RecipeGingerbread Martini
- Calories: 250
- Protein: 2 g
- Total Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 30 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g
- Total Sugar: 29 g
- Natural Sugar: 2 g
- Added Sugar: 27 g
- Sodium: 160 mg
Made with loads of rich liqueurs, lots of sugar, and even vanilla ice cream, a traditional gingerbread martini will run you more than 480 calories. I think I’ll save room for dessert instead…thanks.
If you still want a festive beverage that won’t break the calorie bank, give this delightful cocktail a try.
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- ½-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cloves
- ½ cup water
- Pinch kosher salt
- 1 to 2 gingersnap cookies, optional for rim
- 1 ounce vodka
- Squeeze lime juice
- 2 ounces half and half
- 2 tablespoons aerated whipped cream, optional
For the spiced ginger syrup: Add ginger to a small saucepan along with brown sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, water and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool, then strain syrup* through a fine-mesh strainer. Store in refrigerator until ready to prepare drink (will keep for up to 2 weeks).
For optional lined rim: Rim a glass with gingersnap cookie crumbs by running a lime wedge along the edge and dipping into a plate of crushed cookie (1 to 2 small cookies per drink).
Pour vodka, lime juice, 1 ounce gingerbread syrup, and half and half into a cocktail shaker with ice. Cover shaker, shake and strain drink into rimmed glass. Top with an optional squirt of whipped topping and any leftover crushed cookie.
*NOTE: This makes just enough syrup for 1 to 2 drinks. To make more, keep the 4:1 ratio of water to sugar and increase based on number of drinks needed.
Add 30 calories for 1 gingersnap cookie and 10 calories per tablespoon optional whipped topping.