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Keto Margarita

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An easy Keto Margarita recipe, also called skinny margarita, with only 3.4 grams of net carbs per serving for a guilt-free refreshing cocktail.

Bonus, this keto-friendly margarita recipe is also sugar-free, gluten-free, and vegan approved, so everyone can cheer with you!

Low Carb Margarita

Disclaimer: Consumption of alcoholic drinks negatively affects your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health and behavioral problems if consumed in excess. On a keto diet, you might need significantly less alcohol to get severely intoxicated. Women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy. Alcohol leads to dependence. If you need help, call your local Addiction Center (In the US: (866) 399-3979, in Canada: 1-800-565-8603, in the UK: 0300-123-1110, in Australia: 1300-85-85-84, in NZ: 0800 787 797).

Are Margaritas Keto?

No, classic margarita recipes or liquor store margarita mixes are not keto-friendly cocktails. While tequila and lime juice are keto-approved, orange liquor is not keto-friendly.

In fact, an authentic margarita has a delicious orange flavor that comes from a high-sugar orange liquor, also known as triple sec or Cointreau.

This liquor is made from a mix of bitter orange peels and sugar beet alcohol. As a result, triple sec is high-carb alcohol that raises blood sugar levels and is not recommended on a keto diet.

Sugar free Margarita

How To Order A Keto Margarita At A Bar

Luckily you can order a margarita at a bar or restaurant. Ask for a margarita without orange liquor.

Then, to sweeten your drink, add some stevia drops – the best are orange flavor stevia drops or stir in stevia powder or powdered erythritol.

Keto Margarita

How To Make A Sugar-Free Margarita

A sugar-free margarita is made with a few simple ingredients. All you need are:

Keto margarita ingredients

  • Fresh lime juice – limes are keto-approved fruits and can be used in keto drink recipes. I recommend using freshly squeezed lime juice. It tastes the best, but you can also use bottled lime juice if preferred.
  • Tequila – any tequila is keto-friendly alcohol, but white tequila-like silver tequila or tequila Blanco is the best choice for a margarita. It’s light in color and provides the best flavor to the drink.
  • Sugar-free powdered sweeteners like powdered erythritol or allulose.
  • Natural orange extract or orange-flavored stevia drops.
  • Crushed ice or ice cubes.
  • Lime wedge – to rub on the glass rim and decorate your drink.

Glass preparation

The particularity of a margarita cocktail is the crust of salt around the margarita glass rim.

To make this, first, rub the rim of the margarita glass with a lime wedge. Then, dip the rim into a shallow bowl filled with sea salt to coat.

You need two ingredients to prepare the margarita glass:

  • Sea salt – enough to fill a shallow small bowl of 1 cm salt.
  • Lime wedge.

Then pop the prepared glass in the freezer to keep them cold and frosty. Another option is to fill the glass with crushed ice while you prepare the margarita cocktail.

How to make Keto Margarita

Keto margarita recipe preparation

To make your keto margarita, add all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker along with 1/2 cup of crushed ice.

Shake vigorously for 60 seconds, it’s a long time, but it’s needed to make the best keto margarita.

Remove the prepared glass from the freezer, remove the crushed ice from the glass if you added some, and strain the cocktail into the prepared glass.

Serving low-carb keto margarita

Serve the margarita over crushed ice and garnish the glass with additional lime wedges if desired.

Skinny Margarita

Other Keto Margarita Flavors

You can use this recipe to create a range of keto margarita flavors.

Below I listed some ideas to use this recipe and create different keto margarita recipe that suits everyone’s taste.

Keto strawberry margarita

Make a delicious frosty keto strawberry margarita by adding all the ingredients into a blender along with 1/4 cup frozen strawberries.

Blend on high speed until frosty and serve immediately with extra fresh strawberry slices.

This option is perfect to use summer strawberries but adds 3 grams of net carbs per serving from strawberries.

