If you’re attending or hosting a Halloween party this year, the chances are that you’ll be drinking alcohol. While alcohol definitely has social benefits and is fun to drink, it also contains a lot of calories, with some alcoholic cocktails containing more calories than a meal. The good news is that if you make your own, you can slash a lot of these calories and still maintain the same great taste.
In this article I’m going to be listing 4 Healthy Halloween Cocktails that you can make and drink at any Halloween parties you host or attend. All four are super simple to prepare, have a spooky Halloween appearance, taste great and most importantly contain less than 250 calories per glass.
Each of the recipes listed will make four cocktails and to prepare them, you will need…
– 4 Cocktail Glasses
– 1 Blender
– 1 Cocktail Pitcher
– 1 Large Cocktail Shaker & Stirrer Set
– 1 Ice Crusher (Optional)
1) Blood Red Fruit Sangrias
These blood red fruit sangrias are packed full of fruit which means you get plenty of health boosting vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients with each sip. They also have a blood red appearance, making them just the right colour for Halloween. Finally, they contains just 240 calories per glass.
Ingredients:
– 780ml (26 oz.) Of Sweet Red Wine
– 180g (6 oz.) Of Crushed Ice
– 180ml (6 oz.) Of Grape Juice
– 60ml (2 oz.) Of Brandy
– 15g (0.5 oz.) Of Sugar
– 8 Halved Strawberries (144g)
– 8 Pitted Cherries (64g)
– 8 Raspberries (32g)
– 1 Sliced Lemon (47g)
– 1 Sliced Lime (44g)
– 1 Sliced Medium Orange (131g)
– 1 Sliced Medium Red Delicious Apple (182g)
Instructions:
1. Place all the ingredients in the cocktail pitcher and stir well for 30 seconds.
2. After 30 seconds, place the cocktail pitcher in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours to allow the flavour of the fruits to fully soak into the sangria.
3. When it’s time for the party, take the cocktail pitcher out of the fridge and pour four blood red fruit sangrias into each of the cocktail glasses and enjoy them with your Halloween party guests.
Yield:
– 4 * 300ml (10 oz.) Glasses
Calories:
– 960 Calories Total
– 240 Calories Per Glass
2) Ghostly White Russians
White Russians are a well known cocktail and their ghostly white appearance makes them perfect for Halloween. This ghostly white russian replaces the majority of the cream with milk to create an equally tasty but much lighter cocktail that weighs in at just 237 calories per glass.
Ingredients:
– 480g (16 oz.) Of Crushed Ice
– 480ml (16 oz.) Of Milk
– 120ml (4 oz.) Of Vodka
– 60ml (2 oz.) Of Double Cream
– 60ml (2 oz.) Of Kahlua
Instructions:
1. Place an equal amount of crushed ice, Kahlua, milk and vodka into each of the four cocktail glasses and stir well for 30 seconds.
2. After 30 seconds, top each of the four cocktail glasses with an equal amount of cream and then enjoy the ghostly white Russians with your Halloween party guests.
Yield:
– 4 * 300ml (10 oz.) Glasses
Calories:
– 948 Calories Total
– 237 Calories Per Glass
3) Neon Green Apple Sourz
These neon green apple sourz have a bright green appearance that resembles a witches potion. In terms of taste, they have a sour but satisfying apple infused flavour and since they contain puréed apple, they’re also an excellent source of fibre and vitamin C. Best of all, they pack just 222 calories per glass.
Ingredients:
– 300g (10 oz.) Of Crushed Ice
– 300ml (10 oz.) Of Sparkling Water
– 120ml (4 oz.) Of Apple Sourz
– 120ml (4 oz.) Of Vodka
– 2 Chopped Medium Granny Smith Apples (364g)
Instructions:
1. Place the chopped apple in the blender and blend it until it’s puréed.
2. Once the apple is puréed, add the apple sourz, crushed ice, puréed apple and vodka to the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
3. After 30 seconds, strain an equal amount of mixture from the cocktail shaker into each of the four cocktail glasses.
4. Top each of the four glasses with sparkling water and enjoy the neon green apple sourz with your Halloween party guests.
Yield:
– 4 * 300ml (10 oz.) Glasses
Calories:
– 888 Calories Total
– 222 Calories Per Glass
4) Pumpkin, Cinnamon & Ginger Rum
This pumpkin, cinnamon and ginger rum recipe uses this extremely popular Halloween vegetable to create a cocktail with a kick. The use of pumpkin ensures that the cocktail is high in nutritional value and provides you with plenty of carotenes, copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9, vitamin C and vitamin E. It also keeps the total calorie count low, with each glass containing just 125 calories.
Ingredients:
– 360g (12 oz.) Of Chopped Pumpkin Flesh
– 360g (12 oz.) Of Crushed Ice
– 360ml (12 oz.) Of Orange Juice
– 120ml (4 oz.) Of Dark Rum
– 1 Teaspoon (6g) Of Cinnamon Powder
– 1 Teaspoon (6g) Of Ginger Powder
Instructions:
1. Place the chopped pumpkin flesh in the blender and blend it until it’s puréed.
2. Once the pumpkin is puréed, add the cinnamon powder, crushed ice, dark rum, ginger powder, orange juice and puréed pumpkin to the cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds.
3. After 30 seconds, strain an equal amount of mixture from the cocktail shaker into each of the four cocktail glasses.
4. Enjoy the pumpkin, cinnamon and ginger rum with your Halloween party guests.
Yield:
– 4 * 300ml (10 oz.) Glasses
Calories:
– 500 Calories Total
– 125 Calories Per Glass
Summary
I hope you liked these healthy Halloween cocktails and that they help you cut a few calories this Halloween. Once you’ve tried them out, I’d love to hear what you thought of them, so please come back and leave a comment. Additionally, if you have your own healthy Halloween cocktail that you’d like to share, please do so in the comments section below. Finally, please spread the love and let as many people as possible enjoy these healthy Halloween cocktails by giving this post a Like, +1, Pin or Tweet.