35 Low-Calorie Summer Cocktails You'll Want to Sip on Every Day

Daiquiris, margaritas, and sex on the beach (the drink, not the nudity)—been there, done that, over them. This summer, branch out from your standard seasonal staples and whip up a sinfully delicious sip for a burst of flavor and freshness. Ready to get shaking, stirring, and mixing? These 35 low-calorie cocktails are just what you need to have the best summer ever. The best part: They all clock in under 200 calories!

A sweet and sour twist on a classic cocktail—delicious!

Ingredients:
2 oz Slim Lizzy's Cosmopolitan
2 lime wedges
1/2 oz agave nectar
3 watermelon cubes
1 oz silver tequila

Mix watermelon cubes, fresh lime juice from wedges, and agave nectar in a glass. Shake Slim Lizzy’s Margarita and silver tequila together, and then strain over fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wedge.

147 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Slim Lizzy's

Cheers to the best feeling ever.

Ingredients: 
4 oz VOGA Italia Premium Sparkling
1 oz of vanilla vodka
Splash of pomegranate juice
Lime for garnish
 
Add vodka and pomegranate juice to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake gently. Strain into a chilled martini glass and top off with VOGA Italia Premium Sparkling. Garnish with a lime.  

150 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of VOGA Italia Sparkling

Hey, if you can’t make it to the tropics, bring the fun to you!

Ingredients: 
1 1/2 oz Blue Chair Bay Banana Rum
2 oz Sparkling wine
1 strawberry, chopped
1 lemon wedge
 
Mix strawberry and lemon in a mixing glass. Add Blue Chair Bay Banana Rum and ice and shake well. Strain into a champagne flute. Top with sparkling wine, and garnish with a strawberry slice.

143 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Blue Chair Bay

Sure, we love a tasty pink lemonade, but this revamp is way better!

Ingredients: 
3 oz Butterfly Kiss Pink Pinot Grigio  
1/2 oz SMIRNOFF sorbet light lemon
1 oz Crystal Light strawberry lemonade
1 oz club soda

Add the ingredients to a mason jar and stir well. Garnish with a lemon or orange.

120 calories per serving

Recipes courtesy of SMIRNOFF

We love this as a shot—but we’re obsessed with the taste of the cocktail!

Ingredients: 
3 oz Skinnygirl Meyer Lemon Vodka
Sugar-free lemonade mix
Splash of lemon
Splash of sparkling water
Lemon slice for garnish

Mix ingredients in a glass with ice, and top with sparkling water. Garnish with lemon.

110 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Skinnygirl

This definitely beats drinking coffee in the a.m. (Um, not that you’d imbibe before noon, or anything.)

Ingredients: 
2 1/4 oz Skinnygirl Meyer Lemon Vodka
Splash of orange juice
Splash of light cranberry juice
Splash of sparkling water
Orange slice and cherry for garnish
 
Mix ingredients in a glass with ice, and top with sparkling water. Garnish with an orange slice and cherry.

80 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Skinnygirl

We can guarantee you’ll be sipping this by the ocean at least three times this summer.

Ingredients: 
3 oz VOGA Italia Sparkling
3/4 oz strawberry liqueur
2 oz strawberry puree
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp sugar
Mint leaves for garnish

Combine VOGA Italia Sparkling, strawberry liqueur, strawberry puree, lemon juice, and sugar in a glass. Stir and garnish with mint. 

150 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of VOGA Italia Sparkling

Anything that add tangerine vodka to the mix sounds good to us!

Ingredients: 
3 oz Skinnygirl Tangerine Vodka     
2 1/4 oz lime soda water
Splash of fresh lime
Splash of fresh lemon
Splash of fresh grapefruit
Splash of lemon for garnish
 
Combine all ingredients, and pour over ice. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

110 calories per serving

Recipes courtesy of Skinnygirl

You’re insane if you don’t think this is yummy!

Ingredients: 
1/4 peach, cubed 
10 mint leaves
1/2 lime, sliced in wedges
1 oz Bacardi rum
6 oz sparkling Clementine Izze

Mix the mint, lime wedges, and peach chunks with the rum.  Add ice and sparkling Clementine Izze.  

