Here I am sitting around on my summer vacation… eating too many good things and not exercising nearly enough. (Though I’m trying!) But at least I’m sucking down some skinny cocktails. This is kind of a silly “non-recipe” to share, but since I’m enjoying this as a refreshing summer beverage, and making drinky drinks with it too. I thought you might like to know about it: Skinny Ice Cocktails
Have you had the Sparkling Water ICE beverages yet? They come in all kinds of flavors, and they’re available in the sparkling water section of your market. FYI, they are sweetened with Splenda.
And by the way, the ICE people don’t know who the heck I am and they didn’t ask me to write a post about their product. Lucky for them, I just kinda love it!
How to make Skinny Ice Cocktails:
You’ll need the Coconut-Pineapple flavor for this recipe. This summer is the first time I’ve spotted this flavor, and now I’m completely obsessed with it!
To turn it into a cocktail, you’ll need some RUM too. I used Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum, but I’m thinking coconut rum would be great with this flavor combo too.
Fill your tall glass with ice. Real ice.
Pour in your Sparkling Ice beverage (almost to the top).
Add a couple of glugs of spiced rum.
Garnish with mint leaves to make it all pretty, and that’s it! You’ve made skinny ice cocktails!
Enjoy! And HEY, experiment with some of the other flavors too: Pomegranate-Berry + Vodka sounds good to me. 🙂
P.S. On the Sparkling ICE website, they have some cocktail recipes too!
Here are a few more cocktail recipes you might like to try:
- Sparkling Pomegranate Cocktails
- Watermelon- Tequila Cocktails
- Pearl Harbor Cocktails
- Kentucky Peach Vodka Cocktail
- Sea Breeze Cocktail
- Hurricane Cocktail
- Painkiller Cocktail
- Paloma Cocktail
If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you’ll find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card below.
Skinny Ice Cocktails
Recipe Details
Ingredients
- One 17-ounce bottle Coconut- Pineapple Sparkling ICE beverage
- 2 ounces (2 shots) spiced rum or coconut rum
- 2 glasses filled with ice cubes
- mint leaves for garnish, if desired
Instructions
- Fill each glass of ice almost to the top with the coconut-pineapple ICE. Add a shot of rum to each (or more).
- Garnish with mint leaves, if desired. Drink!
Notes
- Try adding rum or vodka to some of the other flavors of sparkling ICE beverages.
Also good with Kettle One flavored vodkas and low sugar/no sugar
I love the coconut pineapple sparkling ice! I like it plain for a treat, but pair it with vodka & a splash of lemon for a refreshing keto beverage. I’m going to try it with spiced rum now because I am out of vodka! Thanks for the idea.
Pomegranate Blueberry with champagne is amazing!!
1/2 coconut-pineapple ICE, 1/2 orange-mango ICE in a glass with 2-shots of vodka (I’m partial to Tito’s) and yes, ICE coconut-pineapple is pretty darn good with a couple shots of coconut rum!!
My favorite is the Crisp Apple Sparkling Ice with Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey…tastes like apple pie! I call it “Not Your Grandma’s Apple Pie”
That sounds delicious!
I do the lemon-lime with tequila! Yum yum.
I use vanilla vodka with the sparkling ice waters! Can’t wait to try it with rum! Thanks!!!
That sounds great, too!
My girlfriend and I made these the other night for our girls’ night in… and now we are both TOTALLY addicted! We made ours with coconut rum. And it’s also really good with the lemon/lime flavor too!
I just stumbled across your site and I happen to be drinking my first bottle if ICE. I’m also a WWatcher. This is fate.
I have had the pink one (grapefruit I think??) and the lemon lime and I was thinking about how great of mixers they would make….you have just solidified my thoughts, I am going to have to pick a couple up next time I am at the grocery store!
I have seen these but have not tried them..
I ma so heading to store tmrw to pick them..
Yum!!
I have seen those, but have not tried them yet. Now I am definitely going to have to pick some up!!
I love Captain Morgan’s rum – such a great summer drink.
Are you on Pinterest yet? I tried to do an @ comment when I pinned this but couldn’t find you. Anywhoo, I haven’t tried these waters yet but now I’m gonna HAVE to. Thanks!
