Sugar-Free Moscow Mule
Vodka, fresh lime and a quick homemade ginger syrup topped with fizzy club soda. It is spicy and refreshing, with about 3 g net carbs instead of the 15 g or more that regular ginger beer adds.
Nutrition per serving
1 cocktail- Net carbs
- 3.1g
- Calories
- 148kcal
- Protein
- 0.3g
- Fat
- 0.1g
- Total carbs
- 15 g
- Fiber
- 0.3 g
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient (optional ingredients excluded). Brands vary — check your labels if you track closely.
Ingredients
Alcohol-free mule: Skip the vodka and add extra soda for a spicy, grown-up ginger-lime mocktail.
- Build the drink the same way, using the extra club soda in place of the vodka.
Blackberry mule: Muddled blackberries turn the mule a deep purple and add a jammy, tart edge.
- Muddle the blackberries in the bottom of the mug with the lime juice and ginger syrup before adding the ice, vodka and soda.
- Quick ginger syrup
- Mule
- Nice to have (optional)
- Quick ginger syrup
- Mule
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2 oz vodkaleave out - Also add
- Nice to have (optional)
- Quick ginger syrup
- Mule
- Also add
- Nice to have (optional)
Estimated cost $1.40 for 1 servings ($1.40 each) · how we estimate
Instructions
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Make the ginger syrup: simmer the grated ginger, allulose and water in a small saucepan for 2–3 minutes, until the sweetener dissolves. Take it off the heat, steep 5 minutes, then press through a fine sieve, squeezing the pulp to get every drop. Let it cool; an ice cube speeds this up.
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Fill a copper mug or highball glass with crushed ice.
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Add the vodka, lime juice and ginger syrup and stir briefly.
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Top with the club soda, give it one gentle stir from the bottom and garnish with a lime wedge and mint.
Tips for success
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The ginger syrup does the job of ginger beer here. Make a batch (½ cup grated ginger, ½ cup allulose, 1 cup water) and keep it in the fridge up to 2 weeks for instant mules or homemade ginger ale. - A copper mug keeps the drink icy cold, but any glass works.
- Store-bought diet ginger beer works in a pinch. Check the label for maltitol, which raises blood sugar much more than other sugar alcohols.
Nice to have, not needed
- A copper mug keeps it icy cold — any highball glass works.
Storage & meal prep
- Best eaten fresh
Reheat: Best made to order.
Prep tip: Batch the ginger syrup and keep it up to 2 weeks for instant mules.
Best made to order. Refrigerate leftover ginger syrup up to 2 weeks.
Variations
2 variations, each with its own ingredients and macrosAlcohol-free mule
SwapSkip the vodka and add extra soda for a spicy, grown-up ginger-lime mocktail.
- + ¼ cup extra club soda
- no vodka
3.1 g net · 18 kcal · 0.3 g protein · 0.1 g fat · ≈$0.73 per serving (same net carbs as the original)
Blackberry mule
FlavorMuddled blackberries turn the mule a deep purple and add a jammy, tart edge.
- + ¼ cup blackberries
4.6 g net · 163 kcal · 0.8 g protein · 0.3 g fat · ≈$2.00 per serving (+1.5 g net carbs vs the original)
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