8 Low-Cal, Guilt-Free Cocktails
We've all been there. New year. New us. In with the juice cleanse and out with the booze. But what if you could have your low-calorie diet and drink a cocktail too? Lucky for you, we've done the legwork to help make that happen. We rounded up 20 tasty, low-cal cocktails for you to mix up and enjoy, completely guilt-free.
Lowcarb-ology
Sex on the Beach
Ingredients:
- 1 -1/2 ounces vodka
- 1/2 ounce cranberry flavored vodka
- 1/2 ounce peach flavored vodka
- 1 squirt Mio Energy Tropical Fusion Water Enhancer
- 4 to 6 ounces club soda or sugar free 7-Up
- 1 slice lime or a strawberry, for garnish
- Ice
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Recipe Diaries
Watermelon Margarita
Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 lime wedge
- 3½ cups cubed seeded watermelon
- ½ cup tequila
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Triple Sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
- Lime wedges or watermelon balls (optional)
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Hola Jalapeno
Skinny Cherry & Lime Leaf Margarita
Ingredients:
- 12 sweet cherries, stems removed
- 4 lime leaves (or kaffir lime leaves)
- Crushed ice
- 2 ounces Powell & Mahoney's Skinny Margarita mix
- 2 ounces silver tequila
Find the full recipe on Hola Jalepeno
Your Southern Peach
Skinny Beach Bum
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. Smirnoff Sorbet Light Pineapple Coconut Vodka
- 2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
- Shredded sweetened coconut, honey and a pineapple wedge for garnish
Find the full recipe on Your Southern Peach
Worth Whisking
"Skinny" Blueberry Lemonade Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 part blueberry-infused vodka
- 3 parts low-calorie lemonade
- Blueberries for garnish optional
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Just A Little Bite
Skinny Strawberry Basil Margarita
Ingredients:
- 1/4 c strawberries, chopped
- 1 tbsp basil, chopped
- 1 tbsp lime
- 1 oz Tequila
- 1/2 oz Cointreau
- 4 oz club soda
- Ice
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Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen
Cucumber Gin Elderflower Smash
Ingredients:
- Ice
- 3 ounces english cucumber, peeled (around 4 inches)
- 1/2 lime, cut into 4 pieces
- Leaves from 2 sprigs mint (about 2 tablespoons)
- 8 ounces gin
- 8 ounces elderflower tonic
- 8 dashes orange bitters
- Optional: 4 ounces seltzer, for nonalcoholic version
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