3 Healthier New Year’s Eve Cocktails

Celebrate New Year’s Eve or any holiday with these lower calorie cocktails.

3 Healthier New Year’s Eve Cocktails

Everyone loves a good party, and what better reason to toast with family and friends than New Year’s Eve? Those looking to control the calories and sugars in their alcoholic beverages are often challenged when it comes to pitchers of margaritas, daiquiris, Cosmos and other martinis. These options are usually packed with sweet syrups and can often contain several hundred calories per drink.

Champagne (or dry sparkling wine) is your best calorie bet at about 90 calories per 4oz serving. For a festive add-in, pomegranate seeds offer a delicious boost of flavor, antioxidants and fiber. I’ve created 3 patriotic, healthier New Year’s Eve cocktails to help you celebrate this or any other holiday such as Memorial Day, July 4^th, Labor Day, you name it. This trio of red, white and blue cocktails is so pretty and offers a variety of lower calorie, lower sugar boozy options for you and your guests, whatever the occasion.

Smart drinking tips:

-If several drinks are in your evening party plan, make sure to spread them out and have a full glass of water in between each cocktail. Make sure to eat as well, especially if you are diabetic. Symptoms of hypoglycemia can be confused with intoxication. Have a friend or family member make sure to keep an eye out just to be safe.
-If higher volume, lower calories is your goal, make spritzers by adding sparkling water or seltzer to your champagne/wine to increase the volume without increasing calories and sugars.
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3 Healthier New Year’s Eve Cocktail Recipes:

Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail
4 ounces Champagne or sparkling white wine
1 ounce pomegranate or cranberry juice
1 Tablespoon pomegranate seeds (arils)
117 calories

Champagne with Pomegranate Seeds
4 ounces Champagne or sparkling white wine
1 Tablespoon pomegranate seeds (arils)
99 calories

Electric Lemonade
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce blue curacao
3 ounces sugar free lemon-lime soda or sugar free lemonade mix
136 calories

Tips: The Electric Lemonade calls for a sugar free mixer. If you prefer to avoid artificial sweeteners, you can choose to include a stevia sweetened lemon-lime soda or a stevia containing lemonade mix. Both are generally available in most supermarkets. If you like your drinks stronger and less sweet, just add lemon-lime flavored seltzer.

I wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year! Please share your favorite “healthier” cocktail ideas below, or ask for a cocktail makeover…those are always fun, wink wink 🙂

Once January 1st arrives, we are bombarded with commercials and internet ads offering dozens of ways to lose weight after indulging over the holidays. People often ask me how alcohol fits into a weight management plan. Check out my blog post, “Can I drink alcohol and still lose weight?” for some tips and tricks. 

Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy New Year!!