Tastiest "Skinny" Holiday Cocktails

154 Calories: Healthy Hot Toddys

http://www.fitsugar.com/Hot-Toddy-Healthy-Low-Calorie-Cocktail-12709673

It's cold outside and I'm feeling festive, and something about warm drinks filled with Winter spices gets me every time! Since Winter is not going away any time soon, neither is the temptation of an eggnog habit. But, instead of reaching for...

Brandy, scotch, or bourbon, hot water, honey, lemon juice, 1 star anise, cinnamon stick, or 3-5 cloves

150 Calories: Bethenny's Light Eggnog Cocktail Recipe

http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20410552,00.html

Try out Bethenny Frankel’s skinny cocktail of the month. Eggnogg, perfect for those holiday parties.

This eggnog recipe is only 148 calories, because it’s made with low-fat milk and less liquor.

130 Calories: Rosemary Pear Sparkler

http://www.fitsugar.com/Sparkling-Wine-Cocktail-Rosemary-Pear-6102574

Choosing champagne or sparkling wine to celebrate the holiday season is a nice low-calorie alternative to spirits or beer, but when I'm craving a cocktail, a plain glass of Prosecco doesn't always do the trick. ...

Suggested by Larissa:

How can you go wrong with pear, rosemary and champagne??

161 Calories: Voli Hot Cocoa

http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/healthy-drinks/10-warm-drinks-wont-pack-pounds?page=2

Nothing tastes better on a bone-chilling day than a piping hot beverage. The problem is many popular coffee shop concoctions hide loads of calories in whipped cream, fatty flavored syrups, and sugary toppings. These warm bevvies, stripped of...

Suggested by Selena Rulata:

During the winter I always crave this hot chocolate but its such high calories...I love this voli recipe because I don't have to worry so much about that

145 Calories: Bethenny's Lychee Martinis

http://www.bethenny.com/user/recipe/lychee-martinis

This martini is the perfect mix of sweet and potent. As seen on Season 1, Episode 4 of 'The Real Housewives of NYC' on Bravo.

Premium vodka, lychee juice, club soda, 2 lychees for garnish

128 Calories: Pomegranate Champagne Punch

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/pomegranate_champagne_punch.html

For New Year's Eve or any festive occasion, try this pomegranate champagne punch.

Champagne, pomegranate juice, seltzer, citrus vodka

75 Calories: The Skosmopolitan Cocktail (Skinny Cosmopolitan)

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/23039/the-skosmopolitan-cocktail--skinny-cosmopolitan-.aspx

After learning that the Cosmopolitan Cocktail, a supposed 'allie' of the weight watcher, was in fact more foe than friend, I set about the task of creating a much less sinful, yet equally as indulgent alternative....

Citron Vodka, Light Cranberry Juice, Fresh Lime Juice and Orange Extract

100 Calories: Blood Orange French 75

http://www.yumsugar.com/Blood-Orange-French-75-Recipe-7468370

All Winter ve been dying to make a cocktail with blood oranges. Their vibrant flesh releases a brilliant colored juice that is tart and sunny. Yesterday when I realized that Spring is around the corner, I knew I had to make one as soon as possible!.....

Champagne, blood orange and gin.

COCKTAIL RECIPE APP: Top Shelf Drinks

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/top-shelf-drinks/id285773163?mt=8

If you like to mix cocktails (or you want to order something more interesting than a gin and tonic), you just found yourself one fine reference tool.

Suggested by Larissa:

Researched the best Cocktail Recipe app and NYTimes highly recommends this one "The magic of Top Shelf is that it thinks the way most of us do." http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/technology/personaltech/30smart.html

TAKE THE QUIZ: More or Less Than 200 Calories?

http://www.fitsugar.com/Calories-Cocktails-6781623

TGIF! Before heading out to a bar, party, or friend's house, test your knowledge of the calorie counts in popular cocktails so you don't end up drinking more than expected. Think you know which drinks have more then 200 calories? ...

Test your Skinny Cocktail knowledge - I got 4/6, not too shabby!

Glamour's 5 Best Low-Calorie Cocktails

http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/2008/12/5-best-low-calorie-cocktails#slide=3

Office parties, family gatherings, dinner with friends, New Year's Eve bashes--the holidays are filled with boozy temptations.

Suggested by Larissa:

Great recipes and tips: Forget choosing between wine and beer. A 4-oz. glass of bubbly is only 85 calories. That’s about 15 calories less than a 12-oz. bottle of light beer or a 4-oz. glass of wine—and let’s be honest: The average glass of wine is usually at least twice that size.

Marie Claire's Healthy Holiday Cocktails: Drink This, Not That

http://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/news/low-calorie-holiday-drinks

Make these changes in your holiday glass and you can truly toast to good health.

Suggested by Larissa:

Some great tips: have red instead of white wine, Hot Toddy instead of Egg Nog, Mojito not Apple Martini (they're passé anyway)

Simply Simple Gingerbread Martini

http://www.simplysimplesyrup.com/#!gingerbread

1/2 oz Simply Simple Ginger & Vanilla Bean 1/2 oz Hazelnut Liqueur 1 oz Vodka 1 Crushed graham cracker for rim (apples or a cinnamon stick are great too!)

Suggested by mlm97b:

This super simple tasty cocktail is under 150 calories. Drink and be festive without worry!