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This post should come with a warning label because this Sugared Cranberry Cocktail Garnish is downright dangerous! I mean, seriously!
Once you pop one Sugared Cranberry in your mouth, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. There is no way you can just eat one of these!
Make your drinks festive with our Sugared Cranberry Cocktail Garnish
One of my favorite things about Sugared Cranberry Cocktail Garnish is how versatile it is. These Sugared Cranberries are the perfect garnish for Frosted Cranberry Cocktail and our Prosecco with Sweetened Cranberries drinks and you can even use them in the cocktail, too, if you’d like.
But honestly, these Sugared Cranberries are an excellent garnish for many other holiday desserts and drinks. Or simply put them in a bowl for people to munch on before dinner.
They are so pretty, they look perfect on any holiday table. In fact, they are so pretty, you might want to consider stringing them for a festive, edible garland for your Christmas tree!
The best part of all? Sugared Cranberry Cocktail Garnish is super easy to make. Yet those little Sugared Cranberries look and taste so impressive, people will be wondering how you found the time. That’s what I call a holiday WIN!
This recipe tastes best using fresh cranberries, but if you want to make them when they are out of season, you can use frozen, whole cranberries too.
To serve with a cocktail, simply pierce each cranberry with a cocktail sword or pick and place it across the top of your glass’s rim.
Alternatively, you can make a skewer with them, kebob-style, with a short bamboo skewer piercing several cranberries.
When making it like a skewer, be mindful that the sugar will rinse off the cranberries resting in the beverage and will result in a sweeter drink. You’ll place your skewer in the drink like you would a straw.
It’s also fun to alternate sugared cranberries with small clementine wheels on a pick for a fun cocktail garnish too.
Sugared Cranberry Cocktail Garnish is super easy to make. Yet those little Sugared Cranberries look and taste so impressive, people will be wondering how you found the time.
That’s what I call a holiday WIN!
Ingredients you need to make Sugared Cranberry Cocktail Garnish
- 12 oz. package of cranberries
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup water
How to make Sugared Cranberry Cocktail Garnish
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
In a shallow pan, add ½ cup sugar and ½ cup water.
Heat over medium heat, until mixture simmers and sugar is heated and dissolved.
Remove from the heat, add cranberries.
Stir to coat cranberries.
Use a slotted spoon to drain the excess sugar mixture off the cranberries, and layer them evenly on the parchment paper.
Give the cranberries an hour or so to dry.
Once dry, in a medium sized bowl, add remaining 1 ½ cups of sugar.
Add a spoonful of cranberries at a time, tossing them in the sugar.
Using a slotted spoon again, sift them from the sugar and put them onto a fresh sheet of parchment paper.
More drinks to enjoy:
Cranberry Mimosas
Sparkling Honey Cranberry Ginger Punch
Cranberry Apple Cider Bourbon
French Rose Champagne Punch
Prosecco with Sweetened Cranberries
Cran Apple Smash – a Low Calorie Cocktail
Cranberry Vodka Tonic
Sparkling Honey Cranberry Ginger Punch
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jenniferhquisenberry Making our sugared cranberry cocktail garnish is so easy. They taste so good, looks so pretty, and are versatile enough to be served in a candy dish too!
- 12 oz Cranberries
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a shallow pan, add ½ cup sugar and ½ cup water.
- Heat over medium heat, until mixture simmers and sugar is heated and dissolved.
- Remove from the heat, add cranberries.
- Stir to coat cranberries.
- Use a slotted spoon to drain the excess sugar mixture off the cranberries, and layer them evenly on the parchment paper.
- Give the cranberries an hour or so to dry.
- Once dry, in a medium-sized bowl, add remaining 1 ½ cups of sugar.
- Add a spoonful of cranberries at a time, tossing them in the sugar.
- Using a slotted spoon again, sift them from the sugar and put them onto a fresh sheet of parchment paper.
Please note that nutrition facts are subject to change based on your choice of ingredients.