Our Favorite Holiday Cocktails

Our Continuing Medical Education Manager Sarah created these lightened-up cocktails that are easy to throw together with minimal ingredients, so you have more time to sip and savor the season.

Fireball Cider

Ingredients:

• 6 oz apple cider, warm or cold (reduced sugar apple juice or diluted with water works fine to reduce calories/carbs)
• 1.5 oz Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey
• Cinnamon stick for garnish
• Apple slice for garnish

Directions:

1. Put a large ice cube in a highball glass/tumbler.
2. Add Fireball and top off with apple juice.
3. Add garnishes.

Approximate Nutrition for 1 serving: Calories: 150, Carbs: 22, Sugar: 22g

Cranberry Mimosa

Ingredients:

• 6 oz Champagne
•  2 oz light cranberry juice
•  Rosemary sprigs for garnish
•  Cranberries or pomegranate seeds for garnish

Directions:

1. Fill a champagne flute ¾ with champagne.
2. Top off with light cranberry juice and add garnishes.

Approximate Nutrition for 1 serving: Calories: 70, Carbs: 24, Sugar: 3.5

Snowball Martini

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz vanilla vodka
• ¼ cup cream of coconut (Note: not per serving, to pour on a plate to rim martini glass)
•  4-6 oz Coconut Bai or other coconut flavored low-calorie beverage
•  Shredded coconut for rim (sweetened or unsweetened)

Directions:

1. Pour cream of coconut onto a plate. Put some shredded coconut onto another plate.
2. Dip martini glass in cream of coconut, then roll in shredded coconut.
3. In a shaker, add ice, vanilla vodka, and coconut flavored beverage.
4. Shake and strain into a martini glass.

Approximate Nutrition for 1 serving: Calories: 98, Carbs: 5, Sugar: 2g