This easy skinny margarita recipe made with a few simple ingredients for a refreshing and delicious cocktail you’ll make over and over again. Fresh lime and no orange juice make this tequila cocktail an easy margarita cocktail that’s truly low calorie.

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What Makes This Fresh Lime Margarita “Skinny”?

A skinny margarita is a low-calorie version of a regular margarita.

This “Skinny” margarita is made with fresh lime juice and a little agave for sweetness, instead of using a pre-made margarita mix that has tons of sugar.

This fresh lime margarita also doesn’t have artificial sweeteners like a low calorie option you can buy.

I also prefer this low calorie cocktail because it has much less sugar and thus helps me avoid that alcohol sugar headache.

If you want to kick things up a notch, try my Jalapeno Skinny Margarita recipe.

Ingredients You Need to Make this Easy Tequila Drink

(makes 2 cocktails)

Silver Tequila
Freshly squeezed lime juice (juice of 3-4 limes)
Cointreau or Triple sec
Agave nectar
ice
Coarse sea salt
Lime wedges for garnish

How to Make an Authentic Margarita

A true margarita recipe is made with a few ingredients: fresh squeezed lime juice, a high quality tequila, orange liqueur (I prefer Cointreau), and a hint of sweetness. Not from a pre-made mix.

To save on calories I prefer to use Cointreau instead of Triple Sec. However, if you want you could skip the orange liqueur all together. Not as authentic, but definitely skinny.

To make this easy margarita I recommend using a hand-held lime juicer, like this one to squeeze your limes into the glass.

Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and then pour into a salted rim glass and enjoy.