Looking for a festive way to cheers? This sparkling Cranberry Gin Cocktail mixes gin and cranberry juice with a dash of simple syrup and lime, topped off with prosecco (or champagne, if you wish!)
Simple to make and absolutely delicious - this cranberry gin cocktail is sure to brighten your day with just one sip! Try more festive cocktails like a French Gimlet or Chocolate Martini for your next happy hour.
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Why You'll Love this Recipe
This merry and bright Christmas cocktail with gin is festive, refreshing, and bubbly! The beautiful red color, fresh flavors of citrus and cranberry in addition to the bubbles on top of this prosecco gin cocktail call for celebration!
Of course, you can drink cranberry gin cocktails all year round, but this red cocktail is especially festive to drink in December. I love to sip on this Christmas gin cocktail while decorating the tree and watching holiday movies! Plus, it's a fun Christmas drink to serve at holiday parties!
Ingredients
Gin is floral, herbaceous, and pairs perfectly with tart cranberry juice. Add in citrus, sweetness, and bubbles and you have a cheerful champagne Christmas cocktail.
- Gin - My favorite gin to use is Beefeater.
- Cranberry juice - This recipe was created with 100% pure cranberry juice. If you use cranberry juice cocktail, you don't need to add the extra sweetness of the simple syrup.
- Simple syrup - a liquid sweetener. You can buy simple syrup in the store or easily make your own by dissolving one cup of sugar in one cup of hot water on the stove. Add fresh cranberries for a cranberry simple syrup.
- Fresh lime juice - Depending on the size of the lime, you need about one lime squeezed to equal the ½ ounce needed for this recipe.
- Prosecco or champagne
Recommended Tools
- These coupe cocktail glasses make any drink extra special!
- A cocktail shaker for mixing the booze.
- A cocktail jigger for properly measuring liquid.
- A decorative cocktail skewer/pick for adding a garnish.
How to Make a Cranberry Gin Cocktail
One of my favorite things about this sparkling gin cranberry cocktail is how easy it is to make. You can make this gin Christmas cocktail and be back on your couch watching holiday movies in 5 minutes or less.
First, fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Next, add cranberry juice and gin along with simple syrup and freshly squeezed lime juice. Shake for 30 seconds and pour into a cocktail glass.
Finally, pour a couple ounces of prosecco (or champagne) on top of the gin cranberry mixture in the glass. Garnish with fresh cranberries and a sugar rim for an extra treat!
Swaps & Substitutions
- A Christmas champagne cocktail or prosecco cocktail is extra festive, but if you don't have either of these, sparkling water or tonic water would be a good substitute.
- I love the classic combination of gin and cranberry, but if you don't have gin, vodka would be a good substitute.
- Get fancy and garnish your drink with sugared cranberries. You can also coat the rim with sugar.
More Festive Cocktails
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Sparkling Cranberry Gin Cocktail
Equipment
- Cocktail glass
- Jigger or measuring spoons
Ingredients
- 1.5 ounces gin
- 2 ounces pure cranberry juice
- ½ ounce lime juice freshly squeezed
- ½ ounce simple syrup
- 2 ounces prosecco or champagne
- cranberries for garnish optional
- sugar rim for garnish optional
Instructions
- Add ice cubes to a cocktail shaker.
- In the cocktail shaker, pour gin, cranberry juice, simple syrup, and lime juice. Secure top on the shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
- Pour beverage into a cocktail glass. Add prosecco or champagne to the top of the drink. Serve with a garnish of fresh cranberries and/or a sugar rim.
Notes
- This recipe was created with 100% pure cranberry juice. If you use cranberry juice cocktail, you don’t need to add the extra sweetness of the simple syrup.
- A Christmas champagne cocktail or prosecco cocktail is extra festive, but if you don't have either of these, sparkling water or tonic water would be a good substitute.
- Don't add prosecco or champagne to the cocktail shaker, pour this ingredient in the drink at the end.
Patti D Rodriguez
Thank you for sharing your recipes. I see you make your margaritas with frozen limeade as well. So nice n easy. Love it. One question what’s the differences in all the color tequila? Thank you, Patti
Angela Lietzke
Thank you - I'm happy you enjoy my drink recipes! The color differences in tequila indicate how long they have been aged, and each color has a different flavor profile. You can find more about the aging process and different flavor profiles of each in my Cranberry Margarita recipe post under the section "Best Tequila for Margaritas". Cheers!