Listed below are different types of mixers by categories. Each category has different effects on your alcoholic drink. In each category, you will find the calorie content per serving. This is vital to making the perfect low calorie alcoholic drink. The perfect combination of low calorie liquor and low calorie mixers can save you numerous calories your body doesn’t need.

Caffeinated mixers help counteract some of the depressant effects of the alcohol.

Coffee (black) 0-5 calories
Redbull 110 calories
Sugar-free Redbull 10 calories
Rockstar 140 calories
Sugar-free Rockstar 10 calories
Nestea(sweetened) 120 calories
Lipton Brisk(sweetened) 120 calories

Coffee, sugar free energy drinks, and unsweetened teas contain zero to low calories to make the perfect mixer in this category.

Carbonated mixers add a festive flair to drinks, and it also increases the absorption of the alcohol into the blood stream, potentially resulting in faster intoxication.

Club Soda 0 calories
Coca Cola 140 calories
Diet Coca Cola 0 calories
Pepsi 150 calories
Diet Pepsi 0 calories
Ginger ale 124 calories
Lemon Sour
Sprite 96 calories
Diet Sprite 0 calories
7-up 140 calories
Diet 7up o calories
Tonic Water 80 calories
Diet Tonic Water 0 calories

 Club soda, diet soda and diet tonic water don’t have any calories. They make the perfect mixer for most low calorie alcoholic drinks.

Dairy mixers add a smoothing effect to the feel of the drink to counteract the burn of the alcohol. They also turn the drinks opaque, usually enhancing and lightening the color of the drink.

Cream 52 calories per tbsp
Half and Half 20 per calories per tbsp
Ice cream 100-300 calories per serving
Milk 160 calories per cup

None of these mixers are great options for making low calorie alcoholic drinks. Try to avoid this category of mixers if you don’t want the calories.

Juices mixers are flavorful additions. Some add sweetness, others add a sour tang, and some add a sweet-tart sensation. Fruit juices are common additions to rum-based cocktails.

Apple cider 120 calories
Apple juice 120 calories
Coconut milk 450 calories
Cranberry juice 130 calories
Grapefruit juice 90 calories
Lemonade 120 calories
Limeade 120 calories
Olive juice 0-30 calories per oz
Orange juice 110 calories
Pineapple juice 100 calories
Tomato juice 50 calories
Wheatgrass juice 5 calories per oz

Olive juice, tomato juice and wheatgrass juice are the best low calorie options in this category. Try to avoid the other juices if possible. Juices are great tasting mixers, but double the calories of your alcoholic beverage.

Pre-made mixes are a simple way to make drinks. Usually you just add alcohol to the mix. Somettimes it’s already provided in the mix.

Bloody Mary 40 calories
Margarita 100 calories
Mojito 80-110 calories
Mudslide 270 calories
Strawberry Daiquiri 140 calories

Bloody Mary mix is the best in this category. It’s relatively low in calories and makes a pretty good tasting low calorie alcoholic drink. 

Sauce mixers add flavor or spice to cocktails.

Honey 60 calories per tbsp
Tobasco Sauce 0 calories
Worcestershire sauce 13 calories per tbsp

Syrups

Grenadine 70-110 per oz 
Lime juice, sweetened – Rose’s lime juice 60 calories per 1.5 oz
Simple syrup 50-70 per oz 
Sour mix 30-110 calories 
Orgeat 80 calories per oz