If your idea of a great Valentine’s Day doesn’t include teddy bears and big boxes of chocolate, let us take a guess at what might put you in the right mood. A Valentine’s Day cocktail? Or a romantic cocktail hour for two? If the perfect, romantic cocktail tops your list of things to give or receive, but you also prefer to keep things on the lighter side, let this list of low calorie Valentine’s Day cocktails be your mixology guide.

Turn up the heat without turning up the calories this Valentine’s Day with low calorie Valentine’s Day cocktails that are romantic to make and drink.

It doesn’t matter if you are planning a night out with the girls, a romantic dinner date or simply a Netflix and chill kind of Valentine’s Day. These low calorie cocktails will set the right mood and they won’t leave you feeling guilty.

The key to keeping a cocktail low calorie is simple. Say no to sugar. The sugar and carbohydrate content in cocktails is what loads them with calories and what contributes to the night of or day after headache.

But you can keep your cocktails as sweet as your heart desires with a couple of recipe tweaks. These cocktails keep that in mind. Using clear alcohol like vodka or gin and even blanco tequila is also a useful tip when creating a low cal cocktail. Adding sparkling water to champagne or wine to create a spritzer is another.

Rose Lemon Spritzer | Half Baked Harvest

The Best Watermelon Margarita | Minimalist Baker

Raspberry Ginger Mojito  | Fit Foodie Finds

Rhubarb Gin Gimlet | Add Tbsp

Blackberry Champagne Cocktail | Food Faith Fitness

Low Calorie Valentine’s Day Cocktails

What makes a cocktail romantic? It isn’t so much the cocktail or even the feeling you get when you drink them. It is actually the flavor of the cocktail that makes them romantic. We associate certain flavors with love like strawberry or chocolate. Cocktails have romantic flavors too. But the alcohol could also be considered romantic like Rose or gin.

Strawberry Smash Cocktail | Delicious Table

Anti Cupid Cucumber Smash | Greta’s Day

The Paloma | B’s In The Kitchen

Easy Vodka Pomegranate Cocktail | Everyday Dishes

Sugar-Free Sex On The Beach | Low Carb-ology

Getting Sweet

There are also ways to add sweetness with less sugar, like adding berries and fruit. Even a sugar substitute can be used to create a traditionally really sweet drink like the sugar-free Sex on the Beach below. Browse through this tempting list and pick your love potion. Each cocktail recipe aims to stay around 100 calories per drink. Cheers to a happy Valentine’s Day.

Keto Lemon Drop | Fit Views

Low Carb Cosmopolitan | Nutrition Twins

Vodka Spritzer with Berries | Smart Savvy Living

Salted Ruby | Intoxicologist

Skinny Sangria | Veg Annie