Tis the Red Cup Season

It's November which means it is now the time we have waited for all year at Starbucks...RED CUPS are back! Along with our beloved red cups is the holiday menu with all it's yummy goodness. I love to treat myself to a gingerbread latte a few times during the holiday season, but given the amount of calories and sugars it contains I don't make it a regular habit...it's a "treat." 

But who wants to feel deprived during the holiday season? Not me! Fortunately, Starbucks (along with many other coffee companies) is offering lower sugar, fat and calorie options for those of us who don't want to drink all of our calories. 

So, today I'm sharing with you my seasonal favorite from Starbucks. It is a festive and tasty coffee treat with almost no additional calories. 

I order a grande Americano with 2 pumps sugar free Peppermint and 2 pumps "skinny mocha". I believe the skinny mocha mix has 10 calories per pump or something like that...but it's not very much. You can do more pumps of the syrups if you like. Anything more than "2 and 2" is too sweet for me. I will occasionally add a splash of half & half or nonfat milk. 

Enjoy a guiltless red cup season!