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Christmas mimosa in a coupe glass with a cranberry rosemary ice cube under champagne foam

Christmas Mimosa With Cranberry Rosemary Ice Cubes

Big cranberry rosemary ice cubes made with apple juice and cranberry juice, dropped in a coupe and topped with champagne. Three steps, and the cubes work for kids and non-drinkers too.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Freeze Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 8 drinks (one cube each)
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Calories: 130
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 80 fresh cranberries about 10 per cube
  • 1½ cups apple juice about, to fill each cube halfway
  • 1 cup cranberry juice or cranberry juice cocktail, about
  • 8 small rosemary sprigs
  • 1 to 2 bottles (750 ml) champagne or prosecco chilled

Equipment

  • Large 8 square silicone ice cube tray
  • Kitchen scissors or a knife (for the rosemary)
  • Coupe or champagne glasses

Method
 

  1. Put about 10 cranberries in each square of the tray, so it's about halfway full.
  2. Pour apple juice into each square until it's about half full.
  3. Top each one with cranberry juice until it's almost to the top.
  4. Cut the rosemary into small sprigs and tuck one into each square, with the tip sticking out.
  5. Freeze for about 5 hours, until solid.
  6. Pop a cube into a coupe glass and slowly top it with chilled champagne.

Notes

For kids or anyone not drinking, skip the champagne and pour something without alcohol over the cube.
Overfilled a square? Pour a little into another one. That one will just be a little weaker.
Make the cubes ahead and keep them in the freezer until people show up.
Whole cranberries and rosemary can be a choking risk for little ones.