Sugar-Free Sparkling Cranberry Cocktail

A sugar-free sparkling cranberry cocktail is something I missed while on the keto diet. After getting creative with our low carb sangria, I decided to use a similar method to create this cranberry infused cocktail.

Ingredients You Need:

• Cranberry Tea Bags
• granulated sugar substitute of your choice
• sparkling water
• vodka (or omit this completely for an alcohol-free treat)

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📖 Recipe

Sugar-Free Sparkling Cranberry Cocktail

Enjoy this sugar-free sparkling cranberry cocktail on your keto diet. Cheers!

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Course: Drinks, Holiday

Cuisine: American

Diet: Diabetic, Gluten Free, Low Calorie, Low Fat, Low Lactose, Low Salt, Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword: alcoholic drinks, cranberry, keto drinks, low carb drinks, sparkling drinks

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Chilling time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Servings: 4

Author: Tara Wright

Ingredients

• 4 Cranberry Tea Bags
• 1 cup water
• ½ cup granulated sugar substitute (See below for recommendations)
• 16 ounces sparkling water
• 4 ounces vodka

Instructions

• In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil and add in tea bags. Turn off the heat and place the lid on the pan. Allow the tea to steep in the water for ten minutes.
• Remove the tea bags, squeezing the excess water out of each one. Stir in the granulated sugar substitute until it is completely dissolved.
• Then, transfer the sweetened cranberry tea concentrate to a glass cup and cover. Place this in the fridge to chill for at least four hours. See the notes section for rapid cooling instructions.

To Make The Cocktails In A Large Batch

• In a 2 quart pitcher, combine sweetened cranberry tea concentrate and vodka and stir together. Pour in sparkling water and mix gently. Pour into four glasses filled with ice and enjoy! Cheers.

To Make Individual Cocktails

• In a 10-ounce glass, combine ¼ cup (2 ounces) cranberry tea concentrate and ⅛ cup (1 ounce) of vodka. Stir together. Next, add in ice cubes. Top your drink off with ½ cup (4 ounces) sparkling water. Cheers!

Notes

NOTE: For the best results, prepare the tea at least four hours before cocktail hour. If you’re short on time, you can cool the tea mixture by filling a bowl with ice and putting a bowl in the ice so the ice comes up to the rim. Then, pour the hot tea mixture into the bowl on top of the ice. This will rapidly cool the tea mixture so you can enjoy your cocktail right away.

Sugar Substitute Note: You can use any sugar substitute you prefer for this recipe. You can also easily adjust the sweetness level by adding more or less sugar substitute. After you make it a few times, you’ll figure out the perfect balance of sweetness for your tastes.

* *Nutrition facts provided as estimates only. We use erythritol for the sweetener for consistency purposes when calculating nutrition facts with the exception of stevia which is calculated as such. 

The nutrition facts for our Sugar-Free Sparkling Cranberry Cocktail were calculated using Cronometer. All of our recipes are available in Cronometer if you are a Gold member and friend request me at tara@wholebodyliving.com through Cronometer. Click here to save 10% off of Cronometer Gold or try it out with a free account.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 65.49kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 2.65mg | Potassium: 2.93mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 7.7mg | Iron: 0.02mg | Net Carbs: 0g | Sugar Alcohol: 25g

What Sugar Substitute Should You Use?

I have a very sensitive palate for sugar substitutes. If I were to choose just one option, it would be BochaSweet. Otherwise, I would blend three different sugar substitutes together. I find blending sugar substitutes provide the best "real sugar" taste.

Our sugar substitute of choice is BochaSweet and there's good reason for this!

BochaSweet is extracted from the Kabocha pumpkin which has been a staple in the Japanese diet for centuries. Consuming BochaSweet on a daily basis helps to support longevity and supports healthy blood sugar levels.

Even better? It tastes almost exactly like real sugar. There's no thin flavor or metallic aftertaste. I think most of us are looking for something that tastes amazing because only a full, satisfying taste is going to work over the long-term.

So, if we are going to go to all the work to make these keto parfaits so we can please our tastebuds AND stick to our keto diet. Well, we want the result to taste GOOD not... just 'meh' and unsatisfying. For this reason plus the health benefits, we reach for BochaSweet every time.

More Sugar Substitute Options

Here's a list of our favorite sugar-substitutes. We have all of these in our keto kitchen:

• Lakanto's Golden Monk Fruit Blend
• Lakanto's Original Monk Fruit Blend
• Lakanto Monk Fruit Drops
• Sweet Leaf Stevia Drops
• Allulose
• BochaSweet

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