📋 Cranberry Cosmopolitan Mocktail Recipe
This non alcoholic Cranberry Cosmopolitan Mocktail with cranberry juice, is really fun, festive and the perfect holiday drink for adults or kids!
Servings 2 drinks
Calories 121kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup cranberry juice (cranberry cocktail)
- ¼ cup sparkling water
- ¾ teaspoon orange extract
- 1 tablespoon lime juice from concentrate
Garnish
- lime wheel (fresh lime slice)
- sparkling sugar and edible glitter
- frozen cranberries and or ice, as desired
Instructions
- Wet the rim of the glass. You can do this by running a slice of lime along the rim of the glass, or dipping the glass in water or lime juice.
- Pour some sparkling sugar and edible glitter onto a plate
- Place the glass upside down, on the plate and turn/spin the glass to coat it with sugar and glitter
- Turn glass upright.
- Then carefully add cranberry juice, sparkling water, lime juice and orange extract to glass, dividing ingredients between 2 drinks. (*you can use a measuring cup with a spout or a funnel, if you don't feel confident in your pouring skills :) )
Garnish
- Add some frozen cranberries or ice cubes and half a slice of lime to garnish. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Top Tips
The most important part is that you sugar the rim before you pour liquid into the glass. Then you need to pour carefully, so you don't spill any liquid on your rim *You can use a measuring cup with a spout or a funnel if you don't feel confident in your pouring skills!
For little kids
If you have smaller children and are worried about them choking on the frozen cranberries or ice, just use a straw, skip the ice/frozen cranberries, and put the drink in a fancy plastic glass like the one in the photo below (which I bought at the dollar store). Your little ones will be ready to P-A-R-T-Y! You can even buy plastic martini glasses on Amazon (affiliate link).
Heck, I used to put mocktails in a sippy cup when my kids were small and they would be absolutely thrilled!
How to Store A Cranberry Cosmo Mocktail
You can make this non alcoholic cosmopolitan in advance and store it in the fridge for up to a week.
You can also store it in the fridge for up to a week after making it. I store it in a sealed juice jug. (affiliate link) *Just be sure to check that the expiry dates on your ingredients coincide with your storage dates! Sugar the rim just prior to serving.
Freezing is not recommended.
Variations & Substitutions
- Spike it: This mocktail is also very easily spiked for those in the group who would prefer it with alcohol by simply adding vodka. You can exchange the orange extract for Triple Sec or Cointreau but you don't have to. Either way, it's a fun, festive and delicious drink!
- Lime juice: you can use fresh lime juice instead of lime juice from concentrate, but you'll need to double the amount.
- Cranberries: you can use fresh cranberries and ice instead of frozen cranberries
- Sparkling water: you can substitute tonic water or club soda.
Nutrition
Calories: 121kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 31mg | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin C: 96mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg
