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Spiced Cranberry Margaritas (The Perfect Thanksgiving Cocktail!)

Spiced Cranberry Margaritas are a festive twist on a classic made with pure cranberry juice, apple cider, warming spices complete with a cinnamon sugar rim!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Drinks
Servings 1 cocktail

Equipment

  • 1 cocktail shaker
  • 1 cocktail jigger

Ingredients
  

  • 2 oz. Socorro Reposado Tequila
  • 2 oz. Jalisco 1562 orange liqueur or your favorite orange liqueur
  • 3 oz. pure cranberry juice
  • 1 oz. apple cider look for unsweetened
  • 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ginger beer I like Fever Tree
  • apple slices and/or cinnamon sticks for serving optional

cinnamon sugar rim

  • 1 tbsp. coarse sugar
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Rim your cocktail glass. If desired, combine coarse sugar and ground cinnamon onto a plate. Take a lime wedge to your cocktail glass side or rim, then dip your glass into the sugar mix. Add ice to your glass.
  • Combine cocktail ingredients in cocktail shaker. Add everything except the ginger beer as you'll use this to top your cocktail glass. Add a scoop of ice and shake well for 30 seconds.
  • Pour and garnish. Pour your cocktail shaker content into your cocktail glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with an apple slice and/or cinnamon sticks for a beautiful, fall harvest-inspired drink!
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