Frosty keto margarita option

You can make a frosty margarita using this keto cocktail recipe. To do so, bring all the ingredients into a high-speed blender along with 1/2 cup of ice cubes. Blend on high speed until it forms a icy margarita. Serve immediately into the prepared glasses.

Spicy keto margarita

You can also add some jalapeno slices into your margarita to spice things up.

First, add the jalapeno slices to the cocktail shaker along with crushed ice. Then, muddle the jalapeno slices with a wooden spoon. Then, add the remaining ingredients and shake.

Sparkling keto margarita

Last option, you can make a sparling margarita by serving this keto margarita with 1/3 cup of sparkling water or orange-flavored seltzer.

If you use seltzer, it adds alcohol, calories, and slightly more carbs to the drink.

So to keep your sparkly keto margarita low in carbs and calories, choose regular sparkling water or stevia-sweetened sparkling water.

Nutritional Information

This skinny margarita recipe contains only 141 kcal, two times fewer calories than a regular margarita.

Plus, this keto margarita contains 5 times fewer carbs than a store-bought margarita, with only 0.7 grams of sugar and 3.4 grams of net carbs.

As a reminder, a classic 3-fl-oz margarita order at a bar contains about 17 grams of sugar and 17 grams of net carbs!

So now you have all the options to enjoy a delicious margarita on your keto journey. Keep in mind that alcohol should always be consumed in moderation.

Even if tequila is keto-friendly, it should be an occasional treat to serve once in a while.

Keto Margarita Recipe

More Keto Alcohol Recipes

I love to create sugar-free cocktails to share during the holiday season or cheer with family and friends in summer.

Below I listed my top favorite keto cocktail recipes. All these recipes are sugar-free cocktails suitable for people with diabetes.

Have you made this keto low-carb margarita recipe? Share a comment or review below to connect with me!

XOOX Carine

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Low Carb Margarita

Keto Margarita

3.4gNet Carbs
An easy Keto Margarita recipe, also called skinny margarita, with only 3.4 grams of net carbs per serving for a guilt-free refreshing cocktail. Bonus, this keto-friendly margarita recipe is also sugar-free, gluten-free, and vegan-approved, so everyone can cheer with you! 
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
Yield: 1 Keto Margarita
Serving Size: 1 Margarita
4.98 from 276 votes

Ingredients

For a single keto margarita

For a pitcher ( 4 Margarita)

This recipe may contain Amazon or other affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Instructions

  • Place enough fine sea salt into a shallow bowl to dip the top of the glass rim.
  • Rub the rim of a margarita glass with a lime wedge, dip the rim into salt to coat. Fill the glass with half a cup of crushed ice and set it aside in the fridge or don't add the ice and freeze the glass.
  • In a cocktail shaker, add the remaining 1/2 cup of crushed ice, tequila, lime juice, natural orange extract, powdered sweetener. Close and shake vigorously for 60 seconds – it's long, but that's what it needs to get all the flavor!
  • Strain into the prepared glass and serve with extra crushed ice in the glass if desired.
  • Enjoy immediately and garnish the glass with additional lime wedges.

Frosty margarita

  • For a frosty margarita, place all the ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until frosty. Serve immediately.
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Serving Size: 1 Margarita
Yield: 1 Keto Margarita
Serving: 1MargaritaCalories: 141.6kcal (7%)Carbohydrates: 3.6g (1%)Fiber: 0.2g (1%)Net Carbs: 3.4gProtein: 0.2gFat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 1.4mgPotassium: 50.9mg (1%)Sugar: 0.7g (1%)Vitamin A: 21.3IUVitamin C: 12.8mg (16%)Calcium: 6mg (1%)Iron: 0.1mg (1%)Magnesium: 3.4mg (1%)Zinc: 0.1mg (1%)
Keto Margarita
Carine Claudepierre

About The Author

Carine Claudepierre

Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook and many ebooks, and founder of Sweet As Honey.

I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.

I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet

Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!

All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.

Browse all my recipes with my Recipe Index.

I hope that you too find the recipes you love on Sweet As Honey!

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