You better watch out! Celebrating the holiday season with family and friends often means having a festive drink or two. But oh, can those calories add up quickly! So before you belly up to the bar… or barista, feast your eyes on the calories in these 5 holiday favorites – it just might put you in the mood for one of the season’s best qualities – sharing.
Hot-Buttered Rum: With a combination of brown sugar, butter, rum, and whipped cream, no wonder a cup has 418 calories and 17 grams of fat – Yikes! [webmd.com]
Eggnog: A seasonal favorite – with alcohol, 8 ounces has 394 calories; skip the booze and it’s 343 calories and 19 grams of fat, including 11.3 grams of saturated fat. [thecaloriecounter.com]
Peppermint Hot Chocolate (hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps): 6 ounces of this chocolatey minty goodness will set you back 203 calories and 3.7 grams of fat. [drinksmixer.com]
Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte: It may be fat-free, but even a Grande Nonfat, No Whipped version of this Starbucks favorite has 260 calories. Order a tall and you’re down to 200. [starbucks.com]
Starbucks Peppermint Mocha: Indulge in the whipped cream in a Grande Nonfat Peppermint Mocha and you’re guzzling 360 calories and 10 grams of fat – better to share or scale down to a Tall Nonfat, No Whipped – but you’re still looking at 220 calories. [starbucks.com]
5 lesser evils
Wine Spritzer (wine and club soda): 5 ounces – 80 calories [calorielab.com]
Mulled Red Wine: 5 ounces – 125 calories [mayoclinic.com]
Champagne: 4 ounces – 91 calories [caloriecount.about.com]
Spiced Apple Cider: 8 ounces – 117 calories [recipezaar.com]
Irish Coffee: 9 ounces – 160 calories [drinksmixer.com]
Must be careful out there! My favorite holiday drink is Peppermint Hot Chocolate (I also like it with just peppermint extract instead of schnapps) – and I’ll only have one, thank you!
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huh.
good to know.
Id rather have CAKE for those numbers~
Thanks for the heads up.
Mara
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Yes, MizFit – cake with the real deal ice cream! Or maybe two fresh pumpkin cookies from the bakery that is only (unfortunately) a block away…
I love hot buttered rum-Ugh! But, I don’t drink it with whipped cream, and if I use Promise instead of butter? That can’t be too bad.
Wow, although those fattening drinks sound incredibly yummy, I cannot have milk products!! My fave would be a merlot…not much of a holiday treat, since we have it with dinner most nights, but I do enjoy merlot!!
cathys997 – so, is it good with Promise instead of butter? That sounds like a good compromise…
cathys997 – so, is it good with Promise instead of butter? That sounds like a good compromise…