Easy Mojitos Recipe

Easy Mojitos Recipe

Ingredients

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

Directions

  1. Gather all ingredients.
  2. Place the mint leaves, lime slices, and sugar at the bottom of a glass. Use a spoon to muddle the ingredients until the mint is crushed and fragrant.
  3. Fill the glass with ice cubes to your liking.
  4. Pour the rum over the ice, followed by the diet lemon-lime soda.
  5. Stir the mixture well to combine the flavors.
  6. Enjoy your refreshing mojito!

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories 121
Total Fat 0g
Sodium 13mg
Total Carbohydrate 7g
Dietary Fiber 1g
Total Sugars 5g
Protein 0g
Vitamin C 7mg (8% DV)
Calcium 9mg (1% DV)
Iron 0mg (1% DV)
Potassium 27mg (1% DV)

Easy Mojitos Recipe

Comments

lovestohost

10/06/2025 01:52:54 PM

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 will be a repeater at the LTH house! CHEERS, Jennifer!

Kristin Bayer

04/13/2020 02:13:58 AM

Turned out great! I muddled in my shaker and shook with ice, rum, and sugar, then poured into a martini glass with diet 7-up. Should be noted that it’s best to make a multiple batch if you’re using a shaker.

Mae

05/12/2017 06:26:04 PM

Make sure you use spearmint not peppermint. I would use Nellie & Joe's Key West lime juice instead of real limes to make it even easier (unless you're serving it to company), and I would probably use regular 7-Up instead of diet because then the sugar part is also taken care of for you. Also Mexican 7-Up uses real sugar cane, which is what the original recipe for this drink calls for, so even better.

juliekay

02/07/2021 02:03:57 AM

Yum! I used simple syrup instead of sugar and I tried using white rum and it was terrible. No fault of the recipe I didn't like the white rum I used. I ended up using gin and it was great. When I get better rum I will make it again and I'm sure it will also be delish.

BraveToast6421

03/01/2024 10:08:30 PM

I loved the recipe. I used vodka instead of white rum & I used simple sugar syrup instead of sugar. Looking forward to more recipes.

Kathy Williams-Thompson

08/19/2017 10:57:53 PM

Excellent. Super easy and delicious. I use Zero Sprite. I do not add sugar.

slccmr

06/04/2017 04:21:40 AM

Soooo yummy! The only change I made was to cut the sugar in half

spammy

08/01/2015 02:35:04 PM

Perfect! Used regular Sprite instead of diet because that's all I had. Delicious and helps me use up the mountain of mint that's taken over my garden!

John Rodriguez

07/12/2024 08:54:15 PM

This recipe is officially legendary.

QuickSage8323

07/09/2024 03:22:58 PM

Great

Brian F

10/06/2019 04:02:08 AM

Great recipe. I made a special Green Dragon version of this. It tasted great. However, next time, I would probably make sugar water first as my friends said they can taste the granulated sugar.

noncookingfoodie

08/21/2018 06:50:39 PM

The recipe was super easy and it came it great! I have even memorized it so that I can make it again whenever the mood strikes. I couldn't find Diet Sprite at the time, so I substituted with Diet Mountain Dew. It was perfect!

Alby McEvoy

12/24/2017 07:58:24 PM

Quick to make tastes amazing

La Esposa de Cooky

07/02/2017 04:25:23 PM

This is a great mojito for this amount of effort--appropriately named. If you really do a good job on the "muddle", it is delicious. We have found that a drinking straw is key to enjoying this drink. All the good stuff is on the bottom, and you get a taste of all of the ingredients from the first sip when you drink it with the straw.

Marsku

03/24/2017 09:18:48 PM

I followed the recipe exactly and it is one of the best mojitos I ever had, yum!! Thank you for the recipe!

Sheila LaLonde

05/19/2016 10:54:08 PM

This was very, very good! Very refreshing and went down way too easy! The measurements were perfect! Thanks for sharing this great recipe!

Niki S

01/29/2016 03:35:00 PM

I love this recipe. I have always made mine with Sprite or other brand of lemon lime soda. Its an easy recipe for parties.