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Keto Mojito Recipe – Celebrate with a Sugar-free Cocktail!

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An easy, refreshing sugar-free keto mojito to celebrate any occasion with no sugar and minimal carbs!

Bonus, this keto mojito is diabetic-friendly with only 2.6 grams of net carbs per serving.

Low carb sugar free cocktail

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 addiction. 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).

The first question you probably ask yourself on your keto journey is, can I drink alcohol on a keto diet?

Well, the answer is yes, you can drink some alcoholic drinks but generally not cocktails that are loaded with sugar or carb-heavy juices.

For cocktails, you need keto-specific recipes like this easy keto mojito.

Whether you want to celebrate your birthday, St Patrick’s day, or the holidays, this keto green cocktail recipe made of rum, lime, and mint, is an easy sugar-free cocktail that all your friends will love!

Keto mojito

Is Mojito keto-friendly?

No, an authentic mojito recipe contains at least 2 tablespoons of white sugar.

White sugar is pure carbs, and it’s not a keto-friendly sweetener. It raises your blood sugar level and takes you out of ketosis straight away!

How To Make Keto Mojito

A keto mojito is a sugar-free cocktail made of 6 simple ingredients.

It’s a very similar recipe to a regular mojito recipe except that this recipe use:

  • Keto-friendly sweetener – the main issue with regular cocktails is the amount of sugar added to the drink!
  • Less lime – while lime is a keto-friendly fruit in small quantities, it still contains a decent amount of carbs, about 7 grams per small lime. So to make a keto-friendly mojito, it’s better to decrease the lime slightly to keep the carbs per drink under control.

Ingredients

  • Lime – use fresh lime. If yours is slightly hard, use my technique to squeeze out the most juice from your lime without using a lime juicer.
  • Erythritol – it’s my favorite keto sweetener in drinks, especially in a minty cocktail like this one. In fact, erythritol has a particular minty flavor and cooling effect that actually makes this keto cocktail even better than the original. Other options are using the same amount of allulose, xylitol, or a few stevia drops. To learn more about sweeteners, read my review of all keto-friendly sweeteners!
  • Fresh mint
  • White rum – like many spirits, white rum is a keto-friendly spirit and doesn’t contain carbs.
  • Soda water – or club soda or sparkling water. All these drinks are carbs-free, so you can play with this ingredient to dilute the cocktail if it’s too sweet or too strong to your liking.
  • Ice – I love crushed ice, but regular ice cubes work as well.

Releasing Lime Juice

First, muddle the mint and lime wedges along with the keto sweetener of your choice.

Use a mortar bowl or jug or any sturdy bowl, not a thin bowl, because you are gonna press the lime wedges strongly onto the bowl.

You can use a wooden spoon or the back of a rolling pin or a pestle to do so.

I love to use a mortar and pestle to release the most juice from the lime wedges and mint leaves into the sweetener.

Assembling The Cocktail

Now, pour the ingredients from the bowl into a tall glass, including the lime wedges.

Then, add the ice, and white rum on top, and stir the ingredients together using a straw or stick.

Finally, top up the glass with soda water. The more soda water you add, the less sweet or strong the drink tastes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I drink cocktails on keto?

No, you can’t drink regular cocktails from the bar without adapting the recipe. In fact, classic cocktails always contain simple syrup, sugar, or fruit juices.

To make keto-friendly cocktails with a low carb count that fit your macros, you must adapt the recipe to remove sugar or juice.

If you want to order low-carb cocktails outside, ask for:

  • no juice
  • no sugar
  • add your own stevia drops or sweetener

How Many Carbs Are In Keto Mojito?

A keto mojito contains half the calories of an authentic mojito recipe and 10 times fewer carbs.

In fact, a classic mojito cocktail contains about 2 tablespoons of sugar. It brings your old-time favorite mojito to 200 kcal per serving and 28 grams of total carbs per glass!

Or, this low-carb mojito recipe, adapted to fit your macros on a keto diet, only contains 2.5 grams of net carbs per serving. The breakdown of the nutrition date per drink is below:

  • 114 kcal
  • 3.6 grams of carbs
  • 1 gram of fiber
  • 2.6 grams of net carbs
Keto mojito recipe

More Low-Carb Drink Recipes

I love to enjoy cocktails, with or without alcohol. Below I listed some of my favorite keto drinks to celebrate:

Made this keto low-carb mojito recipe? Share a comment or review below! I love to hear your feedback on my recipes.

Low carb sugar free cocktail

Keto Mojito Recipe

2.6gNet Carbs
An easy refreshing sugar-free keto mojito recipe with delicious lime, mint, and rum flavor.
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
Yield: 1 mojito
Serving Size: 1 mojito

Nutrition Snapshot

Net Carbs 2.6g
Fat 0.1g
Protein 0.3g
Calories 114.4kcal
4.89 from 92 votes
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Into a small bowl or mortar, muddle together the lime wedges, fresh mint, and erythritol. Use a wooden spoon, a pestle, or the end of a rolling pin to press the wedges, mint, and sweetener into the bowl and release the lime juice.
  • Pour into a tall glass and add crushed ice up to 3/4 of the glass.
  • Pour over the white rum and stir with a straw or stick.
  • Top up the glass with soda water. The more you add, the less sweet and strong it tastes (it has no carbs and won't impact your carbs).
  • Serve with fresh extra mint on top.
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Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 mojito
Yield: 1 mojito
Serving: 1mojitoCalories: 114.4kcal (6%)Carbohydrates: 3.6g (1%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Net Carbs: 2.6gProtein: 0.3g (1%)Fat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.1g (1%)Sodium: 3.1mgPotassium: 37.5mg (1%)Sugar: 0.6g (1%)Vitamin A: 38IU (1%)Vitamin C: 9.9mg (12%)Calcium: 14.8mg (1%)Iron: 0.3mg (2%)
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'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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