i've been wanting to try bethenny frankel's skinnygirl margarita for quite some time now, and this weekend i finally got around to picking up a bottle. i love bethenny, so it pains me to say this, but i have to be honest with you: i didn't really like it. it wavered back and forth between being too strong and then not having much flavor at all. i ended up adding a few squeezes of a lime which definitely helped in the flavor department, but overall i'm not sure i would buy it again.
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the other disappointment was that it's really not all that "skinny". a 4 oz. serving has 100 calories, which sounds great on paper but really no one drinks just 4 oz. so you can have a 12 oz. light beer for about 100 calories, or 12 oz. of the skinnygirl margarita, but it will cost you 300 calories. yikes! the only way it's truly skinny is if you're a person who loves to drink margaritas and has them often. considering the average margarita has about 550 calories, you would end up drinking "skinny" by switching to bethenny's brand. and you are saving about 15 calories per ounce compared to other pre-mixed bottled margaritas. but since i'm not a heavy margarita drinker, i think i'll stick to my vodka sodas ;)
it's strange because this stuff is literally flying off the shelves in stores all over the country. so clearly i'm in the minority here. but there are rumors of here bottling other skinnygirl cocktails like mojitos and cosmopolitans, so i'd be willing to try those if/when they are avaialble.
if you've ever tried the bottled skinnygirl margarita, did you like it? we'd love to hear what you think!
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