Skinny Margarita Mocktail with Strawberries
Rate This Recipe:
This Strawberry Margarita Mocktail is bursting with fresh lime juice, muddled strawberries, and a homemade cilantro-jalapeño syrup that delivers just the right amount of heat. It’s sweet, citrusy, and finished with a Tajín-sugar rim for that classic margarita flair.
Equipment
- Pretty Margarita Glass optional
- Cocktail Muddler
Ingredients
- 2 oz fresh lime juice about 2 limes
- 1 oz jalapeño cilantro syrup click link for recipe
- 3 strawberries
- sparkling water to taste
- Ice
- Fresh Cilantro for garnish
- Slice of Lime for garnish
Tajin Rim
- 1 tsp Tajin
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- lime juice
Instructions
- First, make the simple syrup - see below for link to recipe
Tajin Rim
- Mix sugar, salt, and tajin in a small bowl. Transfer to a small plate½ tsp sea salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp Tajin
- Choose a small plate that fits the rim of your glass easily… pour the tajin mixture into the small plate and spread the mixture around the entire plate with an emphasis on the edges of the plate.
- Coat rim of your margarita glass with lime juice by using a brush or placing the lime juice in a small plate, and dipping the rim of the glass into the lime juice.lime juice
- Next dip the the margarita glass into the Tajin mixture.
Skinny Margarita Mocktail with Strawberries
- Put 2 ounces of lime juice into short glass, 1 ounces of simple syrup, sliced strawberries, and muddle berries for 30 seconds.2 oz fresh lime juice, 1 oz jalapeño cilantro syrup, 3 strawberries
- Next using a pretty margarita glass add the ice and pour lime, syrup, and berry combo over ice.Ice
- Top with sparkling water and mix.sparkling water
- Garnish with fresh cilantro and a slice of lime.Fresh Cilantro, Slice of Lime
Video
More About This Recipe
Here is the link to my recipe for Jalapeño cilantro lime syrup.
Agave Nectar as an alternative to tequila:
Don’t have enough time to make the simple syrup? Then use
Agave Nectar! You can use agave nectar, which is a syrup made from the blue agave plant. It has a sweet, deep caramel flavor profile, which is reminiscent of tequila and is distilled from the same plant. This is an excellent tequila replacement for the non-alcoholic margarita and any virgin drink that calls for tequila.
Agave Nectar! You can use agave nectar, which is a syrup made from the blue agave plant. It has a sweet, deep caramel flavor profile, which is reminiscent of tequila and is distilled from the same plant. This is an excellent tequila replacement for the non-alcoholic margarita and any virgin drink that calls for tequila.
Cooking Tips
- Don’t skip the rim: The Tajín-salt-sugar combo makes this mocktail feel like it came straight from a beachside bar. So fun and SO easy.
- Make the syrup ahead: That jalapeño-cilantro simple syrup is gold. Store it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks and use it in everything—from mocktails to salad dressings to iced teas.
- Use a muddler: A cocktail muddler makes it easier to smash your strawberries just enough to release their juices. If you don’t have one, the back of a spoon works too!
Kitchen Tools You’ll Want
- Cocktail muddler (or just a sturdy spoon)
- Small saucepan
- Mason jar (for syrup storage)
- Citrus juicer
- Margarita glasses (you deserve pretty glassware!)
Nutrition
Calories: 56kcalCarbohydrates: 16gFat: 0.2gFiber: 1gSugar: 10g
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!