- 1 1/2 cups white sugar, or more to taste
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 (12 ounce) package cranberries, divided
- 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger tequila
- 1 1/2 oranges, zested
- Heat a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir sugar, orange juice, half the cranberries, and tequila in the warmed saucepan until mixture is slightly reduced, about 20 minutes. Add the remaining cranberries and orange zest; cook and stir until cranberries begin to pop, 10 to 15 minutes.