Fresh herbs muddled with sugar and topped with ginger beer, vodka and cranberry juice. Garnished with a skewer of sugared cranberries, this festive cocktail is sure to spread the holiday cheer.
More About This Recipe
- We took everything you love about a Moscow mule and flavored it for Christmas. Our holiday Moscow mule stays true to the original (i.e., lime juice, vodka and ginger) but we added fresh herbs and the unofficial fruit of Christmas—cranberries. The result? Sugar-coated cranberries that up the festive factor while rosemary and thyme give this mule a fragrant, warming finish. This holiday inspired mule is just as it should be: sweet, slightly spicy and oh-so-cheery. Whatever version of the Moscow mule you’re serving, we suggest pouring one up in a copper cup. Regardless of whatever ingredients you choose to use, is it really a Moscow mule without the copper cup? Celebrate any season with some of our other merry-making vodka drinks.
Christmas Moscow Mule Cocktail
- Prep Time 5 min
- Total 5 min
- Servings 1
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 3-4 rosemary needles
- Small pinch of fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 oz vodka
- 2 oz cranberry juice
- 4 oz ginger beer
- Sugar-coated cranberries, for garnish
- Fresh herbs, for garnish
Instructions
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Step1In a cocktail shaker, lightly muddle together herbs and sugar. Top with vodka and cranberry juice and shake with ice.
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Step2Strain into a copper cocktail mug and fill with ice and ginger beer. Garnish with cranberries dusted with sugar and fresh herbs.
Nutrition
230
Calories
0g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
21g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 230
- Calories from Fat
- 0
- Total Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 21g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 25%
- 25%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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