Hi Renee- Yes, I’m on Pinterest! @RecipeGirl
We first discovered the Sparkling Ice drinks in Costco some six months ago, and have been hooked ever since. With Subscribe-and-Save on Amazon, you can get a case of your favorite flavor delivered for slightly cheaper (Costco was mixed cases). My favorite is the Pomegranate-Berry, and it was a lifesaver when I gave up Diet Coke.
I have a friend who has been drinking this exact drink for a few weeks and she calls it a “Shiny Pirate”. Thought the name was too cute not to share!
They also sell ICE drinks at Hy-Vee grocery stores if you are in the Midwest. Sounds like a drink to try this weekend!
I’ll take the zero points…these look yummy and the coconut-pineapple is for me!
Wow! What a great idea. I’ve only seen the ICE drinks at World Market, but I think this would make a great drink.
OOOOOOHHHH.. I’ve been doing this for a few weeks now. I use Malibu Coconut rum to add some extra coconut flavor. You should also try it with a spritz of lime to really make it sing. They go down SO easy.
Is it horrible that is 4:30am and I want one of your drinks? It looks so refreshing, perfect for a hot day! Happy Friday to you!! By the way I would never drink in the morning except for a Mimosa. 🙂
Funny, this was a WW meeting conversation yesterday. As Lisa said, you can’t just calculate alcohol based on nutrition information because it doesn’t factor in the alcohol grams. The best way is to account for a serving of the alcohol using the given WW info and add it to your mix – in this case, the mix is 0. But 1 oz of rum averages 2 pp – A “standard” shot or jigger in the U.S. is about 1.5 oz = 4 pp.
There’s a formula if you really want to get fancy –
1. Take the total calories in the drink and the total carbs in the drink
2. Multiply the total carbs by 4 – this gives you the calories from carbs in the drink
3. Subtract the calories from carbs from the total calories – this leaves you with the calories from alcohol
4. Divide the calories from alcohol by 7 – this gives you the alcohol grams
5. Add the alcohol grams to the total fat in the drink (often 0)
6. In the points calculator you put the alcohol grams + fat in the “fat” box, the carbs in the “carbs” box, and any other nutrition info in their regular boxes (although most alcoholic drinks will not have protein or fiber)
Example:
Pint of Guiness – 6pp
Calories: 168 – Carbs: 13g – Protein: 1g – Fat: 0g
13 x 4 = 52 (calories from carbs)
168 – 52 = 116 (calories from alcohol)
116 / 7 = 16.6 (alcohol grams)
16.6 + 0 = 0 (alcohol grams + fat)
Fat: 16.6 , Carbs: 13 , Fiber: 0 , Protein: 1 = 6pp
thanks for all of this info!
Points or not, this looks like a fun, delicious drink 🙂 yum!
“real ice”? Lol:)
I can’t wait to get my hands on some of those ICE beverages. I haven’t even seen them anywhere. Imagine how good this would be blended too – and so easy!
How refreshing! This is much needed today – mid week holidays suck since you’re stuck in the office for another 2 days until the weekend hits. Ugh.
We use the pink grapefruit flavor and mix it with vodka. Yum. I haven’t tried the coconut-pineapple flavor but will order some from Amazon since I can’t find it in my area.
YUM, looks great. Happy 4th!
I haven’t seen these Sparkling Ice beverage in stores. There is nothing like travelling and eating, enjoy your vacation!
Bethenny of SkinnyGirl better watch out – you’ve got the next best idea! Love the sounds of the Coconut- Pineapple flavor!
it’s not just the calories. I plugged it in my calculator and got 0 pts for 1 ounce of Original Captain Morgans Spiced Rum. Woo-Hoo!
Wish you were here drinking with us! Your San Diego friends miss you :-((
I know, surprising – but it has to do with the sugar/carbs – 🙁
one jigger of rum is 4 pts. on WW points plus
Really?? That’s shocking since it’s only 120 cals. A jigger is 1.5 ounces, & I’ve used 2 here. So an FYI to the WW folks.
I don’t know about the points but it looks pretty wicked to me? And yummy,.