresh lime juice
  • Lime wedge for rim
  • Sparkling/Sanding Sugar for rim
  • Cranberries for garnish

Instructions

  • Run a lime wedge around rim of glass, then dip in sparkling / sanding sugar.
  • Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
  • Add vodka, cranberry juice, Grand Marnier and lime juice. Shake until the cocktail shaker is cold. Pour into rimmed glass. Add cranberries for garnish if desired.

Notes

  • Mix and adjust this cocktail to your taste. Cranberry juice and juice blends can vary from 5 grams to 28 grams of sugar per serving. Select your cranberry juice based on how sweet you like your cocktail.
  • Substitute Triple Sec or Cointreau for Grand Marnier to add the orange notes to this cocktail if that’s what you have.