Get ready for football season with these delicious keto tailgate drinks! I’ve made an easy margarita punch and a spiked ice tea that will please any party crowd and they are both very low carb and low calorie! These recipes were sponsored by Torani. All opinions are my own. #ToraniTailgate
You might also like these keto buffalo chicken stuffed mushrooms!
My husband loves football season so August makes me think about keto snacks and keto drinks for parties and tailgates.
Today I have for you 2 delicious keto tailgate drinks you can make for your next tailgate party: Margarita Punch and Spiked Ice Tea! They only require a few ingredients and I am positive your crowd will love them! And if you prefer non-alcoholic drinks just eliminate the alcohol.
I also have some great ideas for keto appetizers and snacks you can take the tailgate. There is everything from keto sliders to pumpkin spice pecans.
I love Torani sugar free syrups for keto drinks.
If you follow my blog you know that I love using Torani sugar free syrups in many coffee, tea and alcoholic drink recipes. They have over 30 sugar free syrups and I personally have at least 20 in my pantry. I even use them in desserts like this keto raspberry no bake cheesecake.
You can usually find their products in a local grocery store or coffee house. I usually buy mine on their website because they have the best selection and lots of recipes to try.
Tips for making keto drinks.
Whether you are having a party or bringing drinks to a tailgate, it’s sometimes hard to find a good low carb drink when socializing.
Most hard alcohols do not have any carbs so mixing them with sugar free syrups, flavored seltzers or adding a squeeze of citrus are good ways to eliminate extra carbs.
You can also use flavored extracts, a simple syrup using sweeteners, sugar free drink mixes, sugar free soda, etc. This blog post will give you more ideas about keto mixers and other tips for low carb cocktails.
Keto margarita punch ingredients I used.
I really like a good margarita and this punch has all the flavor of a classic one but it’s easy to make in large quantities using simple ingredients. Below you can see what I used: Torani sugar free lime syrup, tequila and lime juice. That’s all you need! The basic ratios I used were:
1 part Torani Sugar Free Lime Syrup + 1 part lime juice + ½ part tequila
How to make keto margarita punch.
I like to use a large drink container like the one below when I’m making drinks for a large crowd.
- Fill up a large drink dispenser with ice and sliced limes.
- Then in a large pyrex measuring cup add the lime juice, lime syrup and tequila. By the way I like to use lime juice from a bottle you get at the grocery store as it has less carbs than fresh lime juice but it’s a minimal amount either way.
- Taste test your mixture before pouring in the drinking container and adjust as necessary. For this drink I like to make it fairly concentrated because the ice will melt and dilute it.
- Pour into your dispense and mix well with the ice and limes.
Keto spiked iced tea ingredients I used.
The ingredients for this tasty drink are: tea, lemon juice, Torani sugar free lemon syrup and vodka. Again I like to use lemon juice from a bottle instead of fresh to make it lower carb. I used a similar ratio:
1 part Torani Sugar Free Lemon Syrup + 1 part lemon juice + ½ part brewed tea + ½ part vodka
How to make keto spiked iced tea.
Nothing like a thirst quenching drink with both caffeine and alcohol for a tailgate! This is not a keto Long Island iced tea recipe but rather like an Arnold Palmer.
- Brew tea and let cool before making this drink. Place it in the refrigerator or freezer to quickly cool it down after brewing.
- As with the other recipe, I like to fill the pitcher or container with ice first and lemon slices.
- Then mix the cooled brewed tea, lemon juice, lemon syrup and vodka in a large measuring cup and taste test. Remember about making it more concentrated because of the ice melting and diluting.
- Pour the spiked iced tea into the large dispenser.
Making these drinks in large quantities.
The amount of drinks you want to make depends on how many people will be drinking. I ended up using 3 cups of Torani syrup, 3 cups of juice, 1 ½ cup of alcohol and 1 ½ cup of water (or tea) to fill the gallon container below.
I would suggest using the same ratios of juice, alcohol and Torani syrup and then add water or tea to your taste preference.
The drink dispenser I used in the photos.
I bought a 2.1 gallon container on Amazon which I think would be great for tailgate parties. However I think a but you can find similar ones at Target or Walmart. This recipe makes 0.56 gallons or 9 cups of drinks. So if you buy a smaller gallon drink dispenser and fill it with ice and fruit slices plus this recipe it should all fit.
A note about calories and carbs in these drinks.
Because Torani sugar free syrups and bottled lime and lemon juices have 0 calories and a 0 carb count the only carbs are coming from the alcohol which usually does not have any carbohydrates. So for both drinks the nutritional information for 1 serving is roughly:
64 calories and 0 net carbs
Keto appetizers to take to the tailgate.
I have quite a few keto appetizer recipes that would be great at the tailgate party. Here are a few of my favorite recipes.
