Hot-Buttered Rum: With a combination of brown sugar, butter, rum, and whipped cream, no wonder a cup has 418 calories and 17 grams of fat - Yikes! [webmd.com]
Eggnog: A seasonal favorite - with alcohol, 8 ounces has 394 calories; skip the booze and it’s 343 calories and 19 grams of fat, including 11.3 grams of saturated fat. [thecaloriecounter.com]
Peppermint Hot Chocolate (hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps): 6 ounces of this chocolatey minty goodness will set you back 203 calories and 3.7 grams of fat. [drinksmixer.com]
Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte: It may be fat-free, but even a Grande Nonfat, No Whipped version of this Starbucks favorite has 260 calories. Order a tall and you’re down to 200. [starbucks.com]
Starbucks Peppermint Mocha: Indulge in the whipped cream in a Grande Nonfat Peppermint Mocha and you’re guzzling 360 calories and 10 grams of fat - better to share or scale down to a Tall Nonfat, No Whipped - but you’re still looking at 220 calories. [starbucks.com]
See what I mean? Sharing would really help make the calories a bit more reasonable. So would these holiday drinks - Check out 5 lesser evils.
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