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Three champagne glasses filled with the burgundy Cranberry Poinsettia Cocktail
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Cranberry Poinsettia Champagne Cocktail

This Cocktail is similar to a Mimosa but uses Cranberry Juice instead of orange juice combined with Orange Liqueur. Altogether a beautiful and delicious libation for the holidays!

Course Champagne, Prosecco and Cava
Cuisine American
Keyword beverages, christmas, cocktail, cranberry, holiday, poinsettia, thanksgiving
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 2 Cocktails
Calories 135kcal
Author Barb

Equipment

Ingredients

To Decorate the Rim

  • 1 lime quartered
  • cake decorating sugar

For the Cocktail

  • 4 ounces cranberry juice
  • 1 ounce orange liqueur
  • 8 ounces champagne chilled

For Garnish

  • Fresh cranberries
  • Fresh rosemary sprigs

Instructions

Prepare the Garnish

  • Using a toothpick, thread two cranberries on it to create a hole in berries.
  • Remove toothpick, strip leaves from bottom of 4 inch piece of rosemary and thread rosemary stem into the hole in berries. Make two (or more depending on your needs).

Make the Cocktail

  • Rub the edges of two champagne flutes with a lime quarter and dip the rim in sugar (see Notes). Combine cranberry juice and orange liqueur in champagne glass and gently stir. Top with champagne.
  • Garnish with rosemary and cranberry skewer.

Notes

Cake decorating sugar is a larger granulated sugar, it looks so much prettier than regular sugar.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 135kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.03g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 182mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 42IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg