Sparkling Cranberry Tea Cocktails

Name: Sparkling Cranberry Tea Cocktails
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 cup)
Ingredients: 4 cups water; ½ cup sugar; 2 family-sized tea bags; 2 ½ cups no-sugar-added cranberry juice; 1 cup vodka; ¼ cup Grand Marnier (orange-flavored liqueur); 4 cups ginger ale, chilled; Orange rind strips (optional)

3 Ratings
3 Reviews

Serve an adults-only tea, flavored with orange liqueur, for neighborhood happy hour gatherings.

By Laura Zapalowski

Recipe by Cooking Light December 2007

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Credit: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Cindy Barr; Leigh Ann Ross

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Yield:

12 servings (serving size: 1 cup)

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

4 cups water
½ cup sugar
2 family-sized tea bags
2 ½ cups no-sugar-added cranberry juice
1 cup vodka
¼ cup Grand Marnier (orange-flavored liqueur)
4 cups ginger ale, chilled
Orange rind strips (optional)

Directions

Step 1
Combine 4 cups water and sugar in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook until sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally. Pour over tea bags. Cover and let stand 5 minutes; discard tea bags. Cool. Stir in juice, vodka, and Grand Marnier; chill.

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Step 2
Gently stir in ginger ale. Serve over ice; garnish with rind, if desired.

Chef's Notes

This is a fine make-ahead recipe for an open house. Combine the ingredients through step one and chill; stir in the ginger ale just before serving. Serve in goblets, highball glasses, or any pretty clear glasses to show off the concoction's yuletide-red hue.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

151 calories; fat 0.1g; poly fat 0.1g; protein 0.2g; carbohydrates 23.5g; fiber 0.1g; iron 0.3mg; sodium 7mg; calcium 7mg.

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NoelKl

11/17/2010

I made this for our monthly bunco night. We LOVED this recipe. I used Cranberry Vodka and floated cranberries in it. I also used Cherry tea. I will definitely make it again.

karcoyne

12/15/2009

I've made this on several occasions and everybody loves it. I double the vodka & triple sec because it does make at least a dozen drinks. I've also made it subsituting bourbon & peach schnapps and that was also fantastic.

Mariannestites

12/22/2008

Definitely 5 stars! Made triple this recipe for a Christmas open house, and it was delicious and popular. You can easily made up batches of it in advance with all ingredients except the ginger ale, and then add the ginger ale to each pitcher just before serving. We are serving it as a New Year's cocktail this year.

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