4 Skinny Christmas Cocktail Recipes

We’ve had a few days of beautiful weather and it’s December (how fast did that come around?!), Christmas and the holidays are on everyone’s mind and no doubt your weekends are filling up quickly with Christmas Parties and events!

Summer brings with it a more relaxed vibe, we start eating more salads, having more BBQs and spending more time at the beach. It’s also the time of year where you feel like a nice cold refreshing drink at the BBQs and events. There is nothing wrong with having a drink or two at special times of the year, so to celebrate the warmer weather and the upcoming holidays I’ve partnered with Hansells to bring you some Skinny Christmas Cocktail Recipes!

I’ve come up with 4 different skinny cocktail recipes using the new Hansells All Natural Fruit Syrups which are perfect for Christmas! Whilst these Fruit Syrups are not sugar free, they are substantially lower in sugar than similar products. The great thing about these cocktails (and the Fruit Syrups) is that you only need a few different ingredients to make all these deliciously different tasting cocktails! No need for lengthy recipes, just choose your favourite drink, mix together a few ingredients and Voila – Skinny Christmas Cocktails!

All of these 4 Skinny Christmas Cocktail Recipes are a maximum of 120 calories per serving and most of those calories come from the alcohol used, to save even more calories you could make virgin cocktails!

Raspberry Cosmopolitan

Serves 2

Ingredients
30ml Raspberry Vodka
Juice of 1/2 Lemon
1 Cup of Sparkling Water
60ml Hansells Lemon, Raspberry & Elderberry Syrup

Directions
1. Add all ingredients to the glass & stir
2. Serve in a Cold Martini Glass (add a couple frozen raspberries if you like)
3. Enjoy

80 Calories per serve (Approximately)

Mojito

Serves 1

Ingredients
30ml Hansells Old Fashioned Lemonade with Key Lime Extract Syrup
30ml White Rum (I used Malibu)
Juice of 1/2 Lime
1.5cups Sparkling Water

Directions
1. Add all ingredients to the glass & stir
2. Serve in a Tall Glass with ice
3. Add Chopped Mint and Lime Wedges
4. Enjoy

115 Calories per serve (Approximately)

Mandarin Lime Margarita

Serves 2

Ingredients
50ml Tequila
75ml Hansells Mandarin, Lime & Bitters Syrup (I personally do not like Tequila, if you do like it then you could reduce the Syrup)
3/4 Cup Sparkling Water
Juice of 1/2 Lime

Directions
1. Add all ingredients to the glass & stir
2. Serve in a Cold Short Glass
3. Enjoy

120 Calories per serve (Approximately)

Blackcurrant & Cranberry Daiquiri

Serves 1

Ingredients
30ml Hansells blackcurrant, Cranberry and a hint of Basil Syrup
30ml white rum
Juice of 1/2 lime
2.5cups of ice

Directions
1. Crush the ice in a blender
2. Add the crushed ice to a Mason Jar
3. Pour the other ingredients into the Mason Jar & Stir
4. Enjoy

115 Calories per serve (Approximately)

I’ve included the approximate calories for each of the cocktails to help you out. Remember to always drink responsibly 🙂

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To be in the draw to win 1 of 2 Hansells All Natural Fruit Syrups gift boxes containing x 2 flavours of the syrups (Mandarin, Lime and Bitters and our Lemon, Raspberry and Elderberry) and a fantastic mixer stick simply comment below and let me know which cocktail you will be trying this summer…

This post was made possible thanks to Hansells, as always all opinions and content are my own. 

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