10 Low-Sugar Mocktail Recipes
- 6 days ago
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The ultimate list of refreshing, healthy mocktail recipes!
When you skip the alcohol, it’s wild how often the “options” default to something overly sweet or straight off the kids’ menu. We can do better than that. If you’re craving a drink that feels just as fun and elevated as a cocktail — without the booze or the sugar overload, this roundup has you covered.
Below you’ll find 10 low-sugar mocktails you can easily make at home that are refreshing, simple, and actually feel like a treat. And if you want to get more confident mixing your own alcohol-free drinks, be sure to check out my blog post 5 Tips for Making Mocktails at Home for an easy formula and go-to tricks to help you build balanced mocktails with whatever you have on hand.
Peach Ranch Water Mocktail
Ingredients
Topo Chico soda water
2 oz non-alcoholic tequila (My top pick is Free Spirits)
1.5 oz peach nectar
.5 oz lime juice
Instructions
Open your soda and dump out 4 oz.
Add in all other ingredients very slowly - the soda can fizz over if you add to quickly.
(If you don’t care about it being in a bottle I would mix it in a large tumbler)
Garnish with a lime wedge, you're done!
The peach nectar can be subbed out for pineapple juice, cherry juice, orange juice or omitted entirely for a classic Ranch Water mocktail.
Skinny Cucumber Mocktail
Ingredients
2 oz cucumber juice (if you're not juicing your own I like Suja's Green Juice)
1 oz Sugar-Free Jalapeno Syrup
1 oz lime juice
3-4 oz sparkling soda (I usually use a lime or cucumber-melon sparkling water)
Optional rim: lime, lime zest, monk fruit sweetener, cucumber ribbons
Instructions
In a cocktail shaker, combine first three ingredients with ice. Shake for 10 seconds.
Optional step: Grab a fresh glass and swipe a wedge of lime on the side. Sprinkle lime zest and monkfruit sweetener on the side. Fill a tumbler with fresh ice and strain the mixture in. Top with sparkling soda. Enjoy!
Sugar-Free Jalapeño Syrup
Ingredients
1 medium jalapeño pepper (or 2" Habanero pepper)
3/4 C monkfruit sweetener
1 C boiling water
Instructions
Cut off the stem of your pepper and thinly slice, including the seeds.
Combine with monkfruit sweetener and boiling water.
Stir until monkfruit is dissolved.
Let sit and cool for at least one hour. The longer you let the peppers sit the spicier it will be.
Store in an air-tight container for up to a week.
I’ll throw an ounce of this in so many different types of sodas to add a spicy burn that helps emulate the burn and complexity of alcohol!
Grapefruit Rosemary Spritz
Ingredients
3 oz fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
.5 oz lemon juice
.5 oz agave
1 sprig rosemary
Sparkling soda
Garnish: grapefruit slice & sprig of rosemary
Instructions
In a tumbler, muddle the juices and rosemary gently together.
Add in the agave and a scoop of ice, then top with sparkling soda.
Stir, garnish and enjoy.
No-Jito Mocktail
Ingredients
4-5 mint leaves
.75 oz monkfruit simple syrup
.75 oz fresh lime juice
1.5 oz non-alcoholic rum (optional)
Club soda
Instructions
In a tall glass add the mint and syrup and gently muddle.
Fill with ice and top with lime, NA rum and soda.
Gently stir and enjoy.
Monkfruit Simple Syrup: 2:1 boiling water to monkfruit powder, stir until dissolved and store in glass jar.
Paloma Mocktail
Ingredients
2 oz fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
.75 oz fresh-squeezed lime juice
1.5 oz non-alcoholic tequila (I recommend Free Spirits)
2 oz grapefruit-flavored soda (like Spindrift Grapefruit)
Tajin or sea salt for rim
Garnish with grapefruit or lime slice
Instructions
In a cocktail shaker, add grapefruit juice, lime juice, and non-alcoholic tequila.
Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
Rub the rim of a glass with grapefruit wedge and dip in Tajin salt for a spicy rim. Regular salt works too if that’s what you have on hand.
Fill the glass with fresh ice.
Strain your ingredients into your glass and top off with soda.
Garnish with a grapefruit wedge and squeeze of fresh lime.
Blackberry Bramble Mocktail
Ingredients
1 oz lemon juice
2 oz n/a gin (my favorite)
1/4 cup blackberries
.5 oz simple syrup
2 oz club soda
Instructions
Place all ingredients except soda in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and shake for 15 seconds to break up the blackberries.
Strain into a fresh tumbler filled with pebble ice and garnish with a lemon slice.
Cinnamon Hot Not Toddy
Ingredients
2.5 oz N/A Whiskey
.5 oz pure maple syrup
.75 oz lemon juice - about the juice of half a lemon
4-5 oz boiling water
Garnish with cinnamon stick and lemon wheel
Instructions
Add the whiskey, syrup and lemon to a mug. Stir to combine.
Top with 4-5 oz of boiling water and give a gentle stir.
Garnish with a slice of lemon and/or cinnamon stick and enjoy. Cheers!
Blackberry Basil Mule Mocktail
Ingredients
4-5 blackberries (frozen defrosted is fine!)
1/2 oz lime juice (usually about half a lime)
2-3 basil leaves
5 oz diet ginger ale (Q Mixers also has a great lite ginger beer)
Garnish with lime wedge or basil leaves
Instructions
Place blackberries, basil and lime juice in a cocktail shaker.
Muddle the until blackberries and basil break apart, about 15 seconds.
Add a scoop of ice. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
Strain into a fresh glass filled with ice.
Top with ginger beer, garnish and enjoy!
Peach Ginger Fizz
Ingredients
¼ C cut up peaches (frozen, defrosted is fine!)
4-5 mint leaves
1 oz lime juice (usually about a whole lime)
.5 oz agave
Fresh grated ginger, about ½ t
Soda water
Instructions
Place peaches, mint, lime, and agave in a cocktail shaker & gently muddle.
Grate your ginger into the cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake for about 20 seconds to chill.
Strain out the mixture into a fresh glass.
Add a scoop of ice.
Top with soda, garnish with mint and enjoy!