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Save calories by making your own ginger syrup to mix with seltzer and vodka for a nice cocktail with about 40% less calories than a traditional Moscow Mule made with ginger beer.

Skinny Moscow Mule Cocktail

Skinny Moscow mule cocktails are just as good as the original with less sugar, for a refreshing, lower calorie cocktail.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings 1
Calories 197 kcal

Ingredients
  

Skinny Moscow Mule

  • 1.5 oz Vodka
  • 2.5 Tablespoons Ginger Simple Syrup
  • Seltzer Water
  • 1/2 lime
  • Ice

Ginger Simple Syrup

  • 1 cup peeled and sliced fresh ginger root
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup water

Instructions
 

Ginger Simple Syrup

  • Make a ginger simple syrup by combining fresh ginger, water, and sugar in a heavy bottomed saucepan.
  • Bring to a boil and stir until all of the sugar has dissolved.
  • Then remove from heat and let it steep for 20 minutes or more.
  • Strain the ginger from the liquid and use or bottle it and keep it in the refrigerator.

Skinny Moscow Mule Cocktail

  • Place equal parts vodka and ginger syrup in a glass.
  • Squeeze the juice of half a lime in and add the lime wedge.
  • Fill with ice.
  • Top off with lemon/lime seltzer water.

Notes

Keep the ginger simple syrup in the refrigerator for up to a month.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 197kcalCarbohydrates: 27gSodium: 4mgFiber: 1gSugar: 24g

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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