144 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Cleanse Culture

Cranberries + apples = amazing summer flavor!

Ingredients: 
3 oz Slim Lizzy’s Cosmopolitan
1 oz apple juice
1 oz cranberry juice
1 lime wedge

Combine Slim Lizzy’s Cosmo, apple juice, and cranberry juice. Squeeze lime wedge on top. Garnish with a lime twist.

56 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Slim Lizzy's

No better way to show your love for Independence Day than with a cocktail even the Founding Fathers would have to approve of.

Ingredients: 
3 oz Skinnygirl Prosecco
3 oz limeade
Sweetener (optional)
Lime wheels for garnish (optional)
 
Add all ingredients into a stemless wine glass. Garnish with a lime wheel (optional).

70 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Skinnygirl

USA! USA! USA! Can you just feel the patriotism?

Ingredients: 
2 1/4 oz Skinnygirl Meyer Lemon Vodka
Splash of DeKuyper Triple Sec
Splash of diet lemon-lime soda
Raspberries or lemon slice for garnish
 
Mix ingredients in a glass with ice. Top with diet lemon-lime soda. Garnish with raspberries and a lemon.

85 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Skinnygirl

Since we know you’re probably hosting tons of BBQs, why not serve your guests a surprise drink? They won’t see this incredible flavor coming!

Ingredients: 
1 oz. POM coconut
1.5 oz. vodka
.75 oz. basil syrup
.75 oz. fresh lime juice
5 dashes Angostura bitters
Crushed ice

Combine ingredients in a shaker, and pour into a tall glass over crushed ice.

160 calories per servings

Recipe courtesy of POM

It's like an explosion of flavor in your mouth.

Ingredients: 
1 1/2 oz Skinnygirl White Cherry Vodka
6 oz sparkling water
Splash of all natural pomegranate juice
 
Combine vodka and sparkling water over a glass of ice. Finish with a splash of pomegranate juice.

60 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Skinnygirl

This is almost as pretty as an actual sunrise—and a lot more delicious.

Ingredients: 
3 oz mango lemonade Sparkling ICE
1 1/2 oz tequila
Splash of grenadine syrup
Lemon slices and mint for garnish (optional)
 
Using a tall Collins glass, pour tequila, then mango lemonade Sparkling ICE over ice. Stir gently. Top with a splash of grenadine syrup, and garnish with lime slices and mint.

120 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Sparkling ICE

There’s nothing more refreshing on a sweltering day.

Ingredients: 
3 cherries
2 lime wedges
3 oz Slim Lizzy's Margarita
1/4 oz grenadine
1 oz club soda

Mix cherries, limes, and simple syrup in a glass. Shake and strain Slim Lizzy's Margarita and grenadine over fresh ice. Top with club soda, and garnish with lime wheel and a cherry.

129 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Slim Lizzy's

When you’re out and about all day, you could certainly use a caffeine boost to keep your energy up.

Ingredients: 
3 oz RealBeanz Diet Cappuccino
1 oz vanilla vodka
Coffee beans to garnish

Combine all ingredients together with cubed ice in a Boston and shake. Pour into a martini glass, and garnish with coffee beans.

120 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of RealBeanz

It’s like a firework for your tastebuds!

Ingredients: 
2 1/4 oz Skinnygirl Bare Naked Vodka
2 large strawberries
3-4 basil leaves
Splash of soda water
 
Combine strawberries and basil leaves in a glass. Add ice and vodka, top with soda water.

85 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Skinnygirl

Imagine a nice glass of this after a long day in the sun? Ahhh!

Ingredients: 
3 cucumber slices
3 strawberries, cut into slices
1/4 oz of Monin organic agave syrup
1 oz Gekkeikan plum wine

Muddle and shake with ice, strain into a martini glass, top with plum wine. Garnish with a cucumber slice and a strawberry slice.

123 calories per serving

Recipe courtesy of Gekkeikan