Mistletoe Margarita
Mistletoe Margarita
A festive holiday cocktail — refreshing, not too sweet, and dressed up with rosemary and cranberries.
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This Mistletoe Margarita is a great adult beverage to serve guests at your holiday gatherings. Refreshing yet not too sweet — the cranberry and orange juice base gives it a festive color and flavor that fits right in at any holiday party. The rosemary and cranberry garnish makes it look as good as it tastes.
🍹 What You'll Need — Serves a Pitcher
- 1¼ cups orange juice
- 1¼ cups cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 cup silver tequila
- ½ cup maraschino cherries with juice
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 cup Squirt or 7UP
- Salt for rimming the glasses
- Fresh rosemary and cranberries for garnish
- Ice
How to Make It
- Combine the orange juice, cranberry juice, tequila, maraschino cherries with their juice, and lemon juice in a serving pitcher.
- Stir until well combined.
- Add the Squirt or 7UP and stir gently — don't over-mix or you'll lose the fizz.
- Rim a margarita or cocktail glass with salt.
- Add a few cubes of ice and pour the drink mix into your glass.
- Garnish with a sprig of fresh rosemary and a few fresh cranberries. Serve and enjoy!
🍹 Please drink responsibly. Must be 21+ to consume alcohol.
🔥 Big Daddy's Tips:
- Make the base mixture ahead of time and refrigerate — add the Squirt or 7UP right before serving to keep the fizz.
- The maraschino cherry juice adds a subtle sweetness and a deeper red color — don't skip it.
- A salted rim is classic but a sugar rim works great with this recipe too for a sweeter vibe.
- Scale this up easily for a large batch — it's a pitcher recipe so just double or triple the quantities.
- Fresh rosemary as garnish isn't just decorative — give it a little gentle squeeze before dropping it in to release the oils and add a subtle herbal aroma.
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