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Low Calorie Mocktail Monday: Candied Lemon Drop
Going low calorie and non-alcoholic for the New Year means fresh and exciting concoctions for the martini glass. Two versions of the tried and true Lemon Drop Martini come to life in creative ways below thanks to Courtright’s award winning restaurant in Willow Springs, IL. Courtright’s serves exceptional service and dining experiences for their guests. They also recently offered a few recipes to AAA for safe holiday consumption and party planning. Their Mocktail Candied Lemon Drop recipe illustrates radiance in a glass. Delicious in their original recipe, but equally superb as a low calorie alternative. One would never know sugar-free syrup and all natural sweetener acted as substitutes. Definitely give this low calorie Mocktail recipe a whirl.
Mocktail Candied Lemon Drop
Courtright’s, Willow Springs, IL
1 ounce Monin Vanilla Syrup
1 ounce Real Lemon Juice
6 ounces Pineapple Juice
Club Soda
Lemon Twist Garnish
Sugar for Rim
Rim large chilled martini glass with sugar. Combine all liquid ingredients (except club soda) in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into sugar rimmed martini glass. Add splash of club soda. Garnish with lemon twist.
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Candied Lemon Drop – Low Calorie Revision
Adapted by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist
1 ounce DaVinci Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup – 0 calories
1 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice – 8 calories
6 ounces Dole Pineapple Juice – 100 calories
1 packet True Lemon – 0 calories
1 packet Sun Crystals all natural sweetener – 5 calories
Lemon Twist Garnish
Combine packets of True Lemon and Sun Crystals. Rim martini glass with fresh lemon. Dip rim into lemon and sweetener combination. Set aside. Combine all liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled and frothy. Strain into rimmed martini glass. Garnish with lemon twist. Total calories: 113
Find many more Non-Alcoholic Mocktail Recipes in article form and listed individually by name within the last weekly wrap-up post on The Intoxicologist Is In site. Living Grand & Teenie: Low Calorie Cocktail & Drink Recipes contains cocktails and non-alcoholic Mocktails for low calorie living.
Lemon Drop Cocktails w/alcohol added
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Pomegranate Lemon Drop Martini – Ultimate Ketel One Lemon Drop Martini – Raspberry Lemon Drop
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Versatility on the Fly: Low Calorie Drinks from Everyday Ingredients
Low calorie drink recipes don’t have to be difficult to come by or contain hard to find ingredients. Often everyday ingredients found in the pantry and refrigerator will suffice in creating tasty treats that won’t have long lasting effects on the hips, thighs and waist – in moderation always of course. With a few tweaks here and there one low calorie cocktail recipe can be converted from non-alcoholic latte to hot coffee cocktail to straight up holiday martini style.
Coffee Mate Coffee Creamer is an excellent example of one way to add flavor to the everyday cocktail experience while maintaining lower calorie and using consumer goods already found in the refrigerator. Sure, Coffee Mate isn’t necessarily the first product that pops into a bartender or mixologists head when thinking of premium cocktails. But, what is the cocktail experience about anyway? Enjoying the moment? Taking pleasure in a flavor one loves? Creating something new, innovative and benefiting from the creative process? Yes.
Mocha Berry Latte – created by The Intoxicologist
2 ounces Bolthouse Farms Mocha Cappuccino
1 ounce Coffee Mate Chocolate Raspberry
Combine in a mixing glass without ice. Stir. Pour over fresh ice in a double old fashioned glass. Moderately sweet, completely chocolaty raspberry flavored with a hint of mocha in the background. Decadently thick and rich. Total calories: 79.5
Mocha Berry Latte is the lower calorie non-alcoholic Mocktail answer to coffee house lattes and a raspberry infused White Russian. Mix this one quickly at home and savor the slow sip. This is a quick fix dessert style cocktail for those with a sweet tooth.
Café Mocha Berry – created by The Intoxicologist
2 ounces Bolthouse Farms Mocha Cappuccino
1 ounce Coffee Mate Chocolate Raspberry
1 ounce Bacardi Superior Rum
Fresh Brewed Coffee or Espresso
Place first three ingredients in bottom of large coffee mug. Top with freshly brewed coffee or espresso. Perfect for ebbing fall and winter’s chill. Make this into a non-alcoholic low calorie version and keep the calorie total at 82. Total calories: 147 with rum.
This upgrade from the latte features fresh brewed coffee and rum for added warmth. A dollop of whipped cream adds a few more calories, but it isn’t necessary for the richness of this winter warmer.
Mocha Berry Teenie – created by The Intoxicologist
2 ounces Bolthouse Farms Mocha Cappuccino
1 ounce Coffee Mate Chocolate Raspberry
1 ounce Bacardi Superior Rum
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with one raspberry if desired. Total calories: 144.5
The rum brings more notes of mocha and cappuccino out over the chocolate raspberry. The drink is of course thinner but still worthy of taking one’s time sipping for maximum pleasure. If vodka is your preferred base spirit over rum, by all means switch it out in the drink recipe, but go for quality. 42Below Vodka would be a great choice since it carries weight and character in its body.
