The holiday season is a time for celebration, and what better way to celebrate than with a festive cocktail? This year, you can enjoy delicious and impressive cocktails without derailing your low-carb or keto diet. Here are some incredible low-carb holiday cocktail recipes perfect for any gathering, whether it's a family celebration or a virtual happy hour.
Can You Drink Alcohol on Keto?
Yes! You can enjoy alcohol in moderation on a keto diet.
Low Carb Hot Toddy
Keep the cold at bay with this classic keto-friendly whiskey hot toddy recipe.
Christmas Colada Cocktail
This delightful Christmas-inspired take on a classic piña colada features flavors like pineapple, coconut, and cinnamon paired with dark rum.
Flippin’ Good Keto Irish Coffee
This cold Irish coffee cocktail recipe is easy to make and keto-friendly.
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Keto Tequila Shots-“Shoot Your Eye Out” Shooters
Inspired by A Christmas Story, these 2-net-carb tequila shots are low-carb, keto-friendly, and delicious.
Low Carb French 75
This light and refreshing champagne cocktail is perfect for any celebration. Keep it low-carb with a keto simple syrup.
Smoked Horchata Eggnog Cocktail
If you love classic eggnog, you'll enjoy this boozy take with a smoky mezcal-infused flavor.
Easy Low Carb Hot Cocoa
This rich chocolate cocoa is made to be low-carb and keto-friendly, perfect with a splash of your favorite booze.
The Cranberry Pisco Sour
This holiday-friendly cocktail features pisco brandy, fresh cranberry juice and syrup, topped with a classic egg white foam.
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Keto Candy Cane Martini
This keto candy cane martini is perfect for a holiday party and easy to make. It's creamy, sweet, and has the vanilla and peppermint to create that candy cane flavor, yet it’s sugar-free and low-carb!
Ingredients
- Unsweetened almond milk
- Heavy whipping cream
- Peppermint extract
- Vanilla extract
- Swerve sweetener
- Absolut vanilla vodka
Ingredient Notes
- Almond Milk and Heavy Cream: These form the base of the cocktail. Unsweetened almond milk is low in calories and carbs but adds a bit of milky consistency. You can substitute with your favorite dairy-free milk, but note the different carb counts. Coconut milk is a good substitute for both almond milk and heavy cream but might add a bit of coconut flavor.
- Swerve Sweetener: Confectioners or powdered Swerve sweetener blends best in this recipe. You can use your favorite sweetener of choice.
- Absolut Vanilla Vodka: Most Absolut flavored vodkas have no carbs, but some other brands do. Research your brand of vodka if you buy another brand. Also, peppermint vodka or schnapps most likely has added sugar and would not be low-carb.
- Flavor Extracts: Flavor extracts add flavor but not sweetness, therefore having little calories and no carbs.
Instructions
- To make the keto red sugar to rim the glass, mix granular Swerve sweetener and a pinch of salt with a few drops of red dye. Mix well.
- Wet the martini glass rim with water or another liquid, then roll the rim of the glass in the red sugar mixture. Let dry completely before making the cocktail.
- Pour over the prepared martini glass with the crushed ice and serve.
This holiday martini is simple, low-carb, and delicious, with only 1g net carbs and 168 calories.
Keto-Chata Cocktails
These cocktails have a keto-friendly horchata-inspired base that is dairy-free.
Keto-Chata Russian
- 1 1/2 oz Rum
- 1/4 cup unsweetened Almond Milk
- 1/4 cup full fat Coconut Milk
- 1/2 Tsp. Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
- Erythritol to taste
Serve over ice with an Orange Slice, Cloves, Cinnamon, and a sprig of greenery.
Keto-Chata Martini
- 1 1/2 oz Vodka
- 1/4 cup unsweetened Almond Milk
- 1/4 cup full fat Coconut Milk
- 1/2 Tsp. Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
Keto Pumpkin Cocktail
This keto pumpkin cocktail recipe can be both low-carb and also dessert! Each sugar-free drink only has 2.6g net carbs.
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Ingredients
- Real pumpkin puree
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Torani Sugar Free Brown Sugar Cinnamon Syrup
- Heavy cream
- Vanilla vodka
Ingredient Notes
- Torani Sugar Free Syrups: These keto-friendly syrups have a wide variety and taste great. If you don’t have any syrup, you can use a sugar-free simple syrup, brown sugar sweetener, SweetLeaf vanilla stevia (liquid), or even sugar-free maple syrup.
