Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
In a shallow pan, add ½ cup sugar and ½ cup water. Heat over medium heat, until mixture simmers and sugar is heated and dissolved.
Remove from the heat, add cranberries and stir to coat cranberries evenly.
Use a slotted spoon to drain the excess sugar mixture off the cranberries, remove them from the pan and layer them evenly on the parchment paper. Give the cranberries an hour or so to dry.
Once dry, in a medium sized bowl, add remaining 1 ½ cups of sugar. Add a spoonful of cranberries at a time, tossing them in the sugar so they’re evenly coated.
Use a slotted spoon to sift them from the sugar and put them onto a fresh sheet of parchment paper.
Frosted Cranberry Cocktail
Add ice and cranberries to your glass.
Add vodka and cranberry juice, and give the drink a gentle stir.