Mocha Berry Teenie would make an excellent addition to holiday gatherings without anyone noticing the lower calorie benefits. The portion rounds out nicely with lower alcohol content than usual martini style cocktails and contains lovely chocolate flavor for festive occasions.
Cinnamon Whip Shot – created by The Intoxicologist
1/2 ounce Coffee Mate Cinnamon Bun
2 ounces Finlandia Vodka
Whipped Cream Garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to chill. Half between two shot glasses. Top with small dollop of whipped cream. Total calories: 195 in all. Total calories per shot glass: 97.5
Ah, such rarity that The Intoxicologist will ever, ever come up with a shot drink recipe. However this was a cocktail recipe gone awry as is sometimes the case. After playing with the ratios a bit the cocktail became the shot for cinnamon lovers everywhere.
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Living Grand & Teenie: Low Calorie Cocktail & Drink Recipes
Low calorie living doesn’t mean giving up pleasure, taste or cocktail hour. What it does mean is better planning and thinking a little outside the box. In some cases fresh fruit rather than liqueur makes all the difference in the world regarding sugar content and it ups the flavor tremendously – win/win for you! Changing drinking patterns such as opting for low calorie champagne rather than the trendy calorie packed Cosmopolitan or Margarita is not only more glamorous in the glass, but lighter on the lips and hips. Take a little time to cruise through the listing of cocktails below to find a few new favorite recipes in a variety of spirit bases. This listing will be updated frequently, so check back from time to time.
Teenie-Eclipse – adapted by The Intoxicologist
Origination: Signature cocktail of Eclipse Bars – England
Original recipe for Eclipse found in Difford’s Guide 7
5 Fresh Raspberries
1/2 ounce DaVinci Raspberry Sugar Free Syrup
1 ounce Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
1 ounce Ocean Spray Light Cranberry Juice
1/4 ounce Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
Muddle raspberries and raspberry sugar free syrup together in bottom of mixing glass. Add Jack Daniel’s Whisky, cranberry, fresh lime juice and ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into a rocks glass with crushed ice. Garnish with bruised mint leaves and raspberry. Total calories: 86 Total Carbohydrates 3.15
This one really knocked my knickers off with its fabulous taste even ‘teenied’. Sure there is a little of the sugar free taste buried within, but the fruit flavor really kicks in and creates quite the tasty treat. At 86 calories and barely there carb count, I might bump up the Jack Daniels to 1-1/2 ounces and add on the extra 34.5 calories. That would give it just a fraction more whiskey flavor and still weigh in at just 120.5 calories.
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1. Classic Cocktails at 100 Calories or Less Article
2. Figure Friendly Cocktails Under 100 Calories Article
3. Live Lighter with TY KU Soju Article
4. Low Calorie Classic Cocktails & Splenda Simple Syrup Article
5. Tommy Bahama Beach Worthy Cocktails Article
6. TY KU 100 Calorie Cocktails Article
7. VeeV 150 Calorie or Less Cocktails Article
8. Apple Trace Teenie - Buffalo Trace Bourbon
9. 901 Tea-quila Time - 901 Tequila
12. Blackberry & Teenie – Bacardi Rum
13. Caipirinha - Leblon Cachaca
15. Champagne Cosmo
16. Classic Martini
17. Crimson Raider Teenie – Courvoisier Cognac
19. Eco-Mojito - VeeV Acai Spirit
20. Fountain of Youth - VeeV Acai Spirit
21. Irish Coffee - Jameson Irish Whiskey
22. Jim’s Peach Fuzz – Jim Beam Bourbon
23. Laurent-Perrier Champagne - 65 calorie
24. Mai Tai-Teenie – Bacardi Rum
25. Mango Cran-Cooler - Absolut Mango
26. Mango-Oro – Oro de Jalisco Tequila
27. Moscow Mule - 42Below Vodka
28. Naked Protein Colada - Bacardi Rum
29. Nilla Basil Daiquiri Teenie – Bacardi Rum
30. Old Fashioned - Bourbon/Rye Whiskey
31. Parisian Oro Frappe - Oro de Jalisco Tequila
32. Pomegranate-Acai Lemonade - VeeV Acai Spirit
33. Rangpur & Tonic - Rangpur Gin
37. Spa Cooler - VeeV Acai Spirit
38. Sparkling Mango - 37.5 calorie Mocktail
45. Tommy Tea
49. TY-Tini - TY KU
51. VeeV It Up
52. Wentworth Teenie – Buffalo Trace Bourbon
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Bacardi Rum is Your Football Game Day Recipe for Success
Game day is all about ease of preparation no matter whose turn it is to make a mad dash for the kitchen during commercial breaks or those nail biting moments when referees are reviewing plays. Bacardi Rum drink recipes take the worry out of the time crunch and place the flavors you love into the cocktail glass. Classic cocktails have certainly seen their share of comeback drinks with Manhattans and the Old Fashioned, but on game day there is just something that speaks to ‘classic’ with the ‘whoosh’ of a fresh bottle of Coke twisting open just before it splashes into a nicely iced glass of Bacardi Rum.
