Pour cranberry juice and triple sec over the ice, then shake well.
2 oz. cranberry juice, ½ oz. triple sec
Pour a layer of sugar into a shallow saucer, then add a shallow layer of corn syrup to a second saucer. Dip the rim of the martini glasses into the corn syrup, then into the sugar.
Sugar for the rim, Corn syrup for the rim
Strain the cocktail into a chilled martini glass and garnish with sugared cranberries. Optional – add an orange slice or additional fresh cranberries.
Sugared cranberries for garnish
Notes
Don’t have corn syrup? You can also rim the glass by running a lime wedge around the rim before dipping it in the sugar.