CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS 2024 | Over 25 Holiday Drink Recipes! 🎄🍹

vodka

🥗Healthier: soda water

💰Cheaper: gin

Soda water reduces calories while maintaining a refreshing taste.

cranberry juice

🥗Healthier: unsweetened cranberry juice

💰Cheaper: cranberry cocktail

Unsweetened juice is lower in sugar.

ginger ale

🥗Healthier: sparkling water

💰Cheaper: ginger beer

Sparkling water is lower in calories and sugar.

fresh cranberries

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: canned cranberries

Dried cranberries are easier to find and store.

Make homemade cranberry syrup by straining out chunks from cooked cranberries, which takes about 10 minutes.

For the cranberry old fashioned, pour 2 ounces of rye whiskey into a glass.

Add half an ounce of cranberry syrup to the glass.

Add a dash of Angostura bitters and a couple dashes of orange bitters.

Fill the glass with ice and stir well.

Serve in a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with an orange peel and fresh cranberries.

For the cranberry sidecar, pour 1.5 ounces of cognac into a mixing glass.

Add 3/4 ounce of Cointreau and half an ounce of cranberry syrup.

Add 3/4 ounce of lemon juice to the mixture.

Fill the mixing glass with ice and shake well.

Serve in a stemmed glass and garnish appropriately with cranberries.

For the cranberry gin mule, fill a mule mug with ice.

Pour 2 ounces of potato gin into the mug.

Add half an ounce of cranberry syrup and a little bit of lemon juice (or lime juice).

Top the mug with ginger beer and more ice.

Garnish generously with festive decorations, including a cinnamon stick.

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