Bacardi & Coke
1 part Bacardi Superior Rum
3 parts Coca-Cola
Build in a tall glass over fresh ice. Lime garnish optional.
The interesting thing about the Bacardi & Coke drink recipe is the misconception that merely adding the lime wedge makes this particular version the original Cuba Libre. It just isn’t so according to sources at Bacardi. The Original Bacardi Cuba Libre calls for the inclusion of Bacardi Gold rather than Bacardi Superior. Different rums create an entirely alternate flavor interpretation of the same drink. So, if you’ve been drinking your ‘Cuba Libre’ with anything other than Bacardi Gold this game day go for the Gold and sample it the way it was intended.
Original Bacardi Cuba Libre
1 part Bacardi Gold Rum
3 parts Coca-Cola
Build in a tall glass over fresh ice. Lime wedge garnish.
Some have been inspired by the tradition of legendary cocktails. Cocktail Guru, Jonathan Pogash, used the Bacardi & Coke cocktail as structural basis for a seasonal combination that includes the darker, richer Bacardi 8 Rum, Espresso and bitters. Put a little jolt in your usual game day mixer by bringing in a bit of zing to the glass Cocktail Guru style.
The Bacardi Cuba Libre – created by Jonathan Pogash
1-1/2 parts Bacardi 8
1/2 part Strong Espresso
3 dashes Jerry Thomas Decanter Bitters
Top with Coca-Cola
Lime Wedge
Build ingredients in a highball glass over fresh ice. Squeeze fresh lime garnish into the glass.
All this chatter about Bacardi & Coke just makes me thirsty for something a little off the beaten path. Some commercial breaks are longer than others, so a wee bit of mix time will only cause one to miss…Oh, I don’t know…Brett Favre throwing a touchdown pass in the last two seconds of the game! Yes, I missed it, but still live in a house divided over the entire debacle.
The Hurricane is a classic cocktail yet laden with calories. Lower the impact of calories this game day with a few tweaks to the original Bacardi Hurricane drink recipe. The cocktail remains easy to create and flavorful, yet you get to cheer for the home team without game day regret.
Bacardi Hurricane Teenied – adapted by The Intoxicologist
1 ounce Bacardi Select
1/2 ounce Bacardi Superior
1-1/2 ounce Tropicana Trop50
1-1/2 ounce Ocean Spray Light Cranberry Juice
Orange Twist Garnish
Build in a Hurricane glass over fresh ice. Garnish with orange twist. Approximate total calories: 119
Bacardi Select Rum gives the Hurricane rich character beyond the usual. Using Tropicana Trop50, light version of cranberry juice and cutting out both grenadine and fresh cut fruit garnishes takes out a huge amount of calories that would otherwise add little to the drink besides sugar. The flavor is still all intact. Think wiser when building a cocktail for lower calorie inclusion and the taste will remain while your girlish figure stays intact.
Party for Pink – created by The Intoxicologist
1-1/2 ounce Bacardi Superior
1 ounce Orange Juice
1/4 ounce Triple Sec
1/4 ounce Lemon Juice
1/2 ounce Homemade Grenadine
Orange Twist Garnish
Build in a tall glass over ice. Garnish with orange twist.
It only looks too sweet, pink and fru fru. There is a hint of tartness in the finish with a wee bit of grapefruit quality feel to the flavor. Better yet, this cocktail is an easy build. It also plays well with the 30 Days of Pink theme The Intoxicologist and National Cocktails Examiner sites have been building upon that runs through October 20 benefitting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Now that’s something to feel good about even when game day just isn’t going your way.
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Low Calorie Drink Recipe: Blackberry & Teenie
To be perfectly honest coconut water is not my favorite liquid in the universe, but there are always alternatives to consider that one would shiver at the mere thought! In a drink recipe of this sort, coconut water comes in quite handy for adding a bit of flavor, added volume and very little calories to the cocktail. Fresh muddled blackberries give the Blackberry & Teenie regal color while doing Difford’s original Black & White Daiquiri a fraction of the calorie laden justice it deserves. These hips (..er boots) were made for walkin’ and the Blackberry & Teenie will keep the girlish figure one stride ahead of winter weight gain.
Blackberry & Teenie – adapted by The Intoxicologist
Inspired by Black & White Daiquiri created by Simon Difford (Difford’s Guide 7)
5 Blackberries
2 ounces Coconut Water
1-1/2 ounce Bacardi Superior Rum
1/4 Fresh Lime – Squeezed
1/4 ounce DaVinci Raspberry Syrup Sugar Free
3 Blackberries Garnish (optional)
Muddle Blackberries and coconut water in bottom of mixing glass. Add all other ingredients except garnish. Add in ice. Shake to chill. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with skewer of three blackberries. Total Calories: 117
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