- Pumpkin Puree and Pumpkin Pie Spice: Use pure canned pumpkin, not the canned filling, which has a lot of sugar. The spice is a combination of warm spices (cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and ground cloves).
- Heavy Cream and Vanilla Vodka: Heavy cream adds to the drink but if you are dairy-free you could use coconut cream or coconut milk. Most Absolut flavored vodkas don’t have carbs.
Instructions
- Add the pumpkin puree, spices, Torani Sugar Free Brown Sugar Cinnamon Syrup, vodka, and a little water to a cocktail shaker cup.
- Pour a tablespoon of heavy cream on the top of each glass and let it seep down.
- Add whipped cream on top if you want. You could also sprinkle some ground cinnamon on top to add a little color or a couple of cinnamon sticks for garnish.
This recipe makes 2 servings. Double or triple the ingredients to make these drinks for a holiday party.
To Make a Slushy: Use the same ingredients except the water and use ice instead. Add the pumpkin, spice, vodka, heavy cream, Torani syrup, and 1 cup of ice to a high-speed blender. Blend on high until nice and slushy.
Low Carb Santa Cocktail
This low-carb Santa cocktail is the perfect recipe for a special treat this festive season!
Ingredients
- Fresh raspberries
- Water
- Low carb sweetener
- Prosecco
- Gin
Instructions
- Add fresh raspberries, water, and low carb sweetener to a small saucepan. Cook over a medium heat until the fruit breaks down.
- Let cool then blitz the mixture in a blender (or use a stick/hand blender) until smooth.
- Push it through a sieve to remove any seeds.
- To garnish the glasses, wipe a little liquid sweetener around the rim of each glass.
- Pour some more sweetener onto a plate, invert the glass and dip it in.
- To make the cocktail, add the raspberry mixture, gin, and ice to a cocktail shaker and shake well.
- Divide the mixture between two glasses, then top up with Prosecco.
Keto New Year's Eve Cocktails
These keto-friendly cocktail recipes are perfect for bringing in the new year in style!
- Keto Mimosa: Take holiday flavor to the next level with this twist on a classic.
- Peppermint Delight: Ice-cold vodka blended with sugar-free peppermint syrup.
- Low Carb Mulled Wine: The perfect keto beverage for anyone feeling the holiday spirits.
- Sparkling Wine Spritzer: A light, sparkling wine spritzer that is both delicious and light on the carbs, with only 2g carbs per serving.
- Keto Martini: Shaken or stirred, this simple keto martini recipe will have you feeling classy and cheerful.
Mistletoe Mojito (Keto Christmas Mojito)
This Christmas mojito recipe is fun and festive, and it’s also low-carb and keto-friendly!
Ingredients
- White rum
- Sugar substitute
- Fresh mint
- Non-sweetened coconut milk or cream
- Sparkling coconut water
- Pomegranate seeds
Instructions
- Muddle fresh mint and sugar substitute in the bottom of a martini shaker.
- Add white rum to the shaker.
- Add one cup ice to the shaker.
- Add coconut milk to the shaker.
- Shake vigorously.
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Strain rum mixture into highball glass and stir.
- Top off glass with sparkling coconut water.
- Stir in pomegranate seeds.
- Top off glass with another spoonful of pomegranate seeds and garnish with one sprig of fresh mint.
Keto Eggnog
These cocktails are easy to make, beautiful to look at, and extraordinarily delicious to drink.
Ingredients
- Egg yolks
- Egg whites
- Heavy whipping cream
- Milk
- Nutmeg
- Rum
- Cinnamon
- Cinnamon tea bags
- Sugar substitute
Instructions
- Separate egg yolks from egg whites.
- Beat the egg yolks with a whisk until they turn a light yellow color.
- Add heavy whipping cream, milk, nutmeg, rum, and cinnamon to the yolk mixture and whisk.
- Using a hand mixer, whisk egg whites until they form peaks.
- Add egg white mixture to the egg yolk mixture and whisk together until fully combined.
- Put cinnamon tea bags in boiling water.
- Add cinnamon and sugar substitute to water.