Easy Mojitos

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Prep: 5 min
Ready In: 5 min

“It's hard to find mojitos at any of the restaurants in the small town I'm stationed in, and when I tried to make my own using club soda, they never seemed to turn out right. Using lemon-lime soda also cuts down on the amount of sugar usually used.” - by Jennifer

Ingredients

12 leaves mint
2 lime slices
1 teaspoon white sugar, or more to taste
1/4 cup ice cubes, or as needed
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger rum (such as Bacardi®)
4 1/2 ounces diet lemon-lime soda (such as Diet Sprite®)

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Original recipe yields 1 cocktail

Directions

Place mint leaves, lime slice, and sugar in bottom of a glass and muddle with a spoon until mint is crushed. Fill glass with ice cubes. Pour rum and soda over the ice; stir.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (1 total)

Calories
121 cal
6%

Fat
0.1 g
< 1%

Carbs
7.1 g
2%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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lovestohost

Mar. 17, 2013

"I've been on a big Mojito kick lately and I've been using Diet 7up in place of club soda, per personal preference, so this was a huge hit with me! I used 2 tsps of sugar and bottle lime juice. This ..." See morewill be a repeater at the LTH house! CHEERS, Jennifer!"

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