A Healthier Cocktail
Sour Apple Martini Light
1.5 to 2
shots Smirnoff Sour Apple Vodka (103.5 cal/0 carbs)
1/4 oz (about a capful) Sour Apple Liqueur
4 shots
Kroger Light Apple Juice Cocktail
Squeeze of
Lime
Use a 16
oz. glass and add lots of ice. Kroger Light Apple Juice Cocktail has only 25
calories per 8 oz. Which means 12.5 calories for these 4 ounces. Smirnoff Apple flavor has 69 calories.
But if you'd like to save even more calories, just use Smirnoff regular. It has only 56. Remember,
flavored liquor often has more calories and carbs than plain. See here:
http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/smirnoff/
Sour Apple Liqueur has 72 calories per one ounce shot! Wow. A regular martini requires a full ounce. But, here, with only 1/4 oz. we will reduce that to only 18 calories.
So there are 103.5 calories in 1.5 oz. Apple
vodka; and 12.5 calories in four ounces of the light
apple juice; and only 18 in the
liqueur... for a whopping calorie total of 134. Compare that to the usual Apple Martini recipe of 2 oz. of vodka and 1 oz. Apple Liqueur for 210 total calories.
And for carb watchers, the juice has only 6 carbs per 8 oz. So 4 oz. = 3. Smirnoff Apple Vodka has zero and the liqueur (one ounce has 7.5 carbs), so at 1/4 oz. it comes to about 1.9. Total carbs then equal 4 + 0 + 1.9 = 5.9. Not bad for such a "sweet" sour drink.
And it's nummy! Give it a try.
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