Description
🍎 Refresh yourself with this delightful Cranberry Apple Mocktail, a perfect non-alcoholic drink bursting with fruit flavors and a fizzy sparkle.
🥤 Enjoy a festive twist with this mocktail, garnished with fresh cranberries and apple slices for a beautiful presentation.
Ingredients
3/4 cup (180 mL) cranberry juice
3/4 cup (180 mL) apple juice
1/2 cup (120 mL) sparkling water or diet lemon-lime soda
Granulated sugar or sanding sugar for rimming glasses
Fresh cranberries for garnish
Apple slices for garnish
Optional: rosemary sprigs for garnish
Ice
Instructions
1. In a large jar or pitcher, combine cranberry juice, apple juice, and sparkling water or diet soda. Mix well.
2. Moisten the rim of each serving glass by dipping it in water or rubbing with a lemon or apple slice.
3. Roll the glass rim in granulated or sanding sugar to coat.
4. Add ice, fresh cranberries, apple slices, and optionally a rosemary sprig to each glass.
5. Pour the mocktail mixture into the prepared glasses and serve immediately to preserve fizziness.
Notes
🍹 Use chilled juices to keep the mocktail cold without excessive ice dilution.
🍏 Choose diet or zero-calorie sodas and unsweetened juices for a less sweet or lower calorie drink.
🔪 To prevent apple slices from browning, slice them just before serving and soak briefly in sparkling juice or soda.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Chilling time: 0 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass
- Calories: 105
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 15mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: Cranberry, Apple, Mocktail, Sparkling