With summer finally starting in U.S. Northern climes, readers ought know how many calories they’ll be drinking in traditional summer fare such as frozen pina coladas. Searching the Web, I found a variety of opinions on that topic.
A site called Delish.com lists a recipe for frozen pina coladas that yield four cups of the drink mix, each with a calorie count of 236 and 5 grams of fat. That doesn’t sound so bad if you keep your daily intake to one or two drinks. But another site, Caloriecount.,com, lists the calories in a regular pina colada at 526 with almost 17 grams of fat in a 6.8-ounce serving. I’m not sure why the large discrepancy here. I also found a Forbes article from 2007 that claims a pina colada can have more calories in it than a Big Mac.
Hello Summer!
Fear not, I also found a blog that includes a 100 calorie recipe, using a zero-calorie pineapple juice. So enjoy, but as always, drink, and eat, responsibly.
John
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