Rum and Cranberry Juice Cocktail

This rum and cranberry juice cocktail is sweet and perfectly balanced! This easy-to-drink cocktail takes just a few minutes to prepare.

Crispy and tangy cranberry cocktails are some of our favorites here, from light vodka and cranberry to festive cosmo. Interestingly, most cranberry-based cocktails contain vodka or champagne. We ran out of vodka the other day (yes, that’s right!) so we decided to mix the alcohol. meet him Rum and cranberry juice Cocktail! It’s beautifully tart, balanced with simple syrup and tangy lime. This simple cocktail only takes a few minutes to prepare: it’s almost like a rum shot on a Cosmo. Here’s how!

What’s in this Rum Cranberry Juice Cocktail?

Well, the main ingredients are in the title! This Rum Cranberry Juice Cocktail has… rum and cranberry! But there are a few extra ingredients to round out the flavor. Of course, you can throw rum and cranberry juice in a highball glass with ice. But it’s much more delicious, balanced with some flavors. What you need for this cocktail:

• Unsweetened Cranberry Juice (more on that below)
• light rum
• lime juice
• Cointreau (Orange liqueur)
• simple syrup

Use unsweetened cranberry juice (or substitute)

Listen! Not all cranberry juices are created equal. Here’s what you need to know:

• Sweetened Cranberry Juice: Classic cranberry drinks like Cranberry Vodka were made with sweetened cranberry juice. It’s often referred to as a cranberry juice cocktail, which contains sugar and sometimes high fructose corn syrup.
• Unsweetened Cranberry Juice is our favorite for cranberry cocktails. It is also referred to as 100% cranberry juice. The taste is very sweet and tart and the color is very lively.

Important: This rum and cranberry juice drink is optimized for unsweetened cranberry juice. Is that all you can find sweet cranberry juice (check the ingredient list or see if it’s a “cocktail”? You can still make this drink: just cut the plain syrup in half .

The type of rum to use

This cranberry rum drink is made with white or pale rum. Light rum and dark rum are actually very different! Since this drink is light and fruity, light rum goes well here. Here’s a breakdown of the differences:

• Pale rum or white rum is clear. It has a mild, sweet flavor and is used in daiquiris and piña coladas.
• Dark rum ages longer than white rum. It is dark in color and has a rich, developed flavor with hints of caramel, brown sugar and vanilla. Dark rum is used in drinks like Dark and Stormy and spiced drinks like hot rum with butter.

How to make this rum cranberry juice cocktail

This rum cranberry juice cocktail is a classic “shake” cocktail: all you have to do is shake it all up in a cocktail shaker. Here are the main steps:

1. Shake in a cocktail shaker. Pour all the ingredients into a shaker, then fill with ice and shake! (Don’t have a shaker? Use a mason jar!)
2. Strain into a glass. Strain the drink into a stemmed cocktail glass.
3. Garnish: The drink is gorgeous with the contrasting green of a lime wedge!

More cranberry drinks

Cranberry juice is perfect for cocktails because of its bright red-pink color! Here are some other cranberry cocktails you can mix up to use your bottle:

When should you serve a rum cranberry juice cocktail?

With its bright pink color, this Rum Cranberry Juice Cocktail is fun and festive! It’s great like: