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Ho ho ho! Let the merriment begin in earnest with a Santa Clausmopolitan! This fruity, chilled cocktail is holiday-vibrant both in color and flavor, brimming with festive notes of orange, cranberry, and lime. Santa Clausmopolitan is refreshing, sweet, and crisp; the best present to yourself this season will be another glass of it!
Ho ho ho! Let the merriment begin in earnest with a Santa Clausmopolitan! This fruity, chilled cocktail is holiday-vibrant both in color and flavor, brimming with festive notes of orange, cranberry, and lime. Santa Clausmopolitan is refreshing, sweet, and crisp; the best present to yourself this season will be another glass of it!
Ingredients
- lime wedge for the rim
- white sanding sugar for the rim
- ice for shaking
- 1 cup vodka
- 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice
- 1/4 cup triple sec
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/2 cup fresh cranberries optional, for garnish
Directions
- Run the lime wedge around the rim of your martini glasses.
- Dip the rim of the martini glasses in the white sanding sugar, creating a sugar rim.
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Add the vodka, cranberry juice, triple sec, and lime juice into the cocktail shaker and shake until cold.
- Strain the drink evenly into the martini glasses.
- Garnish with cranberries and serve.
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