4 Low-Calorie Mocktails To Serve As Post Holiday Treats
Low-Calorie Mocktails are fun, delicious cocktails made without alcohol, best consumed when surrounded by friends celebrating a healthy new lifestyle.
At your next get-together, try these four fun recipes, no designated driver needed!
With all these recipes make sure you look at the labels. Orange juice is better than orange cocktail (the cocktail usually means it is mixed with other juices and LOTS of sugar), same goes for cranberry juice. And, of course, diet pop has fewer calories than regular pop.
Shirley Temple
A classic and a personal favourite from my childhood.
Mix ½ glass of orange juice with a splash of grenadine (pomegranate syrup). Fill the rest of the glass with diet ginger ale. Top with a cherry and a slice of orange.
Sangria Sans Alcohol
Normally made with both red AND white wine, this sangria can be enjoyed by people of all ages, and can give you your daily dose of fruit!
Begin with 2 oranges, a lime, a lemon, a green apple, a handful of strawberries, and any other fruit you love. Chop all fruit into bite size pieces and throw it in a large pitcher. Add 3 cups of cranberry juice (remember juice not cocktail), 2 cups of unsweetened iced tea, a squeeze of lime juice and ice. Chill and serve in wine glasses.
Peach Mock-lini
An alcohol-free Bellini served in a champagne flute for a touch of class.
Find yourself some peach purée (or make it yourself). Fill the flute ¼ of the way with purée and top with sparkling cranberry juice or if you can’t find that, diet ginger ale will do.
Sunshine in a Glass
A taste of summer in the dead of winter.
In a large pitcher mix pineapple juice with 2 cans of frozen orange juice. Add the juice of 2 lemons and 6 cups of diet lemon-lime soda. Slice some oranges and lemons for added flavour and style. Serve cold and in large quantities and taste the sun.
14 Comments
JT
these look pretty delicious – great way to post-holiday detox!
Jena
These drinks sound so delicious! I love regular sangria, mostly because of all the fruit in there. I’m definitely going to try this version soon!
Julia van der Sluis
We need to throw a party!
Kristen Rowatt
The alcohol-less Sangria sounds fantastic! Can’t wait to try these goodies at home.
Sangita
Sunshine in a glass looks so delicious! Thanks Ashley
Holly
Mmm Shirley Temples! I haven’t had one of those in ages! However, I have to say I feel that sangria just isn’t sangria without wine.
Tanya P.
I’m going to try some of these at my next get-together! They’re fun ways to save yourself from the many calories that accompany alcohol!
Kayla
That alcohol free sangria sounds delightful! What a great idea! I can’t wait to try it.
Jesse
I love Shirley Temples.
Steph. S
Yum! I used to drink those Shirley Temples whenever I went to a wedding at a banquet hall when I was younger. I still prefer the non-alcoholic version! They are great.
Jaime-Kristal Lott
I used to drink Shirley Temples all the time… I still do on occasion. Such a yummy beverage! It might be interesting to try some of the other drinks… :0)
Chris Wright
I’m still good to drink, but these DO look tasty, maybe for a hangover remedy?
Katherine Robbins
Peach Mock-lini: difficult to pronounce, but easy to sip down!
Laura Foster
I just bought a cocktail mixer. I put ice in with the ingredients for a Shirley Temple and shake it up. Makes a great punch!