- keto mini meatball sub cups
- pepperoni pizza or green goddess deviled eggs
- sausage and cheese mini muffins
- sausage & cheese stuffed poblano peppers or chicken & spinach artichoke poblanos
- buffalo chicken cheese chips or Italian parmesan cheese crisps
- pizza cheese waffles or jalapeno popper waffles
- pumpkin cheesecake dip with bacon chips or pumpkin spice pecans
Well I hope you enjoy these keto tailgate drinks and appetizer ideas . Even if you don’t have a football party or tailgate parties to go to, they taste great for a summer drink with a burger or wings. I often make these drinks non alcoholic to drink on a hot day. Enjoy!
Keto Tailgating Drinks - Margarita Punch & Spiked Iced Tea
Get ready for football season with these delicious keto tailgate drinks! I've got an easy margarita punch and spiked ice tea recipe that will please any party crowd and they are both very low carb!
Ingredients
Low Carb Margarita Punch
- 3 cups Torani Sugar Free Lime Syrup
- 3 cups lime juice (use bottled for less carbs)
- 1 ½ cups tequila
- 1 ½ cups water (more or less to your taste)
- sliced limes for garnishing
Low Carb Spiked Iced Tea
- 3 cups Torani Sugar Free Lemon Syrup
- 3 cups lemon juice (use bottled for less carbs)
- 1 1 /2 cups vodka
- 1 ½ cups brewed tea ( more or less to your liking)
- sliced lemons for garnishing
Instructions
- Fill drinks dispenser or large pitcher with ice.
- In a separate pitcher or large pyrex measuring cup, mix the juice, syrup and alcohol.
- Add water (or tea) to the alcohol mixture to achieve your taste preference but remember the ice will probably dilute the drink so make sure it's a bit more concentrated to begin with.
- Just disregare the alcohol to make these non-alcoholic. Everything else should stay the same.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 64Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Jo says
Iced tea are perfect for BBQ party any afternoon. Love those sugar free syrups. Wish I could have this in hand so I can treat myself a glass or two of margaritas any time.
Claire | The Simple, Sweet Life says
What fun drink ideas! I’m sure these would be perfect for a tailgate party as well as a bbq or any other summer get-together!
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness says
I am SO excited about this! I am so useless when it comes to making drinks, which is why I buy them so often. This would save me SO much money! Pinned to try later! 🙂
Paula Montenegro says
I’m a big fan of both drinks and having these citrus syrups really makes it all so much easier! Love this cocktail ideas!
Marisa F. Stewart says
What a great idea! I hadn’t thought of using Torani for bases in drinks. So yummy! I’m already thinking of all the variations I can come up with. Love the no-calorie.
Kelly Anthony says
My husband also is a huge football fan so I’m always looking for new things to serve for football gatherings and these drinks will be perfect for the next game day.
Chef Dennis says
those are some awesome drink ideas for tailgating or for get-togethers. Thanks for all the delicious beverage ideas, I’ll be sure to toast you when I share them with my friends!
shobee says
What a great tailgating idea here. I am a fan of margarita and having some choices here in your list is a treat – and low carb too. Gotta do this quickly!
Aleta says
You have just opened my eyes! Margaritas are my absolute favourite, but I love a lot of lime flavour and won’t buy lime juice because of all of the sugar. I had no idea I could buy it sugar free! Thanks for sharing, I can’t wait to have a margarita – guilt free!
Rebecca Blackwell says
I had never hear of Torani syrups, but I just added it to the weekend shopping list. I hate adding a whole bunch of sugar to cocktails so I usually stick to making drinks that aren’t supposed to be sweet. But, often, when we have guests for dinner, I like to offer at least one cocktail that’s on the sweet side. This is perfect!
Denise says
So glad you found out about Torani. I really love them.
Elaine Benoit says
I want to come to your tailgate parties!! I would gladly imbibe both of these cocktails! They look delicious and easy to make!
Denise says
Haha thanks so much Elaine!
Jolina says
Margarita is my summer drink of choice. And it’s such a great bonus that this recipe is low carb! More drinks for me 🙂
Denise says
They do go down easy!
Veena Azmanov says
Awesome and yummy flavors. I love everything to it. Makes my day really special.
Carrie | Clean Eating Kitchen says
So glad I found these! I have friends on keto who are visiting this weekend and I had no idea what drinks to serve! Making both of these for them! Thank you!
Denise says
Hope they like them Carrie!
Gloria | Homemade & Yummy says
We have a bbq party this weekend. I know my guests would love helping themselves to these drinks. Sounds like a plan to me.
Denise says
Perfect!
Chef Dennis says
Wow! These drinks look sooo refreshing! Perfect for the football season! Thanks for sharing! I really love your ideas.
Aline says
We love Torani syrups! I use the mint one a lot but never tried these sugar free ones. These ideas look bomb!!! Will definitely be trying soon – thank you for sharing!! xx
Denise says
HI Aline, I have the sugar free mint one (I have so many!) and like that for coffee and smoothie drinks. Hope you give these a chance!
Amanda says
I love all these ideas! I’m a big tailgater, and it’s not the same without a drink in hand, so I’ll definitely work my way through this list. Thanks for sharing!
Denise says
You are welcome and I hope you give one of them a try!