Christmas Mimosa Recipe - Christmas morning co*cktail (2024)

Start your Christmas morning on a high note with this delicious Christmas mimosa recipe. Create a sparkling and flavourful drink that will kick-start your Christmas day in the most festive way possible. Get ready to raise your glass and toast to a joyous holiday season!

I love opening a bottle of fizz on Christmas morning, it really starts the day off right! This easy Christmas mimosa is the perfect Christmas morning co*cktail and it’s easy to whip up.

Top Questions

How do you set up a Christmas mimosa bar?
What type of alcohol is in a mimosa?
What’s the difference between mimosa and champagne?
Do mimosas have Prosecco or champagne?

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Why you’ll love this Christmas mimosa recipe

Christmas morning co*cktails are the perfect way to start your holiday season. This Christmas mimosa recipe is simple and easy, you’ll be whipping it up for your friends and family in no time.

Making a mimosa is a great last-minute gift if you’ve forgotten someone! Everyone loves sipping on this light fizzy drink.

Christmas Mimosa Ingredients

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Cranberry Juice

Sharp and tart, cranberry juice is the perfect Christmas flavour and makes this Christmas mimosa the best Christmas morning co*cktail.

Prosecco or Champagne

I love fizz, you can use whichever your favourite is for this drink. If you’re celebrating or feeling fancy, you can use champagne but if you’re feeding a large family then use Prosecco.

Rosemary and frozen cranberries for decoration

The final touches are what make this Christmas mimosa recipe the perfect morning co*cktail. You can use frozen cranberries as to cool your drink and as a tasty treat. Once they have defrosted, they’ll have soaked up some of the mimosa drink too. Rosemary sprigs make a great garnish too.

How to make Christmas mimosa – step by step

Making a Christmas mimosa is easy. Start by adding cranberries and rosemary into your glass.

Pour about 1/3 of the glass full of cranberry juice and top with the fizz of your choice.

Keep your fizz in the fridge to ensure perfectly cool christmas mimosas.

Top Tips

Please drink responsibly and check out Drink Aware for more information.

Frozen cranberries not only add a beautiful splash of colour but also help keep the Christmas mimosa cold. Plus unlike using ice the co*cktail won’t be watered down as it melts.

Serving your Christmas co*cktail with a sprig of rosemary is the ideal way to take this Christmas mimosa recipe to the next level.

Keep your prosecco or champagne in the fridge for perfectly cool Christmas morning co*cktails.

Substitutions and variations

You can swap out your prosecco and make it champagne if you want something fancier in your Christmas mimosa recipe.

You can also make this a classic mimosa by swapping out the cranberry for orange juice.

Making ahead of time options – Christmas mimosa

Christmas cranberry mimosas are best when made and served fresh, otherwise, your fizz might go flat. You can prep your cranberries and rosemary sprigs and cool your glasses before you’re ready to serve.

FAQS

How do you set up a Christmas mimosa bar?

You can set up a Christmas mimosa bar by prepping your glasses with cranberries and rosemary garnish. The you’ll want to get our your cranberry juice and orange juice and leave space for a couple of bottles of fizz, which should have been properly chilled the night before.

What type of alcohol is in a mimosa?

The alcohol in a mimosa is a fizzy wine, like prosecco or champagne. It’s light and good for a morning co*cktail.

What’s the difference between mimosa and champagne?

A mimosa has juice mixed with the fizz whereas champagne is an expensive fizzy wine from a specific region in France.

Do mimosas have Prosecco or champagne?

Mimosas traditionally have champagne but you can use any fizzy wine or non-alcoholic wine to make your mimosa.

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