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Once you make this Christmas Margarita, you'll be craving its delicious flavors all season long!
What is a Christmas Margarita
A Christmas Margarita is a festive twist on the Classic Margarita Recipe that infuses the flavors of the season into one jolly drink! By using cranberry or pomegranate juice, I give this cocktail a festive red-colored hue, making it the perfect holiday cocktail!
What You Need
Like most Margarita recipes, this drink is made with tequila, triple sec or Cointreau, and lime juice (freshly squeezed is best). To make it a Christmas cocktail, you'll need cranberry juice or pomegranate juice, or a mix of both. Optionally, you can rim the glass with salt, sugar, or cinnamon-sugar; and garnish with star anise, cinnamon sticks, cranberries, fresh or dried orange slices, or rosemary sprigs.
How to Make a Christmas Margarita
- Prep the glass if you enjoy a salted or sugared rim.
- Fill the cocktail shaker with ice and all the ingredients, and give everything a vigorous shake until the sides are frosted.
- Strain and pour into your prepared glass with fresh ice, and top with your choice of garnishes.
More Christmas Cocktails
If tequila is your go-to liquor year-round, you're going to love some of these holiday-themed cocktails. Try a White Margarita, this Pomegranate Margarita, or enjoy a warm mug of my boozy Tequila and Hot Chocolate!
Christmas Margarita
Ingredients
- 1 ½ ounces blanco or silver tequila
- 1 ½ ounces Cointreau or Triple Sec
- 1 ounce lime juice
- 3 ounces cranberry or pomegranate juice, or half of each
- Sugar or salt, for rimming
- Dehydrated oranges for garnish, optional
- Cinnamon sticks for garnish, optional
- Cranberries for garnish, optional
Instructions
Prep:
- If you enjoy a rimmed glass, prep the rim of your glass by rubbing a lime wedge along the rim. Dip in tequila salt or sugar, and set aside. Personally, I love a sugared glass for this cocktail.
Make the cocktail:
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add tequila, Cointreau or Triple Sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice. Shake until the sides are fully frosted.
Serve:
- Pour, with the ice, into a footed glass and garnish with festive dried oranges, cinnamon sticks, or cranberries.
Mark says
We enjoyed this margarita over Christmas. Great cocktail.
Anita says
This christmas margarita was the perfect addition to my Christmas party menu!