Sparkling Cranberry Mocktail
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 37.9kcal
Ingredients
For Sugared Cranberries
- ¾ cup organic cane sugar, divided
- ½ cup water
- 6 oz cranberries rinsed
For Sparkling Cranberry Mocktail
- Organic cane sugar to rim the glass
- 5 oz cranberry juice, unsweetened chilled
- 5 oz raspberry cranberry sparkling water chilled, or sparkling water of choice
- Sugared cranberries garnish, optional
Instructions
For the Sugared Cranberries
- Place a cookie rack on a baking sheet.
- In a small saucepan, bring ½ cup organic cane sugar and ½ cup water to boil on medium heat. Heat and stir until sugar dissolves.
- Take the saucepan off the heat and stir the cranberries in, mixing them gently to coat them in the simple syrup.
- Remove the cranberries with a slotted spoon and place them on the cookie rack to dry for two hours.
- Place remaining ¼ cup of sugar in a medium bowl and spoon the cranberries in the bowl. Stir the cranberries gently to coat them with sugar. Place the sugared cranberries back on the cookie rack to dry for another hour.
For the Sparkling Cranberry Mocktail
- Rim the edge of the glasses with water and then organic cane sugar.
- Pour 2.5 oz chilled cranberry juice into each glass.
- Top each glass with 2.5 oz raspberry cranberry sparkling water.
- Garnish each glass with sugared cranberries on a cocktail pick.
Notes
Store sugared cranberries in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Roll them again in sugar if needed.
