Margarita Sugar Free Jello Shots

These margarita sugar free jello shots are fun for celebrations like New Year’s Eve or St. Patrick’s Day. All the flavor of a delicious margarita using lime jello and tequila! Easy to make and fun to eat, try these simple keto jello shots at your next party. Each shot has only 25 calories and 0g net carbs!

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Recently I went to a party with some friends from my book club. Some of the ladies brought fun jello and pudding shots and I realized how easy it would be to make them low carb.

So I played around and came up with these margarita sugar free jello shots. They were so good! They really had that margarita flavor and you only needed a few ingredients. Plus each one only had 25 calories and no carbs. So these are perfect for those on a keto diet.

If you are looking for a fun drink to take to a New Year’s Eve party or other celebration give these easy jello shots a try. The vibrant green color would be great for both Christmas or St. Patrick’s day too!

Can you make jello shots using sugar free jello?

Yes you can. And with the selection of sugar free gelatin available these days you can make a slew of drinks with them. And while I used lime gelatin for a classic margarita, you could use additional flavors like raspberry, strawberry or lemon instead.

You could also make these with unflavored gelatin. It would be a bit more difficult though. I would use lime juice and sweetener instead but you would have to play around with the amounts of water.

Recipe ingredients I used.

All you need to make this margarita jello shots recipe is a box of sugar free lime Jell-O, orange extract, tequila and limes. While lime is not my favorite flavor of Jell-O it’s perfect for that classic margarita flavor.

A classic margarita uses tequila, triple sec, lime juice and some sort of sweetness.

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The lime gelatin has that great sweet and tart flavor and the orange extract mimics the triple sec which is an orange liqueur.

ingredients for sugar free margarita jello shots - gelatin, orange extract, limes and tequila

Additionally I added lime zest and a sugar/salt rim on the shots. I wanted to dress it up a bit because they were quite plain looking but I found it added a lot of flavor to the recipe.

So I zested on lime and mixed equal parts of salt and granular sweetener together on a plate and used a pinch on top and around the glass rim.

white dish with salt, sugar and lime zest for the rim of the shot glasses and a microplane and fresh limes

The basic jello shots recipe.

When making classic jello shots you want to substitute ¼ of the liquid with your liquor. So if you read the (0.3oz) box of gelatin and it calls for 2 cups of water, you would use 1 ½ cups of water and ½ cup of alcohol.

Also you need to use 1 cup of boiling water first to dissolve the gelatin and then the liquor and remains water can be cold. But that is all there is to it so you can see how easy it is!

How to make margarita sugar free jello shots.

Step 1: To make the jello shots, pour 1 cup of boiling water in a 2 cup measuring cup with the box of sugar free lime gelatin. Mix well then add in the ½ cup cold water and ½ cup of tequila.

I used a kettle to boil my water but you could heat the water on the stove or microwave.

Also I like a mid shelf tequila with this recipe. I find that in most recipes it’s best to buy mid shelf liquor instead of the cheapest. But you can do whatever you want.

Step 2: Arrange your shot cups on a small baking tray and pour the liquid into the glasses. You should get about 12 shots out of the recipe but that depends on how big your shot cups are and how much you fill them.

baking tray with freshly poured lime jello shots and a bag of plastic shot glasses

Step 3: Refrigerate for 3-4 hours or maybe less until the jello is firm. In the meantime make your zest and sugar mixture. Add the zest of 1 lime, 1 tablespoon of granular sweetener and 1 tablespoon of salt together on a small plate.

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Step 4: Make sure your Jell-O is completely gelled before you do this. Get a little glass of water and wet the rim of the shots. Place the rim in the salt mixture and try to get it the whole rim covered.

Right before you serve the shots, sprinkle a little of the zest/salt mixture on top of the jello shots for more flavor. It does tend to disappear a bit and might liquify the jello shot.

Maybe add little bowl of the mixture for people to spoon on top. This is of course optional. (Please scroll down for the printable recipe card.)

What is the alcohol content of these jello shots.

I used ½ cup of alcohol in this whole recipe which is equal to 4 fluid oz. So with 12 shots each one has ⅓ oz of alcohol.

Where to find shot glasses for jello shots.

If you have a Dollar Tree near you there are all sorts of fun things to buy for your jello shots. Below you can see the pretty polka dot shot glasses they had (for a dollar!). They also have these nice condiment containers with lids.

The dollar store array of pretty plastic shot glasses and containers and mini spoons

And if you look in the background they have these mini spoons which are perfect for eating the jello shots.

I’ve also seen red solo cup shot glasses at the grocery store and they have all these things in my Amazon shop. However check out the Dollar Tree if you have one nearby.