I am not a big fan of alcohol and alcoholic drinks in general. But regarding the fact that summer is here and everyone keeps sipping at their cocktails, a lot of my friends started asking me what is the best drink to drink, in order to not gain weight!? Any alcoholic drink is going to bump up your calorie count, but some tipples are less deadly than others! When we’re calorie counting, we soon realise that that it’s actually drinks, rather than food, that add up the most quickly! Take a look at my list of 10 highest and 10 lowest calories drinks to see what to go for.
I know its Saturday night, but try not to drink too much alcohol anyway.. 🙂 x
10 Highest-Calorie Drinks
1. Long Island Iced Tea
Serving Size: ~ 7 oz..
Calories: up to 780
Ingredients: 1 part rum, 1 part gin, 1 part triple sec, 1.5 parts sweet and sour mix, splash of coke
2. Margarita
Serving Size: ~ 8.5 oz.
Calories: up to 740
Ingredients: 4 oz. limeade (usually premixed), 4 oz. tequila, .5 oz. triple sec
3. Piña Colada
Serving size: 6 oz.
Calories: up to 644
Ingredients: 3 oz. light rum, 3 tbsp. coconut milk, 3 tbsp. crushed pineapples
4. Mai Tai
Serving size: 9 oz.
Calories: up to 620
Ingredients: 3 oz. light rum, 2 oz. dark rum, 1 oz. crème de almond, 1 oz. triple sec, 1 oz. sweet & sour mix, 1 oz. pineapple juice
5. Mudslide
Serving size: 12.5 oz.
Calories: up to 594
Ingredients: ¼ cup Irish cream, ¼ cup coffee liqueur, 1 cup vanilla ice cream, 1 tbsp chocolate syrup
6. Grasshopper Martini
Serving size: 7 oz..
Calories: up to 525
Ingredients: 6 oz. vanilla vodka, ½ oz. Godiva white chocolate liqueur, ½ oz. green crème de menthe
7. Chocotini
Serving size: 6 oz.
Calories: up to 438
Ingredients: 2 oz. vodka, 2 oz. chocolate liqueur, 2 oz. cream, ½ oz. dark crème de cacao, melted chocolate confectionary coating
8. White Russian
Serving size: 5 oz.
Calories: up to 425
Ingredients: 2 oz. vodka, 1.5 oz. coffee liqueur, 1.5 heavy cream
9. Brandy eggnog on the rocks
Serving size: 7 oz.
Calories: up to 422
Ingredients: 1.5 oz. brandy, ¼ oz. sugar syrup, ¼ oz. tawny port, 3.5 oz. milk, ¾ oz. cream, 1 egg yolk, ice cubes, nutmeg
10. Key Lime Pie Martini
Serving size: ~5 oz..
Calories: 323
Ingredients: 1.5 oz. key lime liqueur, 1.5 oz. Absolut vanilla vodka, .3 oz. lime juice, .3 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice, 1½ oz. half-and-half
10 Lowest-Calorie Drinks
1. Rum & Diet Coke
Serving size: 6 oz.
Calories: 65
Ingredients: 1 oz. rum, 5 oz. Diet Coke
This may seem too good to be true, and to some degree, it is. Even the stingiest bartender will probably give you more than one fluid oz.. of alcohol, since just one shot is 1.5 oz… But if you feel like taking it easy and enjoying the springtime weather without going in too hard, this mix should work for you.
2. Anheuser Busch, Natural Light
Serving size: 12 oz.
Calories: 95
3. Shot of Jose Cuervo
Serving size: 1.5 oz.
Calories: 97
4. Mike’s Light Hard Lemonade
Serving size: 11.2 oz.
Calories: 98 calories
5. Gin & Diet Tonic
Serving size: 7.5 oz.
Calories: 115 calories
Ingredients: 1.5 oz. gin, 6 oz. Diet Tonic
6. Cosmopolitan
Serving size: 3 oz.
Calories: 150
Ingredients: 1.5 oz. vodka, ½ oz. triple sec, ½ oz. lime juice, ½ oz. cranberry juice
7. Apple Martini
Serving size: 3 oz.
Calories: 148 calories
Ingredients: 1 oz. each of vodka, sour apple and apple juice
8. Mojito
Serving size: 6 oz.
Content: 160 calories
Ingredients: 2.5 oz. light rum, club soda, 1 tsp. limejuice, 2 tsp. sugar, fresh mint sprigs
9. Bloody Mary
Serving size: 10 oz.
Calories: up to 180
Ingredients: 2 oz. vodka, 8 oz. tomato juice, dash of Tabasco sauce and black pepper
10. Jägerbomb
Serving size: 6.2 oz. (if using an 8.4 oz. can of Red Bull)
Calories: 200
Ingredients: ½ can Red Bull, 2 oz. Jägermeister
