It’s bubbly, it’s gingery, it’s nonalcoholic, and it’s the perfect drink to toast the new year

What New Years celebration is complete without a festive, bubbly drink?

I call this concoction the “cranberry sparkling ginger root thingamajig.” It’s nonalcoholic, so the kids can enjoy it too. But feel free to throw a little alcohol into the ones that’ll be served to grownups!

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You will need:

• 16 lime slices, frozen
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup fresh ginger root, sliced
• 1 bag frozen cranberries
• ⅓ cup lime juice
• Eight 8.4-ounce cans sparkling cranberry juice
• ¾ cup water

Tip: The limes and the cranberries have to be frozen! If they aren’t, you’ll be left with what Tyson and I “enjoyed” — a lukewarm cranberry ginger drink.

But I’m sure you won’t make the same mistake I made. And when you get it right, you’ll have the perfect holiday drink to ring in 2018!

Cheers! More of my favorite drinks

• Patriotic punch with red white and blue layers
• Homemade holiday eggnog
• A cranberry twist on the Moscow Mule
• Nonalcoholic “spooky” sangria for Halloween (or any time)
• A romantic pink cocktail for the one you love

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