A Trio of Low-Cal Cranberry Orange Cocktails

I'm becoming a little obsessed with the delicious combination of cranberries and oranges.  I just knew they'd be a great duo in cocktails.  I looked up a couple cocktail recipes today for inspiration, and I also created one based on one of my own recipes.  I think recipe #3 is my personal favorite, but I suggest trying all three and deciding for yourself.

All three recipes have less than 160 calories each!  I love making cocktails low-cal.  :)  For all of these recipes, I used Ocean Spray Diet Cran-Pomegranate™ Cranberry Pomegranate Juice Drink and Trop50 No Pulp orange juice.    Nutrition info is based on using these low-cal mixers.  You can use regular cranberry and orange juice if you prefer, but it'll add calories, and I promise that the low-cal versions are super tasty!



First up...

1. Skinny Madras

 

This recipe is inspired by a recipe I found at about.com, but my version only has 112 calories!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka
3 oz Ocean Spray Diet Cran-Pomegranate™
1 oz Trop50 No Pulp orange beverage

Method:
Pour all ingredients in a cocktail glass and stir well.









Next up...

2. Skinny Cranberry Sunrise

This recipe is inspired by drinksmixer.com, but my version only has 107 calories!

Ingredients:
1 oz Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka
3 oz Ocean Spray Diet Cran-Pomegranate™
3 oz Trop50 No Pulp orange beverage
1 tsp grenadine syrup

Method:
Pour all ingredients in a cocktail glass and stir well.

And, finally, a recipe all my own.  Inspired by my own Ono Mai Tai recipe, I bring you...

3. Mai O Mai  

 

The "O" stands for Ocean Spray cranberry juice which I've used in place of the pineapple juice in my Ono Mai Tai recipe.  One drink only has 158 calories!

Ingredients:
1/2 oz amaretto liqueur
1/2 oz triple sec

1 oz Ocean Spray Diet Cran-Pomegranate™

1 oz Trop50 No Pulp orange beverage

1 oz Largo Bay spiced rum
ice

Method:
Put 4 large ice-cubes (or equal amount crushed ice) in a cocktail glass.  Add all of the remaining ingredients and mix well.



So, what are you waiting for?  Mix up these skinny cocktails, and serve them up this holiday season on Thanksgiving, at your Christmas Party, or at your New Year's Eve bash!  You could even mix up a huge batch and serve it in a punch bowl.   

Happy drinking!