We already know that although it's creamy and delicious, eggnog might be one of the worst Holiday cocktails out there. However, there are a few others that you might want to avoid just to get a jump start on those health- and weight-related New Year's Resolutions:
- White Russian, made of coffee liqueur, vodka, and cream, it has 863 calories!
- Mudslide, which is basically a White Russian with the addition of Bailey's Irish Cream and chocolate syrup. No wonder it's 851 calories.
- Hot Buttered Rum Latte exceeds the recommended daily intake of sugar by 36 grams.
- Chocolate Martini is probably the least evil on the list because "chocolate is healthy." It's also 438 calories.
- Admittedly, we had never heard of the Blushin' Russian, and wonder why not because it has delicious Amaretto in it! Oh yeah, maybe because we'd rather take 404 calories as a Big Mac.
- Mulled Wine is bad?!?! We were crushed, but if you make it yourself and cut back on the sugar, you'll do better than the usual 356 calories and 40 grams of carbs.
- Eggnog, surprisingly, is lower than the previous half dozen drinks with only 343 calories, but we think it's evil comes from the fact that you drink at least one every night, everywhere you go, from Thanksgiving to New Year's.
- Brandy Alexander has 297 calories. Oh well. There goes another luscious creamy drink.
- At 210 calories, Irish Coffee is the slimmest of the cocktails, but let's not get crazy. It's still 210 calories that you could down in 20 seconds (you'll also burn your mouth, but that's not the point, now is it?)
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12-31-2007 @10:50AM gypsy said... Aw, why do you have to ruin all that deliciousness for me? LOL!
I do think that, while the drinks are most certainly not healthful, anyone drinking more than a few of those a month has problems above and way beyond just the caloric intake.
Ah, well, mulled wine and mead are my drinks anyway so I'm not TOO worried.
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12-30-2007 @7:51PM ShortWoman said... Boy you are going to different parties than I am. I can't remember the last event I attended where there even *was* eggnog. I don't think I've ever had it!
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12-31-2007 @12:36AM dragonet2 said... umm, I make mulled wine just with a red wine and spices/herbs. So it's 95 or so calories for a four ounce beverage.
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12-31-2007 @3:21AM Simon Arch said... Yes, by all means let's worry about the caloric content of drinks most people will only have once or twice a year.
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12-31-2007 @12:31PM nicole jones said... Hi all,
I wrote a story for Whole Latte Love about the history of Irish Coffee several years ago. It's got a great recipe for Irish Coffee, and I managed to get an interview with Michael Carden, the General Manager of the Buena Vista Café in San Francisco. Check it out:
http://www.wholelattelove.com/articles/irish_coffee.cfm
and I also wrote a little piece about coffee cocktails:
http://www.wholelattelove.com/articles/martinis_and_more.cfm
Happy New Year!!
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12-31-2007 @4:23PM Lindsey said... Ok, while you're at it, Sarah, you should tell us the LEAST fattening mixed drinks. Because, unlike Gypsy, I'm probably going to have more than a few cocktails per month this year.
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1-02-2008 @7:10AM Bob said... How can a Mudslide be a White Russian with additional (sugar-laden) ingredients, but still have fewer calories?
No sense to many of these...
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1-06-2008 @11:10PM jr said... You are right that chocolate Martini is healthy, but if you want to reduce the calories, use a top quality, alkalinized cacao powder instead of chocolate, or chocolate syrup (and the like). Cacao powder does not contain cocoa butter (the fat content of the chocolate), therefore it is one of the most healthiest and delicious cocktail you can have (any